MIC compiled the number of contracts for broadband service and other items of information reported by telecommunications carriers as of the end of March 2007, as mandated by the Rules for Reporting on Telecommunications Business (Ministerial Ordinance of MPT No. 46 of 1988), and herein reports the result to the public.
Major trends observed in the current compilation result are as follows:
| • Major Trends |
| - Number of contracts for broadband service: 26.44 million |
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The number of contracts for broadband service as of the end of March 2007 marked 26.44 million.
Since the number of the same as of the end of December 2006 was 25.75 million, the increase from the previous quarter was 0.68 million.
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| - Number of contracts for FTTH: 8.8 million |
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The number of contracts for the FTTH access service as of the end of March 2007 was 8.8 million, marking a net increase of 0.86 million from the previous quarter.
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- Breakdown into individual services
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Total of broadband services |
FTTH |
DSL |
CATV |
FWA |
| End of March 2007 |
26,438,403 |
8,803,898
(33%) |
14,013,248
(53%) |
3,609,625
(14%) |
11,632
(0.04%) |
| End of December 2006 |
25,754,990 |
7,940,399
(31%) |
14,235,936
(55%) |
3,567,075
(14%) |
11,580
(0.04%) |
Net change
(Jan to Mar 2007) |
683,413 |
863,499 |
-222,668 |
42,550 |
52 |
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The numbers in parentheses indicate percentages of the individual services within broadband service. |
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The number of contracts for broadband service is the total of those for FTTH access service, DSL access service, CATV access service, and FWA access service. |
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The total number of contracts for broadband service and the numbers of contracts for FTTH and DSL as of the end of December 2006 were corrected. |
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