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How does Point Topic collate the data?

Point Topic has a rolling research programme utilising well over 400 different sources per quarter for updating information on individual operators' and countries' broadband subscriber numbers.

We use company press releases, media reports, visit websites, contact particular operators and regulatory bodies directly through our growing network of contacts built up over many years.

Many operators still do not release quarterly reports but only annual ones. Some also aggregate subscriber trends into overall totals, avoiding break-downs by technology. In these cases, Point Topic has continued conservatively estimating broadband figures. Important sources for estimated totals are partial or earlier reports by the operators themselves.

Individual numbers are mediciously referenced and contain a brief desciption of whether they are primary or estimated numbers.

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