Global high broadband (>10 Mbps) adoption rates fell 0.5% in the third quarter, after seeing strong quarterly growth earlier in the year. In contrast to previous quarters, changes among the top 10 countries/regions were limited, with increases ranging from a half a percent in Japan (55 Pct adoption) to 8.4 Pct in Sweden (44 Pct adoption). Among the 63 qualifying countries/regions for this metric, just 28 saw quarter-over-quarter increases. The global high broadband adoption rate was up 22 Pct, which was lower than the 65 Pct increases seen in both the first and second quarters of this year. Among the top 10 countries/regions, Japan was the only one to see a year-over-year change below 10 Pct, while both Romania (49 Pct adoption) and Israel (44 Pct adoption) saw adoption rates more than double. Across the other 62 geographies, yearly increases ranged from 6.3 Pct in Japan to a massive 3,015 Pct in Uruguay (7.3 Pct adoption).

The global broadband (>4 Mbps) adoption rate reached 60 Pct, an increase of 1 Pct quarter-over-quarter. Ninety-nine countries/regions qualified for inclusion for this metric, 55 of which saw quarterly growth in broadband adoption rates. Israel (92 Pct adoption) was the only country in the top 10 country/regions to see its adoption rate increase more than 1 Pct. South Korea remained the country with the highest level of broadband adoption at 96 Pct, with Bulgaria following at 95 Pct. The global broadband adoption rate increased 12 Pct from the third quarter of 2013. While still positive, the yearly growth rate has continued to decline over the last several quarters. Broadband adoption rates were also up-year-over-year across all of the top 10 countries/regions, with increases ranging from 1.3 Pct in Curacao to 18 Pct in Bulgaria. All but nine qualifying countries saw broadband adoption levels increase over the past year with growth rates ranging from 0.7 Pct  in the Czech Republic (83 Pct adoption) to 1,884 Pct in Indonesia (35 Pct adoption).
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