Japan - Broadband Market - FttX & Wholesale Market

Synopsis

Entering 2009, Japan had over 30 million broadband lines in place, making it the third largest broadband country in the world after the US and China. Much of the success of broadband in Japan is owed to the stunning growth surge that occurred back in 2003 on the back of DSL broadband technology. Other broadband services such as FttH have since attracted even greater interest in the Japanese market largely due to favourable government policies and action with a resulting major impact on broadband pricing. This report gives a summary of the broadband market with particular focus on FttX. Also included is a discussion of the major operators such as NTT and the electric power utilities, and the success of the wholesale market in Japan.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Broadband market
  • 2.1 Overview
• 3. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
• 4. Broadband charges
• 5. Government led Initiatives
  • 5.1 Japan’s New Generation Network
  • 5.2 e-Japan
  • 5.3 E-Government
  • 5.4 U-Japan
  • 5.5 Next Generation Broadband Strategy FY2010
• 6. Broadband Companies
  • 6.1 NTT
  • 6.2 KDDI
  • 6.3 Electric Power Utilities
• 7. WHOLESALE MARKET
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Broadband subscribers by access type – 2000 - 2008
• Table 2 – Broadband subscriber annual change and market share by access type – 2000 - 2008
• Table 3 – DSL subscribers and market share by operator – June 2008
• Table 4 – FttH subscribers and market share by operator – June 2008
• Table 5 – Change in ARPU from FttH – 2005 - 2008
• Table 6 – Tariffs for Broadband Services – 2008
• Table 7 – Broadband household subscribers and service availability – 2006 - 2007; 2011
• Table 8 – NTT Broadband subscribers and market share by segment – 2004 - 2008
• Table 9 – ADSL and FttH subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 10 – Fixed access lines – 2008 - 2009

• Exhibit 1 – Representative charges per service in Tokyo – 2008