History

1994: ADSL Forum meets formally for the first time
Mar 1998: DOCSIS cable broadband standard approved by ITU; first cable broadband networks launched in US
Apr 1998: Bell Atlantic launches world's first ADSL network in Pittsburgh and Washington
Oct 1998: Kingston Comms launches Europe's first ADSL network in Hull, UK
Nov 1998: 1 million cable modem subscribers globally
Jul 2000: EC tables 'full unbundling' regulation, to come into effect by Jan 2001; LLU is born
Dec 2000: 10 million broadband subscribers worldwide
Jun 2001: DSL overtakes cable modem
Mar 2004: 100 million broadband subscribers worldwide
Mar 2005: 100 million DSL subscribers
Jun 2005: South Korea is the first market to reach household penetration of 50%
Dec 2006: FTTH subscribers pass 1 million in Europe, approach 25 million worldwide