Posted on Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Japan, with its tightly- packed cities and liberal planning rules, has among the highest penetration of fibre-optic connections in the world. As a result the convergence of TV and telecoms, where consumers get both services through one wire, is rapidly becoming a reality in Japan.
“In markets where there is a lot of video and telecom convergence, it makes sense for foreign investors [in cable TV] to sell out to a dominant telecoms player,” says Vivek Couto of Media Partners Asia, a consultancy based in Hong Kong.
