Media, Network & Lifestyle Retail - Business Overview
J:COM is the brand name under which Jupiter Telecommunications provides broadcasting and communication services in various areas, including multichannel TV, high-speed Internet access and fixed line and mobile telephone services. It has become Japan's largest CATV MSO (multiple system operator), providing customers with high-quality, leading-edge services. As an MSO that integrates and manages multiple CATV franchises, we have taken advantage of our economy of scale to purchase programs and procure equipment and facilities. Growth has been achieved by using our extensive capital base to invest in large-scale infrastructure, which would be difficult for a single operator to provide.
The major appeal of CATV is its multifunctionality. J:COM TV, our multichannel broadcasting service, offers a lineup of about 100 channels that broadcast a wide variety of domestic and overseas programs, such as news, animation, period and contemporary dramas, sports and movies. More high-definition programs are being added to these channels. The high-speed Internet access service, J:COM NET with a 160 Mbps service on its high-speed, large-capacity network, offers a comfortable Internet environment that is competitive with other providers.
J:COM PHONE is a fixed line telephone service with a reasonable monthly fee and call charges. Collaborating with WILLCOM, J:COM MOBILE offers a mobile telephony service that allows free calls and text messages for numbers starting with 070.
The following is an outline of J:COM services.
As one of the largest MCOs (multichannel operators), Jupiter Telecommunications operates a variety of thematic channels that are delivered to CATV operators, CS broadcasting and IP broadcasting via the Media Division, which oversees the programming distribution business.
We are striving to develop high-quality programming for movie, drama, documentary and other thematic channels—the mainstay of multichannel broadcasting services—with the aim of our channels becoming the most selected in each category.
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