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Vol. 23, No. 13, December 5, 2012
- TOPICS
- The Council on ICT Strategy and Policy and Three Related Strategic Meetings to be held
- STATISTICS
- State of Number of Telecommunications Service Subscriptions
As of the end of September 2012 - STATISTICS
- Results of “Monthly Survey on Telecommunications and Broadcasting Industry” for October 2012 (Quick Report)
Vol. 23, No. 12, November28, 2012
- TOPICS
- Outcome of 19th Japan-EU ICT Dialogue and Japan-EU Internet Security Forum
- TOPICS
- Results of Japan-ASEAN Telecommunications and IT Ministers Meeting
Vol. 23, No. 11, November16, 2012
- TOPICS
- Fifth Presentation of Achievements of “Research and Development for Expansion of Radio Wave Resources” to be Held
- STATISTICS
- State of Use of Communications in Japan in Terms of Traffic
Quick estimation of state of use in FY2011 - STATISTICS
- Results of 2012 Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry (preliminary report)
Vol. 23, No. 10, October 31, 2012
- TOPICS
- Results of Fifth Japan-ASEAN Information Security Policy Meeting
- TOPICS
- Outcome of Fourth Director General Level Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy
Vol. 23, No. 9, October 5, 2012
- STATISTICS
- Official Announcement of Quarterly Data on the Number of Telecommunications Service Subscriptions and Market Share (FY2012 Q1 (End of June 2012))
- STATISTICS
- Aggregation and Preliminary Calculation of Internet Traffic in Japan
Official announcement of aggregate results as of May 2012 - TOPICS
- Fifth Japan-ASEAN Information Security Policy Meeting and Japan-ASEAN Information Security Symposium to be Held
Vol. 23, No. 8, September 19, 2012
- TOPICS
- Request for Use of “Emergency Messaging Services” and Mail in Times of Disaster
- STATISTICS
- State of Number of Subscriptions of Telecommunications Services
(As of the end of June 2012)
Vol. 23, No. 7, August 28, 2012
- TOPICS
- Results of Ninth APEC Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications and Information Industry
- TOPICS
- Official Announcement of the 2012 Version of International ICT Competitiveness Index
- TOPICS
- Explanatory Meeting on World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12)
Vol. 23, No. 6, August 6, 2012
- TOPICS
- Publication of 2012 “Report on Current Status of Information and Communications” (2012 WHITE PAPER Information and Communications in Japan)
- TOPICS
- Establishment of “Open Data Promotion Consortium”
Vol. 23, No. 5, July 13, 2012
- TOPICS
- Measures to be Taken for Safe Use of Smart Phones
Official announcement of final report from the “Study Group on Information Security Issues of Smartphone and Cloud Computing” - TOPICS
- Official Announcement of Report from “Commission on Town Development utilizing ICT and Global Expansion”
- TOPICS
- Cyber Attack Analysis Council was Held
Vol. 23, No. 4, June 29, 2012
- STATISTICS
- Number of Subscriptions of Telecommunications Services
- TOPICS
- Official Announcement of Report by the “Research Society for Repletion of Broadcasting Aimed at Persons with Seeing/Hearing Impairments in the Digital Broadcasting Age”
- TOPICS
- Report on Outcome of Global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Summit 2012
Vol. 23, No. 3, May 24, 2012
- TOPICS
- Outcome of the Ministerial Dialogues of Mr. Tatsuo Kawabata, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications with the British Government and the European Commission
- TOPICS
- “Global ICT Summit 2012” to be Held
- TOPICS
- The MIC made a financial contribution to ITU Framework for Cooperation in Emergencies(IFCE)
Vol. 23, No. 2, May 2, 2012
- TOPICS
- The MIC will hold the “ITC Symposium on Disaster Communications”
- TOPICS
- International Standardization of Methodology for Environmental Impact Assessment of ICT Goods, Networks and Services
- TOPICS
- Official Announcement of “Interim Report from Working Group on the User Information Sent through Smartphones” under Study Group on Consumer Issues with ICT Services
No.1, April 18, 2012
- TOPICS
- Outcome of Third Director General-Level Meeting of Japan-U.S. Policy Cooperation Dialogue on the Internet Economy
- STATISTICS
- Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published (FY 2011 Q3 (End of December 2011))
- TOPICS
- "Investigative Commission for Promotion of Effective Use of Radio Spectrum" to be initiated
- TOPICS
- Expansion of Social Knowledge Infrastructure through Digital Archive of Knowledge
-Public announcement of action plan and guidelines-
