The Japanese Telecommunications Industry (Routledgecurzon by Ruth Taplin

By Ruth Taplin

Providing a entire survey of the telecommunications in Japan, Taplin and Wakui cover different sectors of the – together with cellular, broadband and satellite, whilst contemplating key questions equivalent to the constitution and economics of the undefined, govt coverage, and diplomacy matters attached to the undefined. the quantity brings jointly special research by way of popular specialists within the telecommunications box. One significant total challenge is that, in contrast to many different industries, Japan has lagged in the back of different nations in telecommunications. Japanese Telecommunications considers why this could be so, exhibiting how some distance this can be as a result of an unmodernized constitution, and assessing the measures being taken to handle the matter. After over a decade of fight, Japan has recorded fast uptake of broadband, and eastern complicated cellular companies became more and more profitable on an international scale. Japan has additionally passed through regulatory reform, and festival coverage is now given best precedence by way of government. Taplin and Wakui examine the latest advancements and supply signposts for the longer term.

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Several studies have pointed out that IBM mainframes before the early 1960s are an example of the first case. Second, the production process may be divided into more than one module, and the interface between these modules is specified within a firm or among the firms concerned. The interface is closed or proprietary information. Baldwin and Clark (2000) examined the production process of IBM System/360 as an example of the second case. IBM System 360 was a mainframe developed by IBM in 1964. The functions were allocated to physical components, but the interface between the components was designed by highly skilled staff members inside IBM.

However, it seems that this type of R&D system is about to change as a result of the structural changes mentioned earlier. In Chapter 6, the following issues are discussed: how technology development has been conducted in the telecommunications sector in Japan, how intellectual property has been owned and utilized, and the types of changes that have been occurring. Measures and policies encountering these changes are also reviewed, which include patent pools, standard-setting bodies’ intellectual property rights (IPR) policies and regulations under Antimonopoly Law.

That is, they may produce some modules themselves and procure other modules from the market in order to provide the final goods or services. When an interface is fixed with open information, firms do not need to take other modules and the interface into consideration. Therefore, the transaction cost incurred for combining several modules is reduced, and firms are able to concentrate their research and development (R&D) in certain fields. In addition, since firms do not need to produce all modules themselves, small-scale firms that do not have substantial assets may enter the business.

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