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10th ATIE. Current Status of Broadband Services in Japan. Hideki Yagi Communications and Information network Association of Japan. November 2000. Basic IT Law (Basic Law on Formation of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society). January 2001. “e-Japan Strategy”
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10th ATIE Current Status of Broadband Services in Japan Hideki Yagi Communications and Information network Association of Japan
November 2000 Basic IT Law (Basic Law on Formation of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society) January 2001 “e-Japan Strategy” Objective: Make Japan the world’s leading IT nation by Y2005 Focusing on the promotion of broadband infrastructure July 2003 “e-Japan Strategy II” Objective: The practical application and implementation of Japan’s IT infrastructure and advanced technology Focusing more on broadband content and application e-Japan Strategy
Target of Broadband Service Penetration of e-Japan Target Always-on environment by 2005 High-speed: 30 million households Ultra high-speed: 10 million households Actual Always-on environment achieved in 2003 • High-speed • DSL 35 million households • CATV 23 million households • Ultra high-speed • FTTH 17.7 million households
Private Sector Initiative e-Japan Strategy Previous Target released in May 94 • Government Support for Carriers • Ultra-low interest financing (since FY95) • Tax benefit incentive (since FY91) • Current Status of Establishment of Fiber Optic Cable • Backbone Almost all networks have been replaced by fiber optic cables • Access network About 80% of feeder points have been covered (at the end of March 2004) achievement Fiber Optic Infrastructure in Japan Coverage 100% 80% 20% 1994 2000 2004 2005 2010(FY)
“u-Japan” (Ubiquitous-net Japan) Strategy 2010 Realization of u-Japan Everything is connected to the network u-Japan Accessible anywhere, anytime Digital TV becomes gateway to information society New Society Driven by Expanding ICT Ensuring security and safety utilizing ICT
Broadband Service Subscribers in Japan (Thousand subscribers) (Year/month) Source: MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications)
FTTH Enlargement Plan of NTT East & West No. of Subscribers (Millions)
Comparison of Broadband Services in Japan Source: MIC
24Mbps 40M 1.5M 1M 1M 3M 2.4M 8M Note: Flat rate including comm. charge & ISP charge Int’l Comparison of Charge of Always-on DSL Service (US$ per month) (Speed of Downlink) Source: MIC
Million subscribers Number of mobile phone subscribers (86 mil.) 2001 Start of 3G service 2000 First mobile phones with cameras 1999 Start of mobile internet access service Can connect with Internet (86%) Mobile phone with camera (75%) 3G (33%) (FY) Changes in the Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers Source: MIC
ADSL/FTTH Router Internet TV PCs Home Server Outlet PLC Modem Concept of High Speed PLC Max. Speed: 200Mbps Frequency: 2-30MHz Technological break-through modulation methods: Wide Bandwidth Spectrum Spread, Multi-Carrier, OFDM
Evolution of Access Speed • Next Generation of FTTH Service • High Speed Mobile Internet Service
Diagram of the New R&D-Use Test Bed Network (JGN II) Sapporo 20Gbps 10Gbps 1Gbps Core network Sendai Kanazawa Nagano NICT Tsukuba Osaka Tokyo NICT Okayama NICT Kita-kyushu Nagoya NICT Keihanna Fukuoka Kochi Okinawa Optical test bed site Since August 2004 (10 Gbps) U. S. A.
Current Issue of Broadband Deployment in Japan From "Network Deployment" to "Demand Deployment"