日本邮政省决定于2001年使NTT(日本电报电话)公司等通信企业的光缆网向有线电视公司全面开放。有线电视公司如果能租用NTT的线路,那么就可以减轻铺设线路的巨额投资负担,也能降低观众的收视费。但是有人认为,邮政省的上述决定包含对NTT照顾的意图,是让NTT参与有线电视领域的竞争,使开放广播市场与开放通信市场相互平衡补偿。 Japan’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications decided in 2001 to fully open the cable network of telecommunications companies such as NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) Corporation to cable companies. If cable companies can rent NTT lines, they can reduce the huge investment burden of laying lines and reduce the viewing fees of viewers. However, some people think that the above decision of the postal administration included NTT’s intention to take part in NTT’s involvement in the competition in the cable television sector, so that the open broadcasting market and the open communications market would be balanced against each other.