Fibre broadband connections in Asia-Pacific grew 35% to 115.8 million at the end of 2014, according to figures published on Tuesday by IDATE and the FTTH Council.
The industry group said the number of premises passed in the region reached 338 million at the end of last year, a 36.8% improvement on 2013.
Japan leads Asia-Pacific with 100% of homes passed, followed by South Korea and Singapore at 95% each. Hong Kong, Malaysia and China complete the top seven.
"Smart cities are being built upon fibre, including fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), fibre-to-the-building (FTTB), fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) and fibre-to-the-antenna (FTTA), to support higher speeds and the increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for the smart home," said a statement from Peter Macaulay, who became president of the FTTH Council Asia-Pacific in June.
However, "there is still a great deal of room for growth in the market," he said.
"This is an exciting time for the council with new deployments in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan," he said. "We are encouraged to see Asia-Pacific homes and businesses becoming more open to the benefits of high speed fibre.
