Japan Telecommunications Services 2004-2008 Forecast Update Summary 2003 Year-End Review

SUMMARY

This IDC Study provides a top-level view of the Japan fixed linetelecommunications market. The market continues to contract, mainly due to pricepressure from broadband, VoIP, and corporate data services utilizing new WANtechnologies such as IP VPN and wide area Ethernet. This market analysis alsosizes the 2003 market and provides forecast through 2008 for the major marketsegments. Key issues that carriers must address are identified in the Study,too.

"The fixed line market in Japan is contracting. However, some segmentsare growing tremendously. The market dynamic in Japan is one that carriers allthroughout the world will need to address in the next few years," saidDaniel Newman, Market Analyst, Japan Telecommunications Services, IDC Japan."On one hand, the markets for traditional revenue sources like PSTN andleased line are shrinking. On the other, broadband is booming, IP VPN and widearea Ethernet are growing tremendously, and the future of VoIP looksbright," he added.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IDC Opinion

In This Study

• Methodology

Situation Overview

• Voice
• PSTN
  • Table: Japan Phone Lines Excluding ISDN on a Semiannual Basis, March1999-September 2003
• VoIP
• Data
  • Frame Relay
  • Internet VPN/IP VPN
  • Wide Area Ethernet
  • Broadband
  • Leased Line

Future Outlook

• Forecast and Assumptions
  • Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for Japan Telecommunications Services,2003-2008
  • Table: Japan Telecommunications Services End-User Revenue, 2002-2008(Million Yen)
  • Figure: Japan Telecommunications Services Market Composition, 2003 and2008
  • Table: Japan Telecommunications Services Data End-User Revenue bySegment, 2003-2008 (Million Yen)
  • Figure: Japan Telecommunications Data Services Market Composition,2003 and 2008
  • Table: Japan Phone Lines Excluding ISDN, 2003-2008
  • Figure: Japan Telecommunications Voice Services Market Composition,2003 and 2008
  • Figure: Japan Telecommunications PSTN Services Market Composition,2003 and 2008

Essential Guidance

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• Related Research
• Synopsis