3. Broadband services

Development of broadband services

Finland and Denmark showed the best results by subscriptions of broadband usually used at fixed locations – fixed broadband and mobile dedicated data broadband in 2023. The value of this indicator exceeded 0,7 subscriptions per capita in these countries.

Iceland gained a leading position talking about fixed broadband subscriptions per household in 2023, and also remained the leading country by indicators of broadband subscriptions with data download speeds of 30, 100 Mbps, and 1 Gbps per household. 

The share of fiber subscriptions of all fixed broadband subscriptions was highest in Iceland and Sweden, exceeding 80 percent in 2023.

When combining fiber and cable subscriptions per household, Iceland, Norway and Sweden had the highest penetration rate. The combined penetration rate for cable and fiber was increasing in most countries, due to growth in fiber subscriptions.