Introduction
How did Japan's telecom industry become one of the world's most competitive? (historic overview)
Overview of Japan's telecom industry, and the major industrial groups and their affiliation
Size (sales in 2003/2004) of top five Japanese telecom groups
Comparing NTT and DoCoMo internationally: capitalization of NTT and DoCoMo compared to other global carriers (data: August 2004)
Broadband introduction in Japan: subscriber numbers for ADSL and FTTH by carrier (March 2004)
Broadband introduction in Japan: subscriber numbers for ADSL and FTTH by carrier (data from 2001-2003)
Wireless communications, Mobile phones, PHS...
Overview of Japans mobile phone companies with network and service overview
Subscriber numbers of Japan's mobile carriers (subscribers for DoCoMo, KDDI, TuKa, Vodafone, DDI-Pocket, DoCoMo-PHS, ASTEL, data for 1998 - 2004)
Market shares in Japans mobile markets (data 1998-2004, DoCoMo vs KDDI vs Vodafone, and KDDI vs Vodafone and TuKa)
Comparing 3G and 2G subscriber numbers for DoCoMo, Vodafone, KDDI, TuKa (data for 2002-2004)
Focus on the KDDI/AU vs Vodafon battle (graph showing market shares 1998-2004)
Monthly subscriber number growth (net growth, net loss) for DoCoMo, KDDI/AU, Vodafone an TuKa (graph showing data 1998-2004)
Monthly subscriber number growth (net growth, net loss) for DoCoMo, KDDI/AU, Vodafone an TuKa (graph: focus on 2002-2004)
3G and 2G cell phone subscribers in Japan, shown for different transmission systems and carriers (data: 2002-2004
3G in Japan
3G introduction in Japan (subscriber numbers for KDDI, DoCoMo-FOMA and Vodafone VGS, projection for new market entries for second wave, data: 2001-2006)
The first wave of Japans 3G roll-out (2001-2005) (incl table comparing network systems)
3G: DoCoMos FOMA 900i series (2004)
3G imaging and video
3G vs WiFi (hotspots)
Picture mail and GPS
Mobile Phone Handset Markets
Japans mobile handset markets: key points
i-mode handsets, typical characteristics
Evolution of i-Mode phone displays 2000-2004
Japans market for mobile phone (handset sales per month, data for 2001-2004)
Market shares of camera phone makers (data for 2001 and 2002)
DoCoMo FOMA P2102V
INFOBAR: as an example of KDDIs Design Series, GPS integration
KDDIs Design Series continued: talby by mac newson ltd
Nokias 7600 3G phones start to compete in Japan
Demonstration of picture mail and GPS by AU/KDDI
Mobile phones with biometric sensor
i-mode: pioneer for the mobile internet
Why was i-mode born in Japan, not in Europe or USA
The i-mode eco-system (graphics showing the interplay of the integrated i-Mode value chain orchestrated by DoCoMo)
i-mode in a nutshell
Three groups compete for close to 70 million wireless internet users in Japan, including subscriber data for EZweb, i-mode and Vodafone Live! (previously Jsky), data for 1999-2004.
Comparing subscriber numbers, and market shares for i-mode, EZweb and Vodafone Live! (data for 1999-2004)
i-mode users: not just teenage girls (with i-mode user age and gender profile)
i-mode package usage statistics for receiving email, sending email, viewing imode web pages and total average package usage per subscriber per day
page view statistics for two top ranking imode sites (data for page views/week in April-June 2001, July 2002, and February 2003)
m-Commerce and m-Transactions
m-Commerce, m-Content and m-Advertising in Japan to reach US$ 10 billion by 2005 (data for 2001-2005)
i-Mode supports a range of m-Commerce and m-Transactions (overview of transaction classes)
i-mode premium sites - a billion dollar market, figure of combined revenue of i-mode premium pay sites (data for 1999-2003)
Around 50% of i-mode users subscribe to at least one pay site, figure with subscription data (data for 1999-2003)
Wallet phones - making mobile phones an essential part of everyday life
Wallet phone introduction, introductory models (data July 2004)
Initial transaction partners for i-Mode/FeliCa (data July 2004)
What are wallet phones? Overview
Multi-application smartcards integrated into mobile phones (graphics showing the system overview)
P506iC wallet phone
i-mode-FeliCa wallet phone: P506iC screen image, demonstrating Edy ecash JAVA application
Wallet phone as an electronic door key
Mobile phones as train tickets
Mobile phones as event/concert e-ticket
Mobile phones as air ticket
Mobile phones as as e-cash for everyday supermarket payments, and in game parlors
PHS
Japans competing three PHS services and networks (overview discussion)
Overview, products and services
Recent transactions and trends
Sample products: DDI-Pocked Air-H data PC cards and USB connectors
DDI-Pocket data connection products samples
Data transmission units
Base station: example - SANYO station for 256kbps data
PHS: competitive features and trends
Wristomo
Mobile Communications: Japan vs the GSM world
Standardization practices in US, EU and Japan
People spend much more on mobile communications in Japan than in Europe (with ARPU data comparing DoCoMo and Vodafone D2 in Germany)
ARPU for different countries within VODAFONE, both subscription and prepay
Characteristics of the mobile communication industry Japan vs GSM (networks, handsets, marketing focus, brands, prepaid vs credit,
ARPU, Churn, who is in the driving seat?, who are the 5000 Pound Gorillas?
Mobile communications business as the art of making the best of ever decreasing ARPUs (with ARPU data for the period 1994 - 2003)
Trends: Japan vs GSM(2G, wireless data, 2G + PHS, 3G, 4G, WIFI)
Japan vs the GSM world: tabular overview of the present situation and trends
What can Europe and US learn from Japan?
