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# Report: Internet Broadband Use Grows In European Union
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/report-internet-broadband-use-grows-in-european-union/
- Published: 2009-11-19T00:04:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T04:24:45.000Z
- Description: Access to high speed Internet in the European Union is growing with 80 percent of broadband lines now having download speeds of 2 megabits per second or greater, according to a report [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1731&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en] p
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
- Tags: Broadband's Impact, Broadband Updates, Denmart broadband, EU broadband, European Digital Agenda, European Union broadband, Netherlands broadband, Viviane Reding, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:23, #added-preview-divider

Access to high speed Internet in the European Union is growing with 80 percent of broadband lines now having download speeds of 2 megabits per second or greater, according to [a report](http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1731&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en&ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) published Wednesday by the European Commission.

In July 2009, 24 percent of the EU population had a broadband access line subscription marking a 21.6 percent increase from July 2008, the report found. The research also found a 54 percent increased of mobile broadband penetration since January, which means the EU currently has a penetration rate of 4.2 percent per 100 citizens.

“Vibrant high-speed broadband markets in a competitive single telecoms market are a strategic priority in the European Digital Agenda that is currently being prepared in the Commission. High-speed internet broadband, whether via fibre networks or wireless, is a pre-condition for a strong digital economy in Europe and for European leadership in new technologies and applications,” said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding in a statement.

She expects a new and pro-competitive regulatory framework for Europe’s telecoms markets to drive the roll-out of high speed internet in member states.

The report found 40 percent of the population in Denmark and the Netherlands have a broadband connection “but growth rates are slowing as they approach saturation.”