Demographic and macroeconomic context in Japan contributes to defining the country intelligence
Japan’s telecom and pay-TV services market will grow from $121.5bn in 2017 to $135.2bn by 2022 at a CAGR of 2.2% over 2017-2022, driven by projected growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV revenue. Mobile data revenue contributed the majority of the total revenue registered in 2017 with its share increasing to 43.2% by 2022, driven by rising smartphone penetration, high consumption of online video content led by operators focus on increasing higher data-centric packages. The fixed broadband segment will reach $29.8bn (¥3.0trn) by 2022, led by steady rise in adoption of FTTH/B and cable Internet subscriptions and deployment of next-generation broadband technologies such as G. fast. Japan’s pay-TV revenue will grow at a CAGR of 3.2% driven by uptake of IPTV subscriptions and MNOs investments in HD content technologies. Scope The overall telecom and pay-TV services market revenue in Japan will grow at a CA...