Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Japan’s broadband users reach 10.9 m

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Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 03:24:29 -0400

Japan’s broadband users reach 10.9 m
By Staff, CNETAsia
Thursday, August 7 2003 9:40 AM

Japan’s overall broadband users have crossed the 10 millionth user mark for the
first
time, thanks to a surge in fiber-to-the-home subscription.

Broadband lines grew by 450,638 for the month of June, bringing the total number
to 10.9
miilion for the first half of the year, stated the report released by Japan’s
Ministry of Public
Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications.

According to the report by NE Asia Online, the sluggish growth of digital
subscriber lines
(xDSL) led to a reduced growth for the month of June, down from May’s 520,000.

The total number of
subscribers for
fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)
services rose by 60,000 in
June to 458,293, up from May
and April, while cable TV
Internet subscribers increased
by 41,000 in June to 2.2
million.

In a report published by the
ministry on July 10, June saw
a small increase of 349,681,
bringing the number of xDSL
subscribers to 8.2 miilion.
June’s growth decreased,
compared with 450,000
recorded in April and 430,000
in May.

Price declines, an increasing number of mobile users and increasing availability
of broadband
infrastructure will see the Asia-Pacific region outside of Japan lead in the most
broadband
subscribers globally this year.

Asia-Pacific’s 14 key countries will see a 31 percent jump from last year
broadband
subscribers, to 21.8 million this year. They will spend US$8.33 billion on
broadband access in
all, up 50 percent from 2002, according to market researcher International Data
Corp (IDC).

Growing at 24 per cent a year, there will be 48.6 million broadband subscribers by
2007,
spending more than US$26.9 billion on broadband, growing 37 per cent a year during
the
period.

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/systems/0,39001153,39144900,00.htm

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