Over two million people in Europe are now connected by fibre broadband straight to their homes, yet adoption of the technology in the UK is lagging behind.
The figures from the latest Fibre To The Home (FTTH) Council's survey showed an 18 per cent increase in the number of high speed broadband connections compared to results from the end of last year.
The Council also released a ranking of the top ten adopters of FTTH technology. Sweden headed up the list with 10.9 per cent of customers using it. Norway came a close second with 10.2 per cent and Slovenia took third place with 8.9 per cent.
However, large markets such as the UK, France and Germany didn't get a look in, as they ranked too low.
Thomas Kallstenius, chair of the FTTH Council Europe's Marketing and Intelligence Committee, said in a statement: "The ranking clearly demonstrates that Scandinavia and the continent's smaller economies are continuing to dominate this list."
The Council has predicted that 13 million people across 35 European countries will have FTTH connections by 2013 which could achieve speeds of up to 100Mbps.
Karel Helsen, president of the FTTH Council in Europe, said in a statement: "Our ambitious programme of research is part of an ongoing effort to demonstrate that FTTH is a sustainable technology."
