Patent ID: 7809596

Claim:
An apparatus for evaluating an indirect loss caused by a ubiquity effect by provision of a universal service, comprising : a first data storage unit for storing population statistics-related data; a second data storage unit for storing universal service offer-related data; a control unit for reading out and forwarding required data from the first and second data storage units to a ubiquity loss calculation unit and controlling the ubiquity loss calculation unit; the ubiquity loss calculation unit for calculating a ubiquity loss of evaluation object districts by using the required data from the control unit, wherein the ubiquity loss calculation unit is programmed to: divide all districts into low cost districts, which are ubiquity effect districts, and high cost districts, which are evaluation object districts, based on income and cost data of each district; divide the ubiquity effect districts into competition introduction districts by using a total market share of a service provider in the ubiquity effect districts; match the low cost districts with the high cost districts, individually; and judge an issuance of ubiquity loss to thereby calculate a ubiquity loss and a third data storage unit for storing the ubiquity loss of each evaluation object district calculated in the ubiquity loss calculation unit.