Most of the new subscribers to Internet access services in the first nine months of this year chose the high-speed fixed-line fiber optic Internet connections. The subscribers to this type of Internet access services represented over 50% of all the subscribers, the ICT regulator said, quoted by IPN.

The number of new subscribers to fiber optic Internet access in January – September 2015 rose by 19,300 or 6.9% to 279,300 compared with the end of 2014, while of those connected through coaxial cable – by 2,200 or 5.8% to over 38,000. The number of subscribers connected to the Internet based on xDSL technologies fell by 7,200 or 3.6% to 204,500, while of those connected based on other technologies was 2,100.

In general, the number of users of fixed-line Internet access services in the period increased by 14,400 or 2.8% to over 523,900, while the penetration rate of these services per 100 people rose to 14.7%.

50.5% of the subscribers to fixed-line Internet access services benefitted from Internet access speed of over 30 Mbps, 45.3% of which accessed the Internet at speeds of 30 to 100 Mbps, while 5.2% - of over 100 Mbps.

The market share of Moldtelecom at the end of September was 63.4%, of Starnet Solutii – 21.5%, of Sun Communications – 4.3%, while of the other 72 service providers together – 10.8%.