Northbrook, IL 60062 -- (SBWire) -- 10/25/2023 --The UK is one of the leading fiber optics markets. Industrialization is playing a significant role in driving the economy of the country, which, in turn, is driving the fiber optics market. The country's existing industrial base and the presence of large-scale telecom service providers are the key drivers of the fiber optics market. Vodafone (UK), EE Limited (UK), O? UK (UK), and Three UK (UK) are some of the large-scale telecom service providers that provide unparalleled leverage to the market in the country.
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In November 2021, Vodafone (UK) announced a strategic partnership with CityFibre (UK) to deploy optical fiber and increase its telecom service coverage across the UK. Through this partnership, Vodafone aims to rollout fiber optics up to 8 million UK households by 2025. Such initiatives will increase the deployment of fiber optics across the UK during the forecast period. The country also possesses a large number of colocation datacenters. According to Data Center Map, as of June 2022, the UK had 279 colocation datacenters, i.e., 5.6% of the total colocation datacenter capacity across the world. All these factors, collectively, will drive the demand for fiber optics in the country.
Growing demand for on-demand video services across the UK is expected to boost demand for fiber optics for CATV application. According to the Media Nations: UK 2021 report by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), a government-approved regulatory and competition authority in the UK, in 2020, the UK witnessed an increase in the adoption of superfast/ultrafast broadband across 65% of the households. In 2020, about 79% of the total households in the country had TV sets, which are connected to the internet. Apart from this, the country witnessed high demand for on-demand video viewing. All these factors triggered the demand for fiber optics in the country, majorly for CATV applications. Adding to this, the accelerated demand for video-on-demand (VoD) services across the country will fuel the UK fiber optics market growth over the forecast period.
Fiber Optics Market Growth in UK
Presence of telecom service providers in UK to augment market growth