Japan - Major Operators - Overview and Statistics

Synopsis

Japan has been active in regulating its telecommunication industry to reduce the monopoly of NTT, and to introduce more effective competition. This has resulted in an increase to the number and size of competitors, reduced prices and facilitated the introduction of innovative telecoms applications. This report gives an overview of the operating environment within Japan, and describes the major players as they stand today. In addition to giving an overview of company history, the report reviews financial and operating data with ARPU figures and discusses current and future company strategies.

Key Developments:

Solid capital expenditure by all operators; trend towards increased smartphone usage; network dimensioning to cater for increased data usage; increasing uptake of IPTV services; strong FttX deployment accompanied by reduced pricing; investment in mobile apps capability; eMobile acquired by Softbank; Softbank gains a 70% stake in US operator Sprint

Companies covered in this report include:

NTT; KDDI; Softbank; eAccess; eMobile J:COM; Sky Perfect; IIJ

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Operating environment
• 3. Major operators
• 4. NTT Corporation
  • 4.1 Company Overview
  • 4.2 Financial statistics
  • 4.3 Government intervention
  • 4.4 Business strategy
  • 4.5 International expansion
  • 4.6 NTT East and West broadband
    • 4.6.1 Broadband statistics
    • 4.6.2 ADSL
    • 4.6.3 FttH
    • 4.6.4 IPTV
• 5. NTT DoCoMo
  • 5.1 Company overview
  • 5.2 Financial statistics
  • 5.3 Capex allocation
  • 5.4 ARPU statistics
  • 5.5 Operational statistics
  • 5.6 Applications
    • 5.6.1 Language translation
    • 5.6.2 M-Health
    • 5.6.3 Other applications
  • 5.7 LTE
  • 5.8 International investments
    • 5.8.1 TTSL - India
    • 5.8.2 PLDT - Philippines
    • 5.8.3 VMG Media - Vietnam
• 6. KDDI Corporation
  • 6.1 Company Overview
  • 6.2 Financial statistics
    • 6.2.1 Capex
  • 6.3 Operations statistics
    • 6.3.1 Mobile
    • 6.3.2 Fixed line operations
  • 6.4 Business strategy
• 7. Softbank Corporation
  • 7.1 Company overview
  • 7.2 Company background
  • 7.3 Financial statistics
  • 7.4 Operations statistics
• 8. Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ)
  • 8.1 Company overview and background
  • 8.2 Financial statistics
• 9. Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM)
  • 9.1 Company overview
  • 9.2 Company background
  • 9.3 Financial statistics
  • 9.4 Operations statistics
• 10. eAccess
  • 10.1 Company Overview
  • 10.2 Company Background
    • 10.2.1 ACCA Networks
    • 10.2.2 eMobile
  • 10.3 Financial statistics
  • 10.4 Operations statistics
    • 10.4.1 Fixed-line statistics
    • 10.4.2 Mobile statistics
  • 10.5 Business strategies
• 11. Willcom (DDI Pocket)
• 12. SKY PerfecTV! Communications Inc (Sky Perfect JSAT)
• 13. Related reports

• Table 1 – Internet, broadband, IP telephony and telecoms statistics for Japan – 2005 - 2012
• Table 2 – NTT major shareholders – March 2012
• Table 3 – NTT financial data – 2000 – 2013
• Table 4 – NTT proportion of operating revenue by segment – 2001 – 2011
• Table 5 – NTT forecast consolidated revenue composition – 2008 - 2013
• Table 6 – NTT subscribers by service – December 2012
• Table 7 – NTT Broadband subscribers and market share by segment – 2004 – 2013
• Table 8 – NTT video service subscribers – 2009 - 2013
• Table 9 – NTT DoCoMo major shareholders – March 2012
• Table 10 – NTT DoCoMo revenue, net income, capex and EBITDA – 2005 – 2013
• Table 11 – NTT DoCoMo CAPEX breakdown – 2007 – 2013
• Table 12 – NTT DoCoMo subscribers – December 2012
• Table 13 – NTT DoCoMo ARPU, MOU and Churn – 2004 - 2013
• Table 14 – NTT DoCoMo aggregate ARPU, mova and FOMA – 2005 - 2012
• Table 15 – NTT DoCoMo’s subscribers by technology and ARPU – 2002 - 2013
• Table 16 – NTT DoCoMo ID payment terminals and DCMX members – 2007 - 2012
• Table 17 – NTT DoCoMo infrastructure deployments: technology and speed – 2006 - 2011
• Table 18 – KDDI financial data – 2001 - 2013
• Table 19 – KDDI proportion of revenue by segment – 2001 - 2012
• Table 20 – KDDI total capital expenditure on mobile and fixed line – 2005 - 2013
• Table 21 – au subscribers by technology and market share – 1997 – 2013
• Table 22 – KDDI au ARPU, MOU and churn – 2001 – 2013
• Table 23 – TU-KA subscribers and market share – 1997 – 2009
• Table 24 – ADSL and FttH subscribers – 2005 – 2013
• Table 25 – Fixed access lines – 2008 – 2013
• Table 26 – Softbank major shareholders – March 2012
• Table 27 – Softbank distribution of ownership among shareholders – March 2012
• Table 28 – Softbank financial data – 1995 – 2012
• Table 29 – Softbank proportion of revenue by segment – 2006 – 2012
• Table 30 – Softbank mobile ARPU and churn – 2004 - 2012
• Table 31 – Softbank operational data – thousands of subscribers – 2006 - 2012
• Table 32 – IIJ revenue and net income – 2006 - 2013
• Table 33 – J:COM financial data – 2003 – 2012
• Table 34 – J-COM subscribers by service and monthly ARPU – 2000 – 2012
• Table 35 – J-COM households by service bundling – 2003 - 2012
• Table 36 – eAccess stakeholders – September 2011
• Table 37 – eAccess financial data – 2004 – 2013
• Table 38 – eAccess subscribers, ARPU, churn and acquisition cost – 2008 – 2013
• Table 39 – eMobile subscribers, ARPU, churn and acquisition cost – 2007 – 2013
• Table 40 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation individual subscribers – 1997 - 2012

• Chart 1 – NTT Group revenue, capex, ARPU – 2003 – 2012
• Chart 2 – KDDI revenue, capex, ARPU – 2004 - 2013
• Chart 3 – Softbank revenue, capex, ARPU – 2005 – 2012

• Exhibit 1 – Significant telecoms operators in Japan
• Exhibit 2 – NTT Group structure – March 2011
• Exhibit 3 – NTT DoCoMo investment in international operators – March 2012
• Exhibit 4 – Softbank operations

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