Internet in Denmark
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ADSL was introduced commercially to Denmark
in winter 1999. The service has been rolled out very extensively and the national coverage is now above 97% of the Danish population. There are several ISPs in Denmark but only a few own their own infrastructure (The last mile
is owned solely by the former state monopoly TDC), namely TDC, Cybercity and to some extent Tele2 (who acquired their xDSL infrastructure from Tiscali in February 2005).
As of December 2009, the OECD ranked Denmark a shared first (along with the Netherlands) in broadband connection penetration, at a rate of 37.1 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
Denmark also held first spot as of their 2006 report: OECD Broadband Statistics June 2006.
More information can be found here in order of market share ( see the 2009 report from ITST page 40,46 for official numbers ):
Major providers:
Other providers:
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
in winter 1999. The service has been rolled out very extensively and the national coverage is now above 97% of the Danish population. There are several ISPs in Denmark but only a few own their own infrastructure (The last mile
Last mile
The "last mile" or "last kilometer" is the final leg of delivering connectivity from a communications provider to a customer. The phrase is therefore often used by the telecommunications and cable television industries. The actual distance of this leg may be considerably more than a mile,...
is owned solely by the former state monopoly TDC), namely TDC, Cybercity and to some extent Tele2 (who acquired their xDSL infrastructure from Tiscali in February 2005).
As of December 2009, the OECD ranked Denmark a shared first (along with the Netherlands) in broadband connection penetration, at a rate of 37.1 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
Denmark also held first spot as of their 2006 report: OECD Broadband Statistics June 2006.
More information can be found here in order of market share ( see the 2009 report from ITST page 40,46 for official numbers ):
Major providers:
- TDC (former incumbent, incl. YouSee, Fullrate, A+, Dong Fiber) - http://www.tdc.dk/
- TelenorTelenorTelenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...
(incl. Cybercity, Sonofon and Tele2 DK) - http://www.telenor.dk/ - TeliaTeliaSoneraTeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 150 million mobile customers...
- (incl. Stofa, DLG Tele, Debitel) http://www.telia.dk/
Other providers:
- CPH-Metronet
- ComX Networks A/S - http://www.comx.dk
- EnergiMidt - http://www.fiberbredbaand.dk
- Dansk Bredbånd
- Local Power companies with FTTH http://www.danskfibernet.dk/