State of Telephone Number Usage

  Telecommunications numbers indicate the receiver's line or terminal every time a user makes a phone call or are used as numbers by which users can easily identify types or contents of services in providing telecommunications services.
  A report on the state of usage, etc. of telecommunications numbers as of the end of FY 2011 (March 31, 2012) has now been compiled in response to the reports submitted from telecommunications carriers, based on Article 8 of the Rules for Reporting on Telecommunications Business (Ministerial Ordinance of MPT No. 46 of 1988) and Article 10 of said Rules, and it is officially announced herein.
  The state of usage, etc. has been published annually since FY 2004, and this is the eighth official announcement.

  The following are changes from the end of FY2010 in terms of the number of main telecommunications numbers in use.  

0AB~J numbers for landline phone use	Decrease of 1.414 million numbers (approx.)	68.010 million numbers in use (approx.)
050 numbers for IP phone use	Decrease of 336,000 numbers (approx.)	7.574 million numbers in use (approx.)
070 numbers for PHS use	Increase of 785,000 numbers (approx.)	4.593 million numbers in use (approx.)
080/090 numbers for mobile phone use	Increase of 10.224 million numbers (approx.)	130.549 million numbers in use (approx.)

  *The state of usage, etc. refers to the state of numbers actually supplied by telecommunications carriers to their subscribers, with respect to the numbers designated to telecommunications carriers by the MIC.