The number of beacons and
FM multiplex telecasting stations nationwide.

The number of FM multiplex broadcasting stations (sum total)

	April 1996	April 1997	April 1998	April 1999	April 2000
Base stations	4	5	9	11	16
Sub stations	13	15	67	91	150
Total	17	20	76	102	166

	April 2001	April 2002	April 2003	April 2004	April 2005
Base stations	28	40	53	53	53
Sub stations	244	343	464	464	465
Total	272	383	517	517	518

	April 2006	April 2007	April 2008	April 2009	April 2010
Base stations	53	53	53	53	53
Sub stations	465	465	465	465	465
Total	518	518	518	518	518

	April 2011	April 2012	April 2013	April 2014	April 2015
Base stations	53	53	53	53	53
Sub stations	465	465	465	466	466
Total	518	518	518	519	519

	April 2016	April 2017
Base stations	53	53
Sub stations	468	468
Total	521	521

 

 

The number of radio wave beacons (sum total)

unit:Units

	April 2011	April 2012	April 2013	April 2014	April 2015
Total	1,556	1,580	1,615	1,632	1,671

	April 2016	April 2017
Total	1,682	1,701

Note 1) “Units” refers to the “Number of heads (beacon transmitters)” installed at the beacon installation “location”.

The number of infrared beacons (sum total)

unit:Location

	April 1996	April 1997	April 1998	April 1999	April 2000
Total	2,300	4,200	6,600	8,900	12,920

	April 2001	April 2002	April 2003	April 2004	April 2005
Total	17,710	19,650	23,070	25,825	27,654

	April 2006	April 2007	April 2008	April 2009	April 2010
Total	29,634	30,638	31,853	32,496	32,798

	April 2011	April 2012	April 2013	April 2014	April 2015
Total	32,860	33,521	33,617	33,930	34,800

	April 2016	April 2017
Total	34,838	34,993

Note) “Location” refers to the “installation location”.
The “installation location” is counted for every pole.
For example, even if three “heads (beacon transmitters)” are provided in three lanes, they will be counted as one location since there is one pole.