Sorry, don't have stats, but the conventional
wisdom is "mobile is cannibalizing landline"
for personal voice communications. To the
extent that this means people aren't getting
fixed-line internet because they don't (or no
longer) have a fixed line, then you could make
a (flimsy) case that there are lost opportunities
for landline net connection. But, if so, this is only
slightly *hampering* landline net connection
growth, not replacing it per se.
-m
leap@gol.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Helmer <daniel_helmer@hotmail.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:59 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Japanese Net penetration
>
> Folks,
>
> I have read somewhere that net penetration (fixed-line) in Japan was about
> 15% when i-mode was released in Feb 1999. According to Japan Inc (Feb
2001),
> its now 30.6%. Is that figure fixed-line and mobile net penetration put
> together?
>
> I had an argument with an obnoxious sales rep from Nokia at a tradeshow
here
> in Sydney recently who argued that mobile Internet is a success in Japan
> only because fixed-line penetration is sooooo low.
>
> I basically want some stats to back up my opinion that in Japan, mobile
net
> access has not replaced growth in fixed line net penetration (but rather,
> they both grow rapidly)
>
> Anyone?
>
> /Daniel Helmer
> dhelmer@kpmg.com.au
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