Friday, April 08, 2005
Japan's mobile subscriber data for March 2005
March is the month when new subscriptions peak in Japan. During March 2005 around one million new subscribers signed up for mobile services in Japan, the net gain (new subscriptions minus cancellations) was 930,500. New subscribers were shared as follows between carriers:
DoCoMo: + 480,200 (+ 51.6%)
KDDI/AU: + 436,100 (+ 46.9%)
WILLCOM: + 33,300 (+ 3.6%)
KDDI/TuKa: - 2,600 (- 0.3%)
Vodafone: -7,400 (-0.8%) <--- (without restatement: -58,400)
Astel: - 9,100 (- 1.0%)
TOTAL: + 930,500 (100%)
Vodafone announced a new method to calculate numbers. Without this new way of calculating, Vodafone's loss would have been: -58,400
DoCoMo: + 480,200 (+ 51.6%)
KDDI/AU: + 436,100 (+ 46.9%)
WILLCOM: + 33,300 (+ 3.6%)
KDDI/TuKa: - 2,600 (- 0.3%)
Vodafone: -7,400 (-0.8%) <--- (without restatement: -58,400)
Astel: - 9,100 (- 1.0%)
TOTAL: + 930,500 (100%)
Vodafone announced a new method to calculate numbers. Without this new way of calculating, Vodafone's loss would have been: -58,400
