DoCoMo Releases Q1 Result for 2009
DoCoMo Releases Q1 Result for 2009

DoCoMo Releases Q1 Result for 2009

DoCoMo Releases Q1 Result for 2009

DoCoMo President and CEO Ryuji Yamada presented the company Q1 performance numbers for fiscal year 2009 this afternoon – the .PDF and video are both available in English. Reported year-on-year highlights from the quarter include; operating revenue -7.3%, operating expenses -4.7%, Capital Expend. -6.5%, MOU -1.5% to 135mins and Voice/Data ARPU at 5,440jpy, -7.6%. With new 18 models in Summer 2009 handset lineup – 4.34M units were sold April 1st to June 30th, down 12% compared to Q1 2008 also noted that 43% of subscriber base is now on a flat-rate data plan. The new i-Conceir” service has gained 1.8M subs in the first 6-months with 364 content service offerings while the BeeTV launch on May 1st show 550K subs paying 315jpy per month.

Bullet points from the analysts Q&A

– 600k fewer handset sales in Q1 YoY handset inventory slightly lower as well
– Packet revenues +25.1B jpy, fails to offset loss in voice, 2012 sees data/voice ARPU flip
– Income change partly based on new handset procurement method introduced in Q1 2008
– 95% of new accounts subscribe to the ‘Value Plan’ – 810K migrate from 2G to 3G
– Net subscriber additions 263K, April terminal sales up 30% YoY
– Forcasts $3.8B cash postition by 2009 fiscal year-end (March 31st 2010)

The DoCoMo Annual Report for full year ending 2008 – PDF format 123 pages – with complete financial and plenty of related details is also now available, in English, Here.