Smart Cloud Strategy in Japan

November 2010

Yasu TANIWAKIDivision Director, ICT Strategy Division

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications JAPAN

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Broadband

Super Hi-speedBroadband 90 ％

Government goal FY2010March E 2008

Status of Broadband Deployment (household coverage estimate within service area)

95.2 ％(486.3M hhlds)

83.5 ％(426.8M hhlds)

March E 2007

98.3 ％(508.3M hhlds)

86.5 ％(447.1M hhlds)

98.8 ％(522.5M hhlds)

90.1 ％(476.5M hhlds)

March E 2009Source: Survey by MIC

No areas with zero broadband

Optical fiber (FTTH)○Subs: 1,779○Operators: 192

Wireless (FWA, BWA)○ Subs: 16.5○ Operators: 48　　

Cable Internet○Subs: 435○Operators: 379

DSL○Subs: 974○Operators: 42

Trend of broadband subscriptions (as of end March 2010; unit: 10,000 subs)Total 320.4M subs

Source: Quarterly data of subscriptions and share of telecom services published by MIC

Expected to be achieved by end FY 2010

Goal achieved

99.1 ％(523.9M hhlds)

91.6 ％(484.5M hhlds)

March E 2010

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Infrastructure coverage moving ahead while service lags behind

　 Utilization　 No. 16

3. Government use: No. 18 (3) Excellence of public services:

No. 10

(4) Contribution to efficiency within the administration: No. 23

2. Corporate use: No. 81. Personal use: No. 9

(2) Corporate use of internet: No. 8

(1) Personal use of internet: No. 9

Infrastructure (coverage)　 No. 8

5. Mobile environment coverage: No. 11

4. Fixed network coverage: No. 7

(9) Mobile broadband penetration: No. 1

(8) Mobile phone penetration: No. 21(5) Household Internet coverage: No. 5

(6) Fixed broadband coverage: No. 13

(10) Mobile phone fees: No. 21(7) Fixed broadband fees: No. 6

Infrastructure (upgrading)　 No. 1

8. Accommodation level: No. 1

(15) No. of Internet hosts: No. 11

(16) Ratio of optical fiber: No. 1

7. Stability: No. 46. Technology up to date: No. 1(13) Fixed broadband quality: No. 2

(14) No. of safe servers: No. 14

(11) Highest speed of fixed broadband: No. 1

(12) Ratio of 3G UEs: No. 1

source: MIC “White Paper on Telecommunications, 2010” (2010)

ICT Progress LevelNo. 2

No. 1: KoreaNo. 2: JapanNo. 3: DenmarkNo. 4: SwedenNo. 5: USANo. 6: NetherlandsNo. 7: SingaporeNo. 8: SwitzerlandNo. 9: FinlandNo. 10: AustraliaNo. 11: AustriaNo. 12: UKNo. 13: CanadaNo. 14: GermanyNo. 15: PortugalNo. 16: New ZealandNo. 17: FranceNo. 18: BelgiumNo. 19: SpainNo. 20: ItalyNo. 21: RussiaNo. 22: BrazilNo. 23: ChinaNo. 24: South AfricaNo. 25: India

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Smart Cloud Strategy

Making the computer resources users require available as services “when they need them, and in just the right amount”

Cloud services(Services that use cloud computing technology)

■ Lagging behind in utilization of ICT in government; medical care; education; agricultural, forestry, and fisheries; etc.

■ Need for full utilization of ICT through diffusion of cloud services

Delay in utilization of ICT

■ Even when viewed internationally, Japan has the world’s best network (broadband) for use of cloud services.

The world’s most advanced network environment

Realizing full utilization of ICT through development and diffusion of next-generation cloud services (smart cloud services) that can reach beyond corporate and industrial frameworks to share vast volumes of

information and knowledge among all social systems

Smart cloud services

Utilization Strategy Technology Strategy International Strategy

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Utilization Strategy

■Promotion of ICT Utilization (examples) ✔Medical care cloud ✔Education cloud ✔Agriculture cloud

■Advancing social infrastructure (examples) ✔Smart grid 　　 ✔ Green ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) ✔Management of roads & bridges through IPv6 based sensor networks

■Vitalization of SMEs & venture companies (examples) ✔Cross-regional cooperation between SMEs ✔Improvement of Supply Chain Management through cloud services 　　

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Technology Strategy

■R&D ✔Technology for collection, extraction, accumulation and modeling of a vast majority of real-time streaming data and its optimization at times when conditions change ✔Technology that enhances security and reliability 　　✔ Technology that promotes “Green ICT” 　 --- Green by ICT : Green cloud data centers --- Green of ICT

■Standardization ✔ User-centric approach is required. 　 ”Elimination of excessive lock-in” vs “Ensuring service & technology innovation” ✔Focus should be put on: --- SLA --- Security level --- Interoperability for hybrid cloud services

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International Strategy

■With the widespread use of cloud services, case storing and processing of data overseas may increase.

■Issues to be discussed at international fora （ examples ） ✔Jurisdiction over databases stored in other countries (eg. privacy protection act) ✔Dispute settlement mechanism ✔Countermeasures against “harmful” information 　　✔ Possibility of government intervention with respect to private-sector data ✔Ownership of IPRs regarding data stored on a cloud data center in other countries

■ Towards consensus building

✔Cooperation between public and private sectors ✔ITU, OECD, APEC, and other international fora 　　✔ Bilateral consultations

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