Pursuant to the provisions of the ''Rules for Reporting on Telecommunications Business (Ministerial Ordinance of MPT No. 46 of 1988),'' MIC compiled the number of contracts, etc. as of the end of September 2005 reported by telecommunications carriers.
Major trends of the results are as follows:
- The number of contracts for broadband services is 21.43 million.
The number of contracts for broadband services as of the end of September 2005 is 21.43 million.This shows an increase of 850,000 contracts within a quarter (FY2005 Q-II, July through September) compared to 20.58 million as of the end of June 2005 (FY2005 Q-I, April through June).
- Breakdown by service
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Broadband Total |
FTTH |
DSL |
Cable TV |
FWA |
September 2005 |
21,427,707 |
3,978,529 |
14,305,521 |
3,121,680 |
21,977 |
June 2005 |
20,578,171 |
3,410,440 |
14,082,268 |
3,061,881 |
23,582 |
Net increase (July through September 2005) |
849,536 |
568,089 |
223,253 |
59,799 |
- 1,605 |
Note: The ''Broadband Total'' indicates the total number of contracts for FTTH (fiber-to-the-home), DSL (digital subscriber line), cable TV and FWA (fixed wireless access) services.
- The number of contracts for FTTH services is 3.98 million.
The number of contracts for FTTH services as of the end of September 2005 is 3.98 million, drawing near the 4 million mark.The net increase of FTTH contracts in FY2005 Q-II is the record-high 570,000 contracts.The number of FTTH contracts is about two times bigger (a growth rate of 96%) than that of the same period in the previous fiscal year.
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Transition in the number of subscription contracts to broadband access services, etc. [As of the end of September 2005] |
- Number of Internet access service users (total of 37 operators providing more than 50,000 users with the services)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
28,743,610 |
29,359,963 |
29,547,385 |
29,689,396 |
FY2005 |
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- Number of FTTH access service users(total of 94 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
1,757,716 |
2,034,433 |
2,432,093 |
2,896,936 |
FY2005 |
3,410,440 |
(94%) |
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Note: The number of FTTH access service users as of the June 2005, including 1,718,355 users of condominiums/apartments and 2,260,174 other users (mainly, detached houses)
- Number of DSL access service users (total of 47 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
12,118,714 |
12,803,883 |
13,325,408 |
13,675,840 |
FY2005 |
14,082,268 |
(16%) |
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Note: For further details about DSL users, see
(http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/whatsnew/dsl/index.html)
- Number of cable Internet service users (total of 380 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
2,688,813 |
2,793,063 |
2,873,076 |
2,959,712 |
FY2005 |
3,061,881 |
(14%) |
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- Number of FWA access service users (total of 20 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
29,514 |
27,697 |
26,435 |
24,658 |
FY2005 |
23,582 |
(-20%) |
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- Number of public wireless LAN access service users (total of15 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
52,644 |
74,128 |
97,369 |
117,307 |
FY2005 |
4,676,996 |
(-) |
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Note: From this June, in addition to data on the ''number of public wireless LAN access service subscribers to the service only,'' there was an extension in data in order to cover the ''number of subscribers to other access services including public wireless LAN access service as option services.
- Number of Internet access service users via mobile telephone terminals (cellular telephones and PHS terminals) (total of 18 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
72,610,356 |
73,822,143 |
75,032,137 |
76,548,405 |
FY2005 |
77,754,877 |
(7%) |
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- Number of IP-VPN service users (total of 41 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
224,976 |
230,765 |
236,686 |
244,360 |
FY2005 |
248,667 |
(11%) |
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- Number of wide area Ethernet service users(total of 42 operators)
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Jun. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
FY2004 |
86,266 |
95,859 |
106,105 |
117,307 |
FY2005 |
126,252 |
(46%) |
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Note: The figures in parentheses indicate that there was an increase or decrease rate in the number of users compared to the previous month.
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