June 19, 2020 Voice Communications Usage in Japan Seen from Volume of Communications Traffic

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) summarized data on the volume of communications traffic for fiscal 2018 reported from telecommunications carriers under the Rules for Reporting on Telecommunications Business (Ministerial Ordinance of MPT No. 46 of 1988) and has decided to open the data to the public.

1. Purpose

This set of statistics is used to grasp the usage trends of telecommunications services, which are indispensable for people’s lives and socio-economic activities, based on objective and reliable data. Furthermore, by disclosing the data, MIC aims to deepen the understanding of telecommunications services among the users.

2. Content

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications established the Rules for Reporting on Telecommunications Business and has been requesting the reporting of communication volume data related to voice services from telecommunications carriers.
Recently, MIC has compiled voice communications data for fiscal 2018 and decided to open it to the public. Furthermore, the data includes a list of corrections because there were some numerical errors in the reports from telecommunications carriers (for 2012 through 2016).

3. Material to be opened to the public

Communications Usage in Japan Seen from Volume of Communications Traffic (FY2018)

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  List of Corrections to Voice Communications Usage in Japan Seen from Volume of Communications Traffic

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  The published material is in Japanese only.