11th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS-13) Mexico City, México, 4-6 December 2013

Contribution to WTIS-13 Document C/19-E 6 December 2013

English

SOURCE: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

TITLE: ICT Data Collection Framework in Japan

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ICT Data Collection Framework in Japan

Soichiro SEKI

Director-General for International Affairs,

Global ICT Strategy Bureau,

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, JAPAN

� 1979 Start of Automobile phone service (rental use only / only for use in the car)� 1994 the sales of mobile phone handset was liberated.� The Mobile-phone penetration rate was higher than 100% in February, 2012.

Trend in Mobile Phone Subscribers in Japan

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Number of subscribers (Penetration rate)-Mobile phones: Approx. 139,300,000 units (108.8%)-3G: Approx. 107,300,000 units ( 83.8%)-LTE: Approx. 32,000,000 units ( 25.0%)※Population: Approx. 128,060,000 (2010 Population Census)

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※BWA：Broadband Wireless Access

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2013.June

This increased 8.9

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(million subscriber(s))

LTE26.3 million

BWA5.77million

Trend in Broadband Subscribers in Japan

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FTTH is beyond DSL

(June,2006)

Optical Fiber24.3 million

DSL

5.18 million

CATV

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FTTH(Optical Fiber) service subscribers exceeded the number of the

DSL subscribers in June, 2008 and occupies two-thirds of the

broadband pro-fixation now.

Fixed Broadband Mobile Broadband

(million subscriber(s))

LTE subscribers has increased by 8.9 times from 2012.

※ FWA:Fixed Wireless Access

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� Requirement of Report of the number of subscribers(Ministerial Ordinance)

� Requirement of Public Announcement and / or Accountabilityof retail prices, terms and conditions

-Fixed phone service by NTT EAST/WESTPublic Announcement of Retail Prices

Accountability of Terms and Conditions for the Service Provision

(Telecommunications Business Act)

-Mobile phone serviceAccountability of Terms and Conditions for the Service Provision

(Telecommunications Business Act)

� Voluntary cooperation by the carriers on the Traffic Volume of the Internet and Mobile Phone Service Covered Area

Data Collection Framework in Japan

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・・・・Mobile phone (voice only)

・・・・Mobile phone (voice/data available)

・・・・Mobile phone (voice only)

・・・・Mobile phone (voice/data available)

Mobile Phone, Personal Handy Phone(PHS)-Quarterly Report-

Mobile Phone, Personal Handy Phone(PHS)-Quarterly Report-

Previous Picture of Data Collection Framework

for Mobile Phone Service Subscribers (-2009)

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� Report of the 3.9 generation mobile phone subscribers (incl. LTE) : Jan. 2010-

� Report on the Data Communication: Apr. 2013-

# of Data Communication subscribers (data only and/or

voice usable)

<smart phones, data communication cards, mobile Wi-Fi routers>

# of Data Communication module subscribers

<vending machines, car navigations>

# of Flat-rate packet communication service subscribers

<smart phones>

Adjustment of the Data Collection Framework

Responding to the Market Development

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・・・・Data Communicationsuse only・・・・Data Communicationsuse only

・・・・Mobile phone /LTE, PHS (voice only)・・・・Mobile phone /LTE, PHS (voice only)

・・・・Mobile phone /LTE , PHS(voice/data available)

Voice communication

Data communication(Mobile broadband /PHS access service ））））

Data CommunicationModule

Data CommunicationModule

The Latest Picture of Data Collection Framework

for Mobile Service Subscribers (newly added)

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Flat Rate Packet Communication

Mobile（all：Incl. 3.9G)

By prefecture

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

Mobile（3.9G only）

By prefecture

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

PHS*

By prefecture

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

Mobile / PHS

Mobile / PHS access service(all : incl. 3.9G)

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

Data Communication module

Flat rate Packet communication

Data communication use only

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

Data communication module

Flat rate Packet communication

Mobile-broadband access service(3.9G only)

By prefecture

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

Data communication use only

MVNO（Number of carriers, number of subscription）

→ Collected for precise assessment of the state of competition

Report item on the number of the Mobile Service Subscribers

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* PHS:Personal Handy-PhoneSystem

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The Mobile Service Coverage Rate by Population

All national land is divided by meshes with 500 meters× 500 metersboxes. -477,172 meshes (2010 population census of Japan(Nov. 1, 2010))-The meshes of which more than half is covered are counted as ‘Covered’.

Mobile Service Coverage Rate ＝By Population

Sum of population in Mesh1 and Mesh2

Sum of population in Mesh1, Mesh2, Mesh3 and Mesh4

Mesh1 Mesh2

Mesh3 Mesh4

Approx. 500 meter (interval of longitude＝22.5 sec.）)

Approx. 500m(interval of latitude＝15sec.)

Covered Area

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Counted as ‘Covered’

Counted as‘Not covered’

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LTE Service Covered Area (as of 31 Mar. 2013)

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� Red Area : Service Area � Blue Area : Non-service Area in the Residential area� The rest of the Area (Lavender colored) : Non-residential Area

(based on the 2010 population census of Japan)