* Mobile, cable and satellite broadband connections rose nearly 50 percent in the same period, outstripping growth in fixed-line connections;

* DSL remained the most popular broadband connection choice, but the proportion of subscribers on DSL continues to decline;

* Fibre-optic connections rose by 40 percent in the year to June 2011

* As of June 2011, almost 80 percent of broadband subscribers had a data cap of 5GB or more;

* The number of subscribers with an upload speed of 1.5Mbps or more increased by almost 75 percent since June 2010;