DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/575ac9/japan_telecoms) has announced the addition of the "Japan - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" report to their offering.
Japan is a country leading in technology use but enters the following decade faced with looming social changes and challenges. Accelerated globalisation sees the increasing influence of emerging countries in the international community and the economy. This is coupled with the global shift to a more sustainable society forcing governments and industry to engage with environmental issues and ensure efficient use of energy and resources.
This report (17th edition) covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments.
Market Highlights:
Over 99% of Japan's 120 million mobile subscribers use 3G services after 10 years in operation. Japan became the fourth country in the world to deploy Long-term Evolution (LTE) technology in 2010 with DoCoMo's competitors to launch their own LTE networks into 2013.
Mobile operator eMobile upgraded its HSPA+ network across three cities in 2010, offering download speeds of 42Mb/s to compete with LTE in the short term.
Over 100 million mobile internet subscribers embraced iPhones, smart phones and tablets and drove data usage to new levels as the society continued to move from connecting places, to connecting people and devices.
New operator UQ Communications, in which KDDI is the largest shareholder, continued its WiMAX rollout and had over 1 million subscribers by mid 2011.
FttX continues to make impressive strides taking over 55% market share in 2011 and close to 20 million subscribers. Japan has established the second largest FttX subscriber base at around 30% of the world market after China at about 40%.
Cloud-based services with virtual hosting and online storage started to take hold as companies sought to reduce system-operating costs as the financial downturn continued to depress the economy.
Analogue to digital switchover is to take place during 2011, presenting opportunities for all in the value chain.
Key Topics Covered:
- Key statistics
- Market and industry analyses, trends and developments
- Government policies and regulations affecting the telecoms industry
- Estimates for end-2011 and 2012 for fixed-line and Internet market
- Forecasts for broadband, FttX and mobile subscribers up to 2016
- Infrastructure development
- International submarine fibre optic cables
- Major players (fixed, mobile and broadband)
- Major telecoms operators: profiles, financial results, subscribers, ARPU, business strategy
- Internet development and VoIP, IPTV
- Mobile voice and data markets, including 3G
- Broadband (FttX, DSL, cable modem, WiMAX)
- Mobile applications including m-banking
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