October 14, 2005

Data on "Competitive Situation in the Telecommunications Business Field" Compiled

 
Since 2003, MIC has been requesting telecommunications carriers to report on their telecommunications business, as part of the competition review in the telecommunications business field. This time, MIC has compiled the latest data on the competitive situation concerning the entire telecommunications market.
The outline of the data is as follows:

[Outline]
  1. Fixed communications
    i1) With respect to the number of telephones subscribers, NTT East (48.7%) and NTT West (49.1%) occupy 97.8% of the total subscriptions.
    ii2) As regards the number of telecommunications numbers allocated to IP telephony services, SOFTBANK BB occupies 43.4%, NTT Communications, 24.5% and KDDI, 13.4%. These top three carriers occupy 81.3% of the total telecommunications numbers allocated to IP telephony services.

  2. Mobile communications
    With respect to the number of cellular telephones and PHSs subscribers, NTT DoCoMo's share is 54.7%, au Group, 21.7% and Vodafone, 16.2%. The share of au Group has been increasing continuously.

  3. Internet
    i1) As for the number of DSL services subscribers, NTT East (20.7%) and NTT West (17.4%) occupy 38.1%, and SOFTBANK BB occupies 34.9%. These top three carriers occupy 73.0% of the entire DSL market.
    ii2) With regard to the number of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)subscribers for single family homes and corporate users, NTT East (37.0%) and NTT West (37.6%) occupy 74.6%, and the power utility group occupies 22.3%. With respect to those for apartments and condominiums, NTT East (22.1%) and NTT West (12.9%) occupy 35.0%, and USEN occupies 20.3%.

  4. Others
    i1) As for traffic volumes (the communication number and the communication time), NTT Group occupies more than 60% of the fixed communications market, NTT DoCoMo Group occupies more than 60% of the cellular telephone market and KDDI occupies nearly 30% of the international communications market. These three hold the top share in the respective market.
    ii2) With respect to share of optical subscriber lines, although the share of NTT (NTT East and NTT West) still remains high, their share has been declining in some areas in western Japan.

Note: Detailed data are available at URL: http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/kyousouhyouka.html

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