Number of Internet Connection Users [July 2001]


    Number of Internet Connection Users [April 2001] -- Press release

    1. Increase in the Number of Internet Connection Service Users Utilizing Dial-up Connections on Telephone Lines
        Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
    Index 1999                       100
      2000 104.8 108.3 112.7 117.1 121.3 125.3 129.7 133.3 137.3 141.2 144.8 149.2
      2001 153.2 156.9 163.1* 166.8                
    Note) 100 taken as the basic index for the number of subscribers (10.59 million) to 15 major operators at the end of December 1999. The number of subscribers as of March 2001 is 17.25 million (10.59 million X 162.9/100).
    For one of the target companies being surveyed, there was a modification in the survey process. This is one reason for the increase in the index.
    2. Number of Operators Providing Internet Connection Services that Utilize the CATV Network
        Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
    Operators (companies) 1999                       84
      2000 85 86 89 106 110 122 133 141 152 172 179 188
      2001 190 198 201 217                
    Note) Number of operators includes the number of Providers whose sole role is offering the lines to other Internet connection providers.
    3. Number of Subscribers Using Internet Connection Services that Utilize the CATV Network
        Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
    Subscribers
    (in 10,000s)    		 1999     3.2     6.6     9.2     15.4
      2000     21.6     32.9     46.3     62.5
      2001     78.4                  
    Note) Subscribers include those occasionally using a dial-up line. Includes the number of lines of Internet connection providers whose sole role is to offer the lines.
    4. Number of Internet Service Users Via Mobile Phone Terminals
        Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
    Users (in 10,000s) 1999                 9.2     367.3
      2000 459.3 569.0 749.9 935.1 1056.7 1272.3 1506.6 1729.0 1967.9 2180.0 2395.6 2686.6
      2001 2924.4 3141.1 3456.7 3694.4                
    Note) The total number of subscribers to the i-mode, Ezweb (including the previous EZaccess) and J-Sky services.
    5. DSL Service Users
        Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
    Users (subscribers) 2000 19 62 211 399 760 1272.3 1605 2122 2537 3171 5347 9723
      2001 16194 34372 70655 112182                
    Note) The number of subscribers to the “DSL Connection Services” offered by the NTT regional companies.
    Details are published on the “Page publicizing the spread of DSL” - http://www.joho.soumu.go.jp/eng/Statistics/dsl/index.html
    Contact: General Communications Office, Data Telecommunications Section, Data communications section
    (contact: Deputy Director Inoue, Assistant Director Machida Tel. 03-5253-5853)

    Appendix

    Number of providers of Internet connection services using CATV by town, city and prefecture

    City or prefecture Operators City or prefecture Operators City or prefecture Operators City or prefecture Operators
    Hokkaido 4(3) Tokyo 25 Shiga 3 Kagawa 3
    Aomori 2(1) Kanagawa 16 Kyoto 3 Ehime 2
    Iwate 3(2) Niigata 3 Osaka 15 Kochi 1
    Miyagi 3 Toyama 8(7) Hyogo 9(8) Fukuoka 5(4)
    Akita 1 Ishikawa 2 Nara 1 Saga 3(1)
    Yamagata 2 Fukui 2 Wakayama 1 Nagasaki 2
    Fukushima 0 Yamanashi 3 Tottori 2 Kumamoto 1
    Ibaragi 2 Nagano 5(4) Shimane 3(2) Oita 3
    Tochigi 7(5) Gifu 4 Okayama 5(4) Miyasaki 3
    Gunma 2 Shizuoka 5(4) Hiroshima 7(6) Kagoshima 3
    Saitama 14(13) Aichi 15(14) Yamaguchi 5 Okinawa 1
    Chiba 12 Mie 7 Tokushima 3(2) Total 231(214)
    Note) - The figures in brackets indicate that there was an increase or decrease in The number of Operators from The previous month.
    - Includes Operators providing lines for Internet service providers
    - The number of Operators indicates The number of Operators providing services in that area. Some Operators are providing services in more than