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18
The year saw considerable advances for broad-
casting equipment. As Japan prepared for digital
broadcasts via broadcasting satellites in late
2000, Toshiba captured crucial equipment
orders from five of six program broadcasters and
from six of eight data broadcasters, including
MediaServe Corporation, a Toshiba affiliate. The
company’s strength-in-depth in digital broad-
casting was underlined by the Telecommuni-
cations Advancement Organization of Japan’s
selection of Toshiba to provide key equipment
for six of the ten digital terrestrial experimental
broadcasting facilities it will fund under a
supplementary budget granted to the Ministry
of Posts and Telecommunications.
Progress was made in IT-based services and
communications, key areas for future growth.
Initiatives included the December 1999 establish-
ment of T&I Solution Co. Ltd., a Toshiba and IBM
Japan, Ltd. joint venture that supports banks with
data processing and communications systems.
Information & Communications
and Industrial Systems
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
500
1,000
1,500
1999 20001998
Net Sales
(¥ billion)
Mar.
This key segment ranges wide,
embracing products as diverse as
broadcasting systems, medical
equipment and elevators. Segment
sales increased 3% to ¥1,858.3
billion, accounting for 28% of con-
solidated net sales, one point down
from the previous year.
Share of Net Sales
%
Mar. 1998 1999 2000
29.8 29.3 28.3
Note:Segment sales include intersegment transactions.
V Series
Total Con-
trollers bring next-generation capa-
bilities to factory automation, including
machining and assembly, and to
process automation—two potentially
immense markets.
Toshiba road traffic
systems have contrib-
uted to driver and
passenger safety and
smoother traffic flows on western
Japan’s Kitakyushu Expressway
since April 1999.