Japan's Nov. Subs Growth Lowest Since '96
Japan’s Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) has just announced that November’s growth in mobile phone subscribers was the lowest since records started in 1996. According to the TCA’s figures, the net increase in subs (minus cancellations) was 332,900. Again, KDDI took the lion’s share: KDDI took 239,000 or SEVENTY PERCENT of the total! Remember, in October, for the first time ever, KDDI took 50 percent. Merry Christmas to KDDI!
1. Mobile Telephone
(Summarized TOTAL)
| TOTAL |
| 79,280,700 (0.4) |
http://www.tca.or.jp/eng/database/daisu/yymm/0311matu.html
Note:
- ( )means the increasing or decreasing rate (%) of the subscribers of this month to that of the previous.
(Details of each carrier)
| Carriers | Nov. 2003 | Oct. 2003 Total |
|
| Increase | Total | ||
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | 27,500 | 18,464,700 | 18,437,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Hokkaido, Inc. | 1,700 | 1,912,400 | 1,911,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Tohoku, Inc. | 8,200 | 3,037,400 | 3,029,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Tokai, Inc. | 6,500 | 4,755,700 | 4,749,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Hokuriku, Inc. | 500 | 974,900 | 974,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc. | 7,300 | 7,101,800 | 7,095,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Chugoku, Inc. | 7,700 | 2,501,000 | 2,493,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Shikoku, Inc. | 1,800 | 1,499,000 | 1,497,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Kyushu, Inc. | 2,700 | 5,004,600 | 5,002,000 |
| NTT DoCoMo Group Subtotal | 63,800 | 45,251,400 | 45,188,000 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Hokkaido Area) | 11,700 | 826,400 | 814,800 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Tohoku Area) | 15,300 | 1,035,200 | 1,019,900 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Kanto Area) | 102,200 | 5,491,300 | 5,389,000 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Chubu Area) | 28,200 | 1,852,000 | 1,823,800 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Hokuriku Area) | 3,900 | 429,800 | 425,900 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Kansai Area) | 37,400 | 2,582,400 | 2,545,000 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Chugoku Area) | 11,400 | 980,100 | 968,700 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Shikoku Area) | 6,400 | 442,300 | 435,800 |
| KDDI CORPORATION(Kyushu Area) | 19,900 | 1,685,700 | 1,665,800 |
| OKINAWA CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY | 2,800 | 362,500 | 359,700 |
| au Subtotal | 239,300 | 15,687,700 | 15,448,400 |
| TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc. | -4,300 | 1,536,700 | 1,541,000 |
| TU-KA Cellular Tokai Inc. | -2,600 | 752,000 | 754,600 |
| TU-KA Phone Kansai Inc. | 1,600 | 1,393,100 | 1,391,500 |
| TU-KA Group Subtotal | -5,300 | 3,681,800 | 3,687,100 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Hokkaido Area) | 1,000 | 515,500 | 514,500 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Tohoku Area) | 2,200 | 1,042,300 | 1,040,100 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Tokyo Area) | 14,400 | 4,738,600 | 4,724,200 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Hokuriku Area) | 1,000 | 419,600 | 418,600 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Tokai Area) | 8,000 | 2,888,300 | 2,880,300 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Kansai Area) | 4,400 | 2,400,400 | 2,396,000 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Chugoku Area) | 200 | 967,700 | 967,500 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Shikoku Area) | 1,200 | 363,600 | 362,400 |
| Vodafone K.K.(Kyushu Area) | 3,100 | 1,323,800 | 1,320,700 |
| Vodafone K.K. Subtotal | 35,500 | 14,659,800 | 14,624,300 |
| TOTAL | 332,900 | 79,280,700 | 78,947,800 |