- In the situation where fixed and mobile communications are being converging, and a convergence of broadcasting and communications are entering a new business stage, business models are also at a crossroads of change from being a vertically integrated model to that of a horizontally separated model, and vice versa, at present.
- In the fixed broadband market, we expect a demand for infrastructure from communications common carriers as well as a demand for platforms from the ISP providers. In the content/application market, we see new business opportunities created by division-of-work models such as MVNO, which combines a horizontally separated model utilizing various suppliers with a vertically integrated model adopted by mobile communications carriers, thus leading to a demand for constituent technologies needed for services which seamlessly link personal areas with the public arena.
- In the convergence with broadcasting in addition to them, we are striving to develop the portal devices and next-generation communications platforms which can create synergy with the Index group while next-generation communication infrastructures are shifting to focusing on content.
