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StatsMania, Part Deux!

Mobile Phones / Other
Posted by zmcnulty on Jan 09, 2004 - 07:51 PM

This time around, we look at the number of new subscribers for cellular phones and Personal Handyphone Systems (PHS) for the month of December, 2003.

Don't forget to look at the original StatsMania [1] if you haven't already!



The Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) presented the number of new members for both cellular phones and PHS for month-end December 2003.

For new cellular users, au netted 289,600 new users, which is the highest gain in the 3-month period. NTT DoCoMo saw 114,600 users - nearly double the previous month, while Vodafone had 114,200 new users - the first time the 100,000 new users half a year ago, in June. Also, Tuka lost 11,800 users. The number of new subscribers in December expanded to about 170,000 more than the previous month. Furthermore, the count of cellular phone users at the end of 2003 is 79,787,200. It was presented that this is an increase of 6,273,100 users over the last year's value, 73,514,100 at the end of December 2002.

For 3G cellular phones, DoCoMo's FOMA got 255,100 new users (total 1,881,000), au's CDMA2000 1x saw 593,700 new users (total 11,764,100), and Vodafone's VGS (Vodafone Global Standard) had 18,500 new users (total 111,700). VGS, which began in December and support "Vodafone Live!" began with the "V801SA" and other fundamental devlopements. It experienced more than 4 times the number of new users from the previous month.

Internet users expanded by 190,900 for i-mode, 303,900 for EZweb, and 97,600 for Vodafone Live.

For PHS service, DDI Pocket lost 9,300 members, DoCoMo 12,400 users, and Astel lost 10,400 users. It does not appear that the declining trend will change.

Cellular Phones: By each group for new members and total
Group Net Increase Total
NTT DoCoMo 114,600 45,365,900 
au 289,600 15,977,300 
Tuka -11,800 3,670,000 
Vodafone 114,200 14,774,000 
 Total506,500 79,787,200 

3G Cellular Phones: By each group for new members and total
GroupNet Increase Total 
NTT DoCoMo 255,100 1,881,000 
au 593,700 11,764,100 
Vodafone 18,500 111,700 
Total 867,300 14,762,100 

Cellular Phones: Internet Connection Service Agreement count
Group Net Increase Total 
i-Mode 190,900 40,334,900 
EZweb 303,900 14,699,700 
Vodafone Live! 97,600 12,771,200 
Total 592,400 67,805,800 

PHS: By each group for new members and total
Group Net Increase Total 
DDI Pocket -9,300 2,914,000 
NTT DoCoMo -12,400 1,627,100 
Astel -10,400 683,200 
Total -32,100 5,224,300 

Original Article:
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/17124.html [2]

News Release (Japanese):
http://www.tca.or.jp/japan/database/daisu/yymm/0312matu.html [3]

News Release (English):
http://www.tca.or.jp/eng/database/daisu/yymm/0312matu.html [4]
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