The netherlands and Belgium lwa belong to the European top when it comes to internet connections with a download speed of 30Mbit/s or higher. Especially in Belgium lwa percentage is high: 58 percent of the Belgian broadband is to be classified as superfast.
You don Belgium within Europe, only Romania to tolerate; there is the penetration at 65 percent. For comparison: in Greece, the percentage of 0, in Cyprus is that 2 and in Italy also 2. In the Netherlands high-speed broadband, especially cable connections; in Romania it is often a fibre, and in Belgium, vdsl a large role.
It is actually decreased connections, for which it is paid. Not everyone chooses to be a superfast broadband connection. In the Netherlands and Belgium, there is that possibility for almost all the inhabitants, though the coverage in the rural areas less well. This leaves 15 percent of the Dutch countryside, devoid of such a fast connection; in Belgium, it’s around 35 percent.
When it comes to broadband access in its entirety, walk the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway first. Which countries belong to the five countries in the world with the highest broadband penetration, according to Eurostat. It is striking that in only 10 EU countries have a broadband penetration of 99 percent or more. Especially in Eastern Europe is the penetration of broadband is low, especially in Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Latvia. In Poland, in the countryside, for example, only 40 percent have access to broadband.
Last year there were 5.5 million new broadband connections in the EU, but there is still room for growth. 24 percent of European households is not yet connected to the internet. It is also noteworthy that dsl connections in most of Europe are dominant, but not in the Netherlands and Belgium. In the Netherlands, dsl is a market share of around fifty percent, while that in Greece is 100 percent, and in Italy, 96 percent. In the Netherlands and Belgium there is much more competition from cable.
On the mobile area, there are within Europe major differences. So pay Dutch, Luxemburgers, and Belgians are seven times as many mobile phones as residents of Lithuania and Romania. Average pay Europeans to 9.1 cents per minute. Also in the field of virtual operators such as Simyo and Blip, there are big differences. In many EU countries operate in the margin, but in the Netherlands, calling, texting and internet for almost 15 percent via a so-called mvno.
When hspa + coverage is considered, the differences are less large. Across Europe, the coverage is above 80 percent, although the coverage in rural areas still lean. For example, in Slovakia less than 10 percent of the plattelandbewoners access to fast mobile connections. In the lte coverage there are large differences between the countries. In Sweden and Portugal there is a 4g-coverage of around 90 percent, while in some EU countries, including the Netherlands, have not yet or hardly any 4g coverage.