Europe’s fibre access map is now looking respectable According to research house IDATE, 52.5% of homes have access to fibre broadband Alternative operators are fuelling growth, accounting for 57% of homes passed Europe is starting to look like a region with decent digital foundations: The latest report by research house IDATE for the FTTH Council Europe shows that 52.5% of homes in the region (comprising 39 countries) were able to subscribe to a fibre broadband connection at the end of September 2020, either directly via a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) line or as part of a fibre-connected multi-dwelling building (FTTB). In terms of total numbers, that means 182.5 million homes in the designated region could access fibre broadband, up from 163.3 million a year earlier, as the graph above shows. (The 39 countries included in IDATE’s research are: the 27 EU member states; four CIS nations – Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine; and Iceland, Israel, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.)