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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 Q4 (end of March 2011), 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).
Please note that in response to the effects of the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster, the following support has been implemented in compiling this data.
Note: Concerning handling of contract numbers, etc.
Since at present it is difficult to gain an accurate understanding of the true state of contract numbers in regions affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, for the time being we will make calculations using provisional numbers based on the contract numbers as understood by all businesses and officially announce these as the data for this quarter.
When accurate contract numbers have been received from all businesses, we will correct the contract numbers and make another official announcement.
Also, for contract numbers from telecommunications carriers (some CATV businesses) that were unable to report before the deadline for this term (April 30) due to being directly affected by the disaster, contract numbers from the previous term (end of December 2010) are used as provisional numbers in this term.
Once reports have been received from these businesses, we will correct the contract numbers accordingly.
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) showed little change, now standing at 57.47 million (up 0.03% over the previous term).
The subscription telephone market share of NTT East and West also continues to be flat, now standing at 80.9% (down 0.5 points from the previous term).
(2) The number of IP telephone numbers continue to increase, now standing at 25.66 million (up 2.8% over the previous term). Among these, the number of 0ABJ-IP telephone numbers continues to increase and now stands at 17.9 million (up 5.1% over the previous term). In terms of the share of the number of 0ABJ-IP telephone numbers, NTT East and West decreased to 66.7% (down 0.6 points from the previous term) while KDDI showed little change by moving to 16.1% (up 0.1 points over the previous term).
Also, the number of 050-IP telephone numbers continues to decrease and now stands at 7.76 million (down 2.1% from the previous term). In terms of the share of the number of 050-IP telephone numbers, NTT Communications rose to 37.9% (up 0.8 points over the previous term) while Softbank BB fell to 40.8% (down 0.9 points from the previous term).
2. Mobile communications
The number of mobile communications contracts continues to increase, now standing at 123.29 million (up 2.1% over the previous term). The number of mobile phone contracts continues to increase, rising to 119.54 million (up 2.1% over the previous term). Also, the number of PHS contracts, although previously decreasing, has now increased to 3.75 million (up 2.7% over the previous term).
There was little change in terms of the share of mobile phone and PHS contracts, with NTT DoCoMo having 47.1% (down 0.3 points from the previous term) and KDDI 26.8% (down 0.1 points from the previous term), although Softbank Mobile continues to increase, rising to 20.6% (up 0.4 points over the previous term).
The number of subscribers to MVNO contracts is 3.59 million.
3. Internet connections
(1) The number of broadband service (*2) contracts continues to increase, now standing at 34.959 million (up 1.1% over the previous term).
(2) The number of 3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication service contracts is drastically increasing, having risen to 26,000 (20 times more than in the previous term).
(3) The number of BWA contracts is drastically increasing, having risen to 811,000 (up 53% over the previous term).
(4) The number of FTTH contracts continues to increase, now standing at 20.236 million (up 2.3% over the previous term). There was little change in FTTH market share, with NTT East and West falling slightly to 74.4% (down 0.1 points from the previous term), electrical power system businesses rising slightly to 9.1% (up 0.1 points over the previous term), and KDDI's market share rising to 8.8% (up 0.2 points over the previous term).
(5) The number of DSL contracts continues to decrease, falling to 8.201 million (down 4.5% from the previous term). There was little change in market share, with leader Softbank BB having 38.4% (up 0.1 points over the previous term) and NTT East and West having 34.9% (down 0.1 points from the previous term).
(6) The number of FTTH contracts across all prefectures is increasing, while in all prefectures the number of DSL contract is decreasing.
*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 (FY 2010 Q3 (End of December 2010)) (report published March 16, 2011)
○ Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published (End of September 2010) (report published December 28, 2010)
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