Latin American FTTH / FTTB line during the year to reach 5.1 million

Market research firm Pyramid's latest report says Latin American FTTH / FTTB connections will reach 5.1 million during the year, the next five years the average annual compound growth rate of 34.9%, but compared to DSL remains the main broadband access technology in the region.

Pyramid expects the total amount of fixed lines in Latin America during the year reached 163.8 million, an increase of 2.3% compared with 2014, the average annual growth rate of the next five years to reach 2.1%.

Pyramid noted that broadband is the main driver of growth in Latin America Wireline Communications, 2020, the total number of fixed lines in the region will reach 181.9 million. In contrast, FTTH / FTTB development, there are many potential. 2015 Latin American FTTH / FTTB penetration is less than 6.9%, DSL accounted for 57.5% of the market in 2014, by 2020 there will still be 40% of the market. Price question is now the bottleneck problem in Latin America FTTH / FTTB development encountered.