EFM Enables Cheap Broadband in Asia Pacific

The worldwide number of residential Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) subscribers will rise from 2.1 million in 2002 to 23.9 million in 2007, with most of these subscribers residing in the Asia Pacific region, reports In-Stat/MDR.

The high-tech market research firm finds that since the end of 2000, there has been growing momentum for the use of Ethernet in the residential subscriber access network, owing to Ethernet