The Fixed Broadband Connections Forecast: 2019–24 provides historical and forecast data for the total number of fixed broadband connections and fixed broadband penetration of households by year and country.
The Analyst Team

Hamzah Bakhat
Data Engineer
Hamzah is a market forecaster at Omdia. As a member of the central data and forecasting team, he works on forecast models, TM1 products, demographic databases, and data tools.
Hamzah is responsible for building TM1 logic for calculations, developing and maintaining input, auditing reports, and producing industry-leading and bespoke forecasts. Prior to joining Omdia in August 2014, Hamzah was an A-level mathematics teacher at a college in London. Hamzah has a strong logical and statistical background and holds a degree in mathematics from City University of London.

Dario Talmesio
Research Director, Service Provider Strategy & Regulation
Dario is Omdia’s global research director for service provider strategy and service provider market regulation. With 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications and wireless industry, Dario leads research on various topics, including telecom business transformation, 5G and beyond, and telco-hyperscale relationship and regulation. He also handles several strategic and tactical topics for service providers.
He is a member of the advisory board for numerous industry events. Dario is also a renowned keynote speaker at C-level, industry-leading events, including 5G World, Network X, eSIM Congress, 6G Symposium, and MVNO World. Prior to joining Omdia (formerly Ovum), Dario worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit and Yankee Group. Dario holds a degree in business and economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, known as Catholic University of Milan, and a master’s degree in applied social and market research from University of Westminster, London.

Matthew Reed
Chief Analyst, Service Provider Markets
Matthew’s research and analysis covers global trends in service provider markets.
Previously, Matthew specialized in researching regional telecoms markets in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He joined Informa, now Omdia, in 2007.
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