Japan’s January New Mobile Phone Service Subscribers
By Theresa Barraclough -
2012-02-07T04:33:57Z
(Corrects DoCoMo's net new subscriber figure for January)
Following is the table for net new mobile phone service subscribers as reported by the service providers.
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Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug.
2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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-----------------Net New Subscribers (000’s)------------------
Total Net Adds 493.5 1101.5 644.7 589.1 679.8 569.1
DoCoMo 85.8 429.9 111.6 89.6 200.8 182.1
FOMA (3G) -160.4 9.2 10.9 79.7 186.4 167.4
mova (2G) -75.0 -69.9 -65.9 -83.7 -78.0 -75.9
Xi 321.1 490.5 166.7 93.6 92.4 90.5
KDDI 181.1 294.3 148.1 196.9 125.3 73.0
au 181.1 294.3 148.1 196.9 125.3 73.0
Softbank Mobile 226.6 377.3 312.0 247.6 275.7 239.0
eMobile n/a n/a 73.0 55.0 78.0 75.0
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Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug.
2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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----------------Percent Change From a Year Ago----------------
Total Net Adds -5.7% 66.6% 29.6% 17.6% 12.9% 8.5%
DoCoMo -36.0% 153.4% 26.7% 55.5% 83.5% 45.1%
FOMA (3G) -165.1% -96.6% -94.2% -52.8% -22.6% -38.4%
mova (2G) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Xi 85766.0% 39911.1% n/a n/a n/a n/a
KDDI 170.3% 208.5% 80.0% 237.2% 37.1% 29.0%
au 170.3% 208.5% 80.0% 237.2% 37.1% 29.0%
Softbank Mobile -5.8% 16.1% 12.8% -23.6% -17.1% -17.3%
------------------------Market Share--------------------------
DoCoMo 17.4% 39.0% 17.3% 15.2% 29.5% 32.0%
KDDI 36.7% 26.7% 23.0% 33.4% 18.4% 12.8%
Softbank Mobile 45.9% 34.3% 48.4% 42.0% 40.6% 42.0%
eMobile n/a n/a 11.3% 9.3% 11.5% 13.2%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
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Jan. Dec. Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug.
2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
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------------------Cumulative Market Share---------------------
DoCoMo 47.4% 47.5% 47.6% 47.8% 47.9% 48.0%
KDDI 27.4% 27.3% 27.3% 27.4% 27.3% 27.4%
Softbank Mobile 22.3% 22.2% 22.1% 21.9% 21.8% 21.7%
eMobile n/a n/a 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.9%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
-------------Cumulative 3G Subscribers (mln)*-----------------
DoCoMo 57.802 57.962 57.953 57.942 57.862 57.676
KDDI 34.479 34.223 34.004 33.760 33.558 33.427
Softbank Mobile 28.062 27.835 27.458 27.146 26.898 26.623
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NOTE1: Levels are in thousands. Percent changes and market share
calculated by Bloomberg News.
*3G is high-speed wireless internet access services.
Figures are cumulative total. NOTE2: Vodafone K.K. was renamed to Softbank Mobile from October 1, 2006. NOTE3: TU-KA service was discontinued in March, 2008. NOTE4: As of January 2012, eMobile stopped issuing monthly
subscriber figures.
To contact the reporter on this story: Theresa Barraclough in Tokyo at tbarraclough@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Marco Babic at mbabic@bloomberg.net
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