Yomiuri Shinbun: Japan's NII

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

 Announcement of the final draft of Japan's NII on 5/23


(1) Yomiuri Shinbun 5/24 issue reported the final draft of Japan's
    long-term data super highway plan by the Advisory Council of
    Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication was released.  It will be
    officially submitted to the government on 5/31.


(2) It is essentially the same as the one reported by Max Morris,
    "Nikkei Article: A Japan's NII", although it has a little bit
    different numbers:
      - investment for fiber optical network: 33 to 53 trillion yen
        plus 42 trillion yen for underground construction.
      - 3 phase plan
         by 2000: municipal capitals of prefectures (20% population
                  coverage)
         by 2005: cities with over 100,000 population (60% population
                  coverage)
         by 2010: smaller cities
      - creation of 123 trillion yen multimedia market in 2010 (5.46%
        of GNP)
           Note: to get dollar number, divide them by 100.




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