2007 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Japan

• Key Statistics
• Market and Industry Overviews
• Regulatory Environment
• Major Players (fixed and mobile)
• Infrastructure
• Mobile Voice and Data Markets
• Internet, VoIP, IPTV
• Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless)
• Convergence and Digital Media

1. KEY STATSTICS

2. REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

2.1 Major stages of reform

2.2 The MPHPT / MIC

2.3 Telephone numbering plan

2.4 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

2.5 Interconnection arrangements

2.5.1 Fixed-mobile interconnection

2.6 History of regulatory developments

2.6.1 Telecommunications Business Law of 1985

2.6.2 Years 1992 - 1999

2.6.3 Year 2000

2.6.4 Year 2001

2.6.5 Year 2002

2.6.6 Year 2003

2.6.7 Year 2004

2.6.8 Year 2005

2.6.9 Year 2006

2.6.10 Year 2007

3. FIXED NETWORK MARKET

3.1 Market overview

3.1.1 Dialing parity

3.1.2 Analysis of Local Loop Unbundling (LLU)

3.2 Domestic services

3.2.1 Planned discontinuation of domestic fixed-line telephony in Japan

3.2.2 Local calls

3.2.3 National long-distance calls

3.2.4 International calls

4. MAJOR OPERATORS

4.1 Market developments

4.1.1 Selected mergers and acquisitions

4.2 History of major players

4.2.1 NTT Corporation

4.2.2 KDDI Corporation

4.2.3 Softbank

4.3 Defunct companies

4.3.1 Cable & Wireless IDC (defunct)

4.3.2 Vodafone Holdings K.K. / Japan Telecom (defunct)

4.3.3 POWEREDCOM and Power Nets Japan (defunct)

5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

5.1 Overview

5.2 Fixed-line and mobile phones in Japan

5.3 Internet, broadband and wireless Internet in Japan

5.3.1 Japan Internet Providers’ Association (JAIPA)

5.4 Television broadcasting in Japan

5.5 Telecommunications carriers

6. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 Overview of infrastructure developments in Japan

6.1.1 The push to develop Next Generation Network (NGN) standards

6.1.2 Opening up the last mile

6.2 Regulatory issues

6.2.1 Policy on national information superhighway

6.2.2 Government’s IT Basic Strategy

6.2.3 Government plan for ubiquitous networks

6.3 Major national infrastructure players

6.3.1 Crosswave Communications

6.3.2 KDDI Corp

6.3.3 NEC and Hitachi make next-generation routers

6.3.4 NTT Corp

6.3.5 Softbank

6.3.6 Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) and Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO)

6.3.7 Willcom (formerly DDI Pocket)

6.3.8 Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ)

6.4 Broadband networks

6.5 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)

6.5.1 Market overview

6.5.2 Development patterns

6.5.3 Fibre-to-the-Curb (FttC)

6.6 IPv6

6.7 International submarine cable infrastructure

6.7.1 Overview

6.8 Satellite infrastructure

6.8.1 Overview

6.8.2 Plans for powerful broadband satellite for 2015

6.8.3 Global Multimedia Mobile Satellite Communications (GMMSC)

6.8.4 Inmarsat

6.8.5 Asia Pacific Mobile Telecommunications (APMT)

6.8.6 Japan’s Space Development Plan

6.8.7 Major satellite operators

6.9 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

6.9.1 Overview

6.9.2 Major VoIP providers

6.9.3 Regulatory environment for IP telephony

7. BROADBAND MARKET

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Mega Consortium / Broadband Consortium Japan (BB Japan)

7.1.2 Impact of broadband on voice market

7.2 Cable modems

7.2.1 Market overview

7.2.2 Regulatory issues

7.3 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

7.3.1 Market overview

7.3.2 Major DSL providers

7.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)

7.4.1 Market overview

7.4.2 Major FttH players

7.5 Broadband over powerline (BPL) / powerline communications (PLC)

7.6 Wireless broadband

7.6.1 Wireless LAN (WLAN)

7.6.2 Major WLAN providers

7.6.3 World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)

7.6.4 Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN)

7.6.5 Ultra Wideband (UWB)

7.6.6 Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS)

7.6.7 Broadband Internet via satellite

7.7 Global LAN Ethernet

8. CONVERGENCE

8.1 Overview of media convergence

8.2 Triple play models

8.3 Digital TV

8.3.1 Overview

8.3.2 Broadband TV

8.3.3 Cable TV (CATV)

8.3.4 Satellite TV

8.3.5 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)

8.4 E-services

8.4.1 Overview

8.4.2 E-commerce

8.4.3 E-cash

8.4.4 E-banking

8.4.5 Online trading

8.4.6 E-government

8.4.7 E-entertainment

9. MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

9.1 Overview of Japan’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statstics

9.2 Market developments

9.3 New entrants into the mobile market

9.3.1 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

9.4 IP mobile telephony to hit the Japanese market around 2008

9.5 Mobile technologies

9.5.1 PDC

9.5.2 CDMA

9.5.3 PHS

9.5.4 Third Generation (3G) mobile

9.5.5 Fourth Generation (4G) mobile

9.6 Major mobile operators

9.6.1 Brief company descriptions

9.7 Mobile voice services

9.7.1 Prepaid cards

9.7.2 Mobile Satellite Services (MSS)

9.8 Mobile data services

9.8.1 Analysis - mobile data market

9.8.2 Mobile Internet

9.8.3 Short Message Service (SMS)

9.8.4 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

9.8.5 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)

9.8.6 Push-to-Talk (PTT)

9.8.7 BlackBerry

9.9 Mobile content and applications

9.9.1 Content for mobile market

9.9.2 Global Positioning System (GPS)

9.9.3 M-commerce / m-cash

9.9.4 Mobile gaming

9.9.5 Mobile conferencing

9.9.6 Mobile videoconferencing / mobile video

9.9.7 Mobile TV and radio

9.9.8 Mobile ringtone and music downloads

9.9.9 QR code readers

9.10 Mobile Internet services

9.10.1 Overview

9.10.2 Mobile Enterprise Alliance Japan

10. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 - Major members of MYLINE Carriers Association - 2007

Exhibit 2 - NTT Milestones - 1952 - 2007

Exhibit 3 - Timeline of events leading to formation of KDDI - 1984 - 1999

Exhibit 4 - KDDI - subsequent events - 2000 - 2006

Exhibit 5 - Softbank history - 2000 - 2006

Exhibit 6 - Major global/regional submarine cables with landing point in Japan - 2006

Exhibit 7 - Types of telecom convergence

Exhibit 8 - Japanese satellite TV - overview of broadcasters

List of tables

Table 1 - Country statistics Japan - 2006

Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2005

Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - 2006

Table 4 - Internet user statistics - 2006

Table 5 - Broadband statistics - 2006

Table 6 - Mobile statistics - May 2007

Table 7 - National telecommunications authorities

Table 8 - Number of telecommunications carriers in Japan - March 2007

Table 9 - MYLINE subscribers by category - May 2007

Table 10 - Subscriber growth and penetration: fixed-line versus mobile - 1993 - 2007

Table 11 - Internet subscriber growth, cable modem, DSL and FttH - 2002 - 2007

Table 12 - VoIP subscriber growth - 2003 - 2007

Table 13 - VoIP subscribers and market share by operator - 2006

Table 14 - VoIP subscribers by number category - 2006

Table 15 - Broadband subscriber growth - 2000 - 2007

Table 16 - Broadband subscribers and households - 2006

Table 17 - Broadband subscribers and annual change by access type - 2006

Table 18 - Cable modem broadband subscriber growth - 1998 - 2007

Table 19 - DSL broadband subscriber growth - 1999 - 2007

Table 20 - DSL subscribers and market share by operator - 2006

Table 21 - Softbank’s broadband capacity and lines in service - 2002 - 2006

Table 22 - FttH broadband subscriber growth - 2002 - 2007

Table 23 - FttH subscribers and market share by operator - 2006

Table 24 - ‘New type’ WAN - subscriber growth - 2001 - 2006

Table 25 - FWA subscriber growth - 2002 - 2006

Table 26 - Softbank and the world’s leading IPTV operators - 2006

Table 27 - Cable TV subscribers - 2002 - 2007

Table 28 - Cable TV operators - 1998 - 2007

Table 29 - J-COM subscribers by service - 2000 - 2007

Table 30 - BS and CS subscribers - 2003 - 2007

Table 31 - Number of satellite broadcasters - 2003 - 2006

Table 32 - SKY PerfecTV! subscribers - 1998 - 2007

Table 33 - Mobile subscriber growth - 1995 - 2007

Table 34 - Mobile subscribers by system - May 2007

Table 35 - cdmaOne subscribers - 1999 - 2007

Table 36 - CDMA2000 1x subscribers - 2003 - 2007

Table 37 - WCDMA subscribers - 2003 - 2007

Table 38 - PHS subscribers by carrier - 2005 - 2007

Table 39 - PHS subscribers - 1995 - 2007

Table 40 - 3G mobile subscribers by operator - 2006

Table 41 - NTT DoCoMo FOMA WCDMA subscribers - 2001 - 2007

Table 42 - Mobile subscribers by operator - December 2006

Table 43 - Prepaid mobile subscribers - May 2007

Table 44 - Mobile wireless Internet subscribers by providers - May 2007

Table 45 - Mobile wireless Internet subscriber growth - 2000 - 2007