A report published by Research and Markets on Telecommunications, Internet, Mobile, Broadband, FTTH, IPTV and VoIP forecast and development in Japan.
Key Highlights- "Over 97% of Japan's 130 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 launched its LTE network in February 2012 and was acquired by Softbank in October 2012"
- "FttX continues to make impressive strides taking 65% market share in 2012 and over 23 million subscribers. Japan has established the second largest - FttX subscriber base at around 25% of the world market after China at about 435%"
- "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 also took place during 2011 except in tsunami affected areas, presenting opportunities for all in the value chain."
