December 24, 2021 Voice Communications Usage in Japan from the view point of Communications Traffic

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) summarized data on the volume of voice communications traffic for fiscal 2020 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 and study the ideal state 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 public as users.

2. Content

MIC 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 2020 and decided to open it to the public.

3. Material to be opened to the public

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  The published material is in Japanese only.