Japan Reaches 9.9 Million DSL Lines

More than 320,000 new DSL accounts were added in Japan during November, according to the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. The figures represent a slight decrease over the pace of DSL activations in October 2003, when some 360,000 new DSL accounts were added. About 340,000 DSL activations were added in September.


As of 30-Nov-2003, there were some 9,911,306 DSL lines in service, compared to 5,117,867 at the end of November 2002.


In the NTT West territory there are 4,385,551 DSL lines, of which 1,623,763 DSL lines are provided by the incumbents (NTT West and NTT East) and 2,761,788 lines are provided by other carriers.


In the NTT East territory there are 5,525,755 DSL lines, of which 2,021,945 lines are provided by the incumbents (NTT West and NTT East) and provided 3,503,810 lines by other carriers.
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