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This is to announce that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has compiled a report on telecommunications service contract numbers and market share in FY 2010 Q3 (end of December 2010) as per the enclosed document, based on reports from telecommunications carriers in accord with provisions in the Telecommunications Business Report Regulations (1988 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Order No. 46) (*1).
Main points:
1. Fixed communications
(1) The number of subscription telephone contracts (NTT East and West subscription telephones, as well as special line, 0ABJ-IP and CATV telephones) continues to decrease, now standing at 57.45 million (down 0.3% from the previous term). The subscription telephone market share of NTT East and West also continues to decrease, now standing at 81.4% (down 0.4 points from the previous term).
(2) The number of IP telephone numbers continue to increase, now standing at 24.96 million (up 2.8% over the previous term). Among these, the number of 0ABJ-IP telephone numbers continues to increase and now stands at 17.03 million (up 5.3% over the previous term). In terms of the share of the number of 0ABJ-IP telephone numbers, NTT East and West decreased to 67.3% (down 0.4 points from the previous term) while KDDI increased to 16.0% (up 0.3 points over the previous term). Also, the number of 050-IP telephone numbers continues to decrease and now stands at 7.93 million (down 2.2% from the previous term). In terms of the share of the number of 050-IP telephone numbers, NTT Communications rose to 37.1% (up 0.6 points over the previous term) while Softbank BB fell to 41.7% (down 0.7 points from the previous term).
2. Mobile communications
The number of mobile communications contracts continues to increase, now standing at 120.70 million (up 1.3% over the previous term). There was little change in terms of the share of mobile phone and PHS contracts, with NTT DoCoMo having 47.4% (down 0.3 points from the previous term) and KDDI 26.9% (down 0.2 points from the previous term), although Softbank Mobile rose to 20.2% (up 0.5 points over the previous term). The number of subscribers to MVNO contracts is 3.232 million.
3. Internet connections
(1) The number of broadband service (*2) contracts continues to increase, now standing at 34.59 million (up 1.7% over the previous term).
(2) For the first time, we are announcing broadband contract numbers for 3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication systems: the total of these is presently 1,226.
(3) The number of FTTH contracts continues to increase, now standing at 19.77 million (up 3.4% over the previous term). There was little change in FTTH market share, with NTT East and West staying at 74.5% (no change from the previous term), electrical power system businesses staying at 9.1% (no change from the previous term), and KDDI's market share rising to 8.6% (up 0.1 points over the previous term).
(4) The number of DSL contracts continues to decrease, falling to 8.59 million (down 4.4% from the previous term). There was little change in market share, with leader Softbank BB having 38.3% (down 0.1 points from the previous term) and NTT East and West having 35.0% (up 0.1 points from the previous term).
(5) The number of FTTH contracts across all prefectures is increasing, while in 46 prefectures (except for Okinawa Prefecture) the number of DSL contract is decreasing. Please note that the reference materials contain details of broadband service contract numbers classified by prefecture.
*1 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has been evaluating competition in the telecommunications business since FY 2003, publishing quarterly data on the status of competition based on intelligence gathered from businesses.
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| Broadband services |
Refers to: FTTH access services, DSL access services, CATV access services, FWA access services and BWA access services, and 3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication access services. |
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FTTH access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by optical fiber lines (including VDSL, etc. using telephone lines in some apartment buildings, etc.). |
| DSL access services |
Refers to: access services (ADSL, etc.) connecting to networks by telephone lines (metal lines) |
| CATV access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by cable television lines. |
| FWA access services |
Refers to: access services for wireless network connections of fixed user terminals. |
| BWA access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by broadband wireless access systems using 2.5GHz band (WiMAX). |
| 3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by3,9G mobile communications systems (LTE) using mobile telephones, etc. |
Previous reports ("Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published")
Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published (End of September 2010) (report published December 28, 2010)
Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published (End of June 2010) (report published October 8, 2010)
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