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01/24/2012

TelecoWorld: Japan

General

Operators - Annual

Operators - Quarter

In this page: Statistics about Fixed /Mobile Telephony and Broadband in Japan.

Official Name: Japan

Capital: Tokyo

Population: 127.45 millions (MIC 2010)

Currency: Iene

Calling Code: +81

Regulator Agency:

MIC - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

TCA - Telecommunications Carriers Association

The following figure presents the evolution of fixed telepehony and cellulars in Japan. (Source: MIC and TCA).

Millions	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	96.5	101.7	105.3	110.4	114.9	120.7	126.1	4.4%
Fixed Accesses	58.1	55.2	52.4	48.4	44.4	40.4	-	-
Broadband	22.4	25.8	27.8	30.1	31.7	34.1	-	-
Density (cell/100 inhab.)	75.5	79.6	82.4	86.5	90.4	95.4	98.9	-

Mobile Access per Operator

Thousands	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
NTT DoCoMo	51,248	52,744	53,306	54,155	55,436	57,209	59,624	4.2%
KDDI	24,695	27,226	29,555	30,550	31,393	32,527	34,298	5.4%
Softbank	15,117	15,497	17,614	20,000	21,667	24,400	27,835	14.1%
EMobile	-	-	205,9	1,120	2,121	2,924	-	-
Willcom	3,651	4,359	4,617	4,570	4,299	3,648	4,311	18.2%
Total	94,745	99,826	105,297	110,395	114,917	120,870	126,143	4.4%

Source:TCA

Mobile Access per Technology

Thousands	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
PHS	4,568	4,890	4,772	4,570	4,299	3,648	4,311	18.2%
PDC	46,160	31,064	16,764	9,412	4,173	1,799	598	(66.8%)
CDMA one	987	656	456	345	271	162	75	(54.1%)
W-CDMA	22,447	38,074	54,565	65,863	75,052	82,896	85,797	3.5%
CDMA 2000 1x	20,583	25,142	28,740	30,203	31,122	32,365	34,223	5.7%
LTE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,139	-
Total	94,745	99,826	105,297	110,395	114,917	120,870	126,143	4.4%

Source:TCA

Mobile Operators

NTT DoCoMo

Thousands	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
Xi (LTE)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,139	-
Foma 3G (WCDMA)	20,129	32,114	42,078	47,495	52,045	55,573	57,962	4.3%
Mova 2G (PDC)	30,237	20,100	11,073	6,661	3,391	1,636	523	(68.0%)
PHS	882	530	4,772	4,570	4,299	-	-	-
Total	51,248	52,744	53,306	54,155	55,436	57,209	59,624	4.2%

Source:TCA

KDDI

Thousands	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
CDMA 1X	20,583	25,142	28,740	30,203	31,122	32,365	34,223	5.7%
CDMA One	987	656	456	347	271	162	75	(54.1%)
PDC	3,125	1,428	359	-	-	-	-	-
Total	24,695	27,226	29,555	30,550	31,393	32,527	34,298	5.4%

Source:TCA

Softbank (Ex-Vodafone)

Thousands	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	∆Year
WCDMA	2,318	5,961	12,282	17,249	20,885	24,400	27,835	14.1%
PDC	12,799	9,536	5,332	2,751	782	-	-	-
Total	15,117	15,497	17,614	20,000	21,667	24,400	27,835	14.1%

Source:TCA

Fixed Operators

NTT

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Lines in Service	33,238	32,493	31,774	31,002	30,271	29,563	(2.3%)	(9.0%)
Broadband (ADLS + Hikari)	16,632	17,092	17,376	17,728	17,917	18,310	2.2%	7.1%
ADSL	3,381	3,253	3,136	3,004	2,858	2,715	(5.0%)	(16.5%)
Hikari	13,251	13,839	14,240	14,724	15,059	15,595	3.6%	12.7%
Technology NGN - Fiber	10,142	10,648	11,104	11,641	12,113	12,565	3.7%	18.0%

Thousands	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Lines in Service	46,911	40,577	37,270	34,066	31,002	(9.0%)
Broadband (ADLS + Hikari)	9,101	12,960	14,813	16,325	17,728	8.6%
ADSL	5,682	4,864	4,177	3,546	3,004	(15.3%)
Hikari	3,419	8,096	10,636	12,779	14,724	15.2%
Technology NGN - Fiber	867	5,032	7,458	9,604	11,641	21.2%

Social-Economic Results

-	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
PIB (US$ billions)	4,552	4,363	4,378	4,880	5,033	5,459	8.5%
PIB per capita (US$)	35,633	34,150	34,268	38,216	39,459	42,820	8.5%
Annual Inflation (%)	(0.3)	0.3	-	1.4	(1.4)	(0.7)	-
Population (thousands)	127.8	127.7	127.8	127.7	127.6	127.5	(0.1%)

Source: MI - World Economic Outlook Database, April 2010

Commentary

Since it was acquired by Softbank, the former Vodafone Japan is presenting increasing net adds. Softbank is the main broadband provider in Japan and one of the controlers of Yahoo Japan. One of Softbank's slogans is "make your cellular an Internet machine".

Softbank's growth can be attributed to an aggressive posture with new service plans which introduced a war of prices in the market. New government policies to increase competitiveness, like the introduction of number portability in Oct/06, also helped.