Fixed communications service revenue in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is forecast to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1% between 2025 and 2030. This growth will be supported by continued increases in fixed broadband subscriptions—particularly in the region’s emerging markets—and will be led by the fiber broadband segment, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

An analysis of GlobalData’s APAC Fixed Communications Forecast Pack (Q3 2025) reveals that APAC is a moderately developed region in terms of fixed broadband adoption, with fixed broadband account penetration reaching 22.6% at year-end 2025. By 2030, fixed broadband penetration is set to reach 24.6% driven by the ongoing broadband network expansions and growing adoption in emerging countries like Philippines, Malaysia and India, where governments are infusing investments in fixed broadband infrastructure development.

In Malaysia, for instance, the JENDELA Phase 2 initiative has successfully expanded broadband coverage to nearly 98% of populated areas and delivered fiber connectivity to over 9.48 million premises as of July 2025, according to the country’s communications ministry. Also, India is accelerating Phase 3 of BharatNet with nearly $18 billion investment to extend fiber broadband to additional villages and provide subsidized connectivity to millions of rural households, targeting completion by 2027.

Developed APAC on the other hand, already has relatively high broadband penetration due to the national broadband network (NBN) projects, such as in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.

Kantipudi Pradeepthi, Telecom Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “By 2030, fiber-optic access lines will account for a share of about 87% of the total fixed access lines in the developed APAC region, while their share in the total fixed lines in the emerging APAC markets will be slightly higher at 90%. Rising demand for high-speed internet services and competitively priced fiber broadband plans from operators with benefits like unlimited internet and access to major subscription video on demand (SVoD) platforms will drive the fiber broadband service adoption in the region.”

China has about 99% of its broadband subscriptions on fiber optic lines as of 2025, making it one of the major fiber broadband markets in the region. In January 2025, China’s telecom regulator, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), launched pilot projects for 10-gigabit optical networks including trials for establishing “10-gigabit communities”. The plan aims to advance 10-gigabit optical network services in areas such as cloud computing, cloud storage, cloud gaming, ultra-high-definition video, optical sensor-driven home security, and smart elderly care solutions.

Similarly, FTTH/B will account for almost 100% of the broadband lines in Singapore by 2030. This is backed by the aggressive approach and investments by the NetLink NBN Trust in fiber broadband network expansions.

Pradeepthi adds: “Operators such as Reliance Jio India, Spark New Zealand, Telstra Australia have increased the attractiveness of fiber plans by bundling them with value-added services such as SVoD and pay-TV. In India, for instance, Reliance Jio’s basic broadband plan starts from 399/month with unlimited data @ 30 mbps speed, while its popular 999/month plan offers unlimited data @ 150 mbps with access to 12 OTT platforms, including Amazon Prime Lite, JioHotStar, Zee5, and SonyLIV.”

Voice telephony penetration in APAC will remain stagnant at around 10% during 2025-30. While circuit switched telephony lines will decline at a CAGR of 1.7% over the forecast period, packet switched telephony lines will grow at a CAGR of 2.8%, as various fiber roll-out programs across APAC encourage consumers to switch to VoIP.

Pradeepthi concludes: “Despite the increase in the overall voice telephony access lines in the region, fixed voice revenue will continue to decline over the forecast period on account of the increasing mobile voice and OTT voice usage.”