State of Numbers of Contracted Telecommunications Service Subscribers, etc.(End of December 2011)

  In accordance with Telecommunications Business Reporting Regulations (1988 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Ordinance No. 46), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has received and compiled reports from telecommunications carriers stating the numbers of contracted telecommunications service subscribers, etc., as of the end of December 2011.

1. Subscription phones and ISDN

  As of the end of December 2011, the total number of subscription phone and ISDN contracts stands at 36,814,000, showing an 8.9% decrease over the same period last year and indicating an ongoing trend for decline. The total number of subscription phone and ISDN contracts held by NTT East and West stands at 32,083,000, also indicating an ongoing trend for decline.

2. Number of IP phones in use

  As of the end of December 2011, the total number of IP phones in use stands at 27,772,000, showing a 10.7% increase over the same period last year and indicating an ongoing trend for increase.
  Particularly remarkable is the expansion of the number of 0AB-J-IP phones in use, which shows an increase of 18.4% over the same period last year.

3. Mobile phones and PHS

  As of the end of December 2011, the total number of mobile phone and PHS subscribers stands at 129,868,000, showing a 7.6% increase over the same period last year and indicating an ongoing trend for increase. In addition, the rate of diffusion of mobile phones and PHS among the population has exceeded 100%, reaching 101.4%.
 
  [URL]http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/eng/Releases/Telecommunications/12022104.html

MRA International Workshop 2012

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is organizing the International Workshop on Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) for telecommunications equipment from 29-30 March 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.
  The workshop is designed to promote efficient utilization of the MRA and to nurture the development of internationally respected conformity assessment bodies (CABs). The workshop program includes presentations and information exchange on updated certification systems and technical regulations for telecommunications equipment.

1. Date and venue, etc.

- Date: Thursday 29 March and Friday 30 March 2012 (two days)
- Venue: belle salle Kudan
(Address: 1-8-10, Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
- Sponsor: MIC
- Capacity: Approx. 100 people
- Program:
[1st day (29th)]
Outline of Technical Requirement Standard
[2nd day (30th)]
Case Study of Technical Requirement
 
For more information, please see “The Radio Use Web site”
(URL: http://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/j/sys/equ/mra/23/index.htm).

2. Registration

  Prospective participants should complete the registration form (Attachment) and submit it by FAX (+81-3-5253-5914) or send by an email to mra-r@soumu.go.jp no later than 5 p.m (Japanase standard time) Wednesday 21 March 2012.

Note:
・If you register by email, please write the answers to the questions contained in the registration form directly in the email itself. We ask you not to attach any files, due to security concerns.

Please note that the number of participants may be restricted in case of a larger-than-expected number of applications.

Video content proposal selection relating to “Promotion for Information Provision Overseas”

  At the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, in relation to the “Promotion for Information Provision Overseas” project, a call for proposals to transmit video content overseas was made via contracted organizations in February.
  On this occasion, we would like to report that we have selected some of such proposals to be supported by this project.

1. Outline of the “Promotion for Information Provision Overseas” project

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is implementing the “Promotion for Information Provision Overseas” project in the third 2011 supplementary budget.
  The “Promotion for Information Provision Overseas” project aims to communicate more effectively with overseas audiences, in order to prevent an expansion of economic damage from misunderstandings about the situation of the areas directly affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, as well as the state of Japan as a whole. This project supports the production and distribution of quality video content conveying Japan’s current situation of steady recovery from the disaster through Japan’s international broadcasting network and international co-productions.

2. Selection result

  Calls for proposals to transmit video contents overseas were made via contracted organizations from February 1 (Wednesday) to February 21, 2012 (Tuesday), and from a total of 420 entries, 29 (JIB-TV section:13, International co-production section: 16) have been selected for this project. (Visit the URL below for further details)

http://www.j-forward.jp/english

3. Post-selection schedule

(1) JIB-TV section
  Produced video contents are planned to be broadcast by this autumn on JIB-TV programming (NHK World TV).

(2) International co-production section
  After the presentation of the selected proposals at the international event, the Asian Side of DOC (Visit the URL below for further details), to be held in Tokyo from March 17 (Saturday) to 22 (Thursday), we will support matching between selected Japanese applicants and overseas broadcasters, in cooperation with contracted organizations.
  After the matching, co-produced video contents are planned to be broadcast by January next year through the overseas broadcasters that are co-production partners.

  http://asiandocumentaries.com/

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