Number of Internet Connection Users [May 2001]

Increase in the Number of Internet Connection Service Users Utilizing Dial-up Connections on Telephone Lines.

		Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	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.

Number of Operators Providing Internet Connection Services that Utilize the CATV Network

		Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Subscribers (10,000)	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.

Number of Subscribers Using Internet Connection Services that Utilize the CATV Network

		Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Subscribers (10,000)	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.

Number of Internet Service Users Via Mobile Phone Terminals

		Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Users (10,000)	1999												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.

DSL Service Users

		Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Users (subscribers)	2000	19	62	211	399	760	1272.3	1605	2122	2537	3171	5347	9723
Users (subscribers)	2001	16194	34372	70655	112182

Note) The number of subscribers to the ¡ÈDSL Connection Services¡É offered by the NTT regional companies.
Details are published on the "Page publicizing the spread of DSL" - www.mpt.go.jp/eng/Statistics/dsl/index.html
Contact: General Communications Office, Data Telecommunications Section, Data communications section
Note) The number of subscribers to the ¡ÈDSL Connection Services¡É offered by the NTT regional companies.

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)	Miyazaki	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 one city or prefecture.