Datamonitor's Communications Equipment in Japan industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the communications equipment industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, demographic information, and descriptions of the leading companies.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and leading companies

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market


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Market Definition

The communications equipment market includes communication equipment and products, including LANs, WANs, routers, telephones, switchboards and exchanges. The market value is based on end-user spending on telecommunication equipment except in the case of networking equipment where manufacturers selling price (MSP) is used. Any currency conversions have been calculated using 2004 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Asia-Pacific is comprised of China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 6

1.1 Market Definition 6

1.2 Research Highlights 6

1.3 Market Analysis 7

CHAPTER 2 Market Value 8

CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 9

CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 10

CHAPTER 5 Competitive Landscape 11

CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 12

6.1 3Com Corporation 12

6.2 Cisco Systems, Inc. 12

6.3 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 12

CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 13

7.1 Market Value Forecast 13

CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 14

CHAPTER 9 Further Reading 15

9.1 Sources 15

9.2 Related Datamonitor Research 15



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Japan Communications Equipment Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 8

Table 2: Japan Communications Equipment Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2005 9

Table 3: Japan Communications Equipment Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2005 10

Table 4: Japan Communications Equipment Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 13

Table 5: Japan Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 14

Table 6: Japan GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 14

Table 7: Japan Exchange Rate, 2001-2005 14