Broadband Internet access saw a true breakthrough in Slovenia in 2005, as the number of broadband connections was three times higher in the January-October period over the year before, the Agency for Post and Electronic Communications said.
According to the agency, the rise in broadband connections in Slovenia was much faster than the EU average, which only doubled in the same period.
The agency moreover said that Slovenia has a number of possibilities for broadband Internet connection to expand, which is a reason why operators have quite ambitious plans in this field.
The number of broadband users increased especially after Telekom Slovenije unbundled its ISDN digital telephony and ADSL broadband Internet packages in September 2005. After this, customers are no longer obliged to buy an ISDN package if they want to get ADSL.
As part of this partnership scheme launched by Telekom together with Medinet, Perftech, Siol and Voljatel, more than 20,000 new ADSL broadband connections were set up only in the first two months after Telekom's decision.
According to the agency's latest data, there are a total of 371,000 Internet connections in Slovenia. As many as 55% are phone connections, followed by ADSL with 28% and cable connection with 16%.
The leading Internet providers in Slovenia are Voljatel, Siol and Arnes. Meanwhile, Siol, Medinet and Voljatel lead in providing ADSL connection (which holds 63% of all broadband connections), and Telemach, Arnes and KRS Tabor in cable access (36% of broadband access).
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