Greece forecast to rank second in Europe for FTTP subscriber growth through 2030
Greece is forecast to record a 20.8% compound annual growth rate in FTTP subscribers through 2030, second among 31 European markets. Active connections could reach 2.6-2.7 million, shifting the industry’s focus from network construction toward customer activation.
Subscriber growth outpaces Europe
Greece is expected to become one of Europe’s fastest-growing fiber-to-the-premises markets through 2030 as expanding network coverage is converted into active connections. Capital.gr, citing telecommunications research company Point Topic, reports that Greece ranks second among 31 European markets for forecast FTTP subscriber growth, behind only Austria.
Point Topic projects a compound annual growth rate of 20.8% for Greek FTTP subscriptions through 2030. Austria leads with 22.5%, followed by Greece, Belgium at 19.4% and Germany at 16.5%. FTTP includes fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-building connections.
Across the 31 markets, FTTP subscriptions are forecast to rise from 112.4 million at the end of 2025 to 157.4 million in 2030. That represents cumulative growth of 40.1% over five years and a 7% compound annual rate, well below the projection for Greece.
Coverage is no longer the only benchmark
If the 20.8% annual growth forecast is realized, Greece could approach 2.6-2.7 million active FTTP subscriptions by 2030. The distinction between subscriptions and homes passed is commercially important: homes passed measure premises within reach of a network, while subscriptions represent customers generating service revenue.
The strongest growth forecasts generally apply to countries that still have relatively low FTTP coverage, weak take-up, or both. This gives operators room to add customers rapidly, but it also means that growth depends on pricing, installation capacity and the ability to persuade households and businesses to migrate from older connections.
Europe’s FTTP coverage is projected to rise from 76% of households in 2025 to 90.7% in 2030. Nevertheless, around 85 million households could remain without an active FTTP subscription at that point, including 62.5 million already passed by fiber. The figures indicate that customer conversion will become at least as important as further construction.
Greek operators expand their positions
Capital.gr reports that OTE had 687,000 active FTTH connections at the end of June, while Nova exceeded 300,000 FTTH subscribers in the first half of the year. Vodafone has not published a similarly recent absolute subscriber figure, but says its own fiber network covers more than 550,000 homes and businesses.
Other infrastructure providers are widening the competitive field. Inalan operates its own 100% FTTH network, primarily in Athens and Thessaloniki, and is expanding into Crete. PPC has entered the market through FiberGrid, whose network has reached approximately 2.05 million homes passed and is planned to expand to 3.8 million by 2028. These FiberGrid figures describe coverage rather than active customers.
The broader European market is maturing after subscriptions increased from 9.7 million in 2013 to 112.4 million in 2025. France is expected to remain Europe’s largest FTTP market with 31.7 million subscribers in 2030, while the United Kingdom is forecast to overtake Spain in 2028 and reach 23.2 million. For suppliers of fiber cable, connection equipment and installation services, Greece’s faster growth points to sustained demand, although operators’ returns will depend increasingly on take-up rather than the number of premises passed.
