Lithuania is Europe’s leader in fibre-optic connection

fibre opticLithuania is the leading country in Europe for its share of citizens that have fibre-optic connection, according to the ratings by the Fibre to the Home Council.

The data announced by the Council last week indicates that almost 34 per cent households in Lithuania have fibre-optic internet, which is a lot more than in Sweden that comes second with its 26.5 per cent. Other countries in the top five are Latvia, Norway and Russia.

Lithuania takes the seventh place in the world rating. The United Arab Emirates are in the lead (85 per cent households) with South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan following, where the percentage of households with fibre-optic internet access ranges from 63 to 37 per cent.

Source: the Lithuania Tribune