(Telecompaper) Broadband via fibre networks reached the milestone of 1 million subscribers in the Netherlands at the end of March 2016, according to the Dutch Broadband 2016 Q1 report from Telecompaper. The 5 percent quarterly growth in fibre broadband connections helped the total broadband market to grow by 0.8 percent during the first quarter and reach almost 7.2 million lines at the end of March.
Cable broadband also grew slightly in the quarter, and with over 3.3 million connections remained the most popular broadband technology in the Netherlands. Fibre grew to a market share of almost 14 percent, while DSL lost 0.3 percentage points during the quarter to end Q1 with slightly more than 40 percent of connections.
Ziggo, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, added only 8,000 new broadband customers during the first quarter, ending the period with just over 3.1 million customers. Its market share decreased slightly to 43.2 percent. Number two KPN (including its other brands such as Telfort, XS4ALL and Edutel) had more net additions during the first quarter with 22,000, but its market share was unchanged at 40.8 percent of all connections.