Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).

4Q Data

noticeFull-year forecasts: As announced on April 25, 2008

[Unit]
Subscriptions, Net Increase from previous period: thousands
ARPU: yen/month/contract
MOU: minutes/month/contract

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2006 FY2007 FY2008
Full-year results
[Ref.]
Full-year results Full-year forecasts
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2007)
2Q
(Jul.-Sep.
2007)
3Q
(Oct.-Dec.
2007)
4Q
(Jan.-Mar.
2008)
Cellular
Subscriptions 52,621 53,388 52,846 52,942 53,151 53,388 54,470
  FOMAnotice1 35,529 43,949 37,854 40,043 42,078 43,949 49,520
  mova 17,092 9,438 14,991 12,899 11,073 9,438 4,950
Market sharenotice2notice3 54.4% 52.0% 53.9% 53.3% 52.9% 52.0% -
Net Increase from previous period 1,477 767 225 96 209 237 1,080
  FOMAnotice1notice3 12,066 8,420 2,325 2,188 2,035 1,872 5,570
  movanotice3 (minus10,589) (minus7,653) (minus2,100) (minus2,092) (minus1,826) (minus1,635) (minus4,490)
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA + mova) notice4 6,700 6,360 6,560 6,550 6,290 6,050 5,640
  Voice ARPUnotice5 4,690 4,160 4,440 4,340 4,090 3,780 3,280
  Packet ARPU 2,010 2,200 2,120 2,210 2,200 2,270 2,360
    i-mode ARPU 1,990 2,170 2,090 2,180 2,170 2,230 2,320
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice6 50 70 60 70 70 80 90
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA + mova)notice4 2,160 2,350 2,270 2,360 2,350 2,420 2,520
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)notice4 7,860 6,990 7,370 7,270 6,870 6,530 5,920
  Voice ARPUnotice5 5,070 4,340 4,710 4,570 4,260 3,900 3,310
  Packet ARPU 2,790 2,650 2,660 2,700 2,610 2,630 2,610
    i-mode ARPU 2,750 2,610 2,630 2,660 2,580 2,590 2,560
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice6 80 90 80 90 90 90 100
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA)notice4 2,830 2,720 2,730 2,770 2,690 2,710 2,710
Aggregate ARPU (mova)notice4 5,180 4,340 4,600 4,440 4,200 3,950 3,680
  Voice ARPUnotice5 4,190 3,590 3,800 3,660 3,490 3,280 3,050
  i-mode ARPU 990 750 800 780 710 670 630
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice6 20 10 10 10 10 10 10
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (mova)notice4 1,160 930 970 960 890 850 830
MOU (FOMA + mova)notice4 144 138 140 140 139 135 -
MOU (FOMA)notice4 175 156 161 159 156 149 -
MOU (mova)notice4 104 82 89 84 80 72 -
Churn Ratenotice3 0.78% 0.80% 0.85% 0.94% 0.74% 0.68% -
2in1 Subscriptionsnotice7 - 240 67 152 211 240 -
Communication Module Service Subscriptionsnotice8 1,027 1,433 1,140 1,247 1,360 1,433 1,570
  FOMA Ubiquitous plannotice9 277 698 392 509 618 698 -
  DoPa Single Servicenotice10 750 735 748 738 742 735 -
Prepaid Subscriptionsnotice10 45 40 43 42 41 40 -
i-mode
Subscriptions 47,574 47,993 47,725 47,759 47,831 47,993 48,650
  FOMA 34,052 41,213 36,089 37,972 39,654 41,213 45,610
  i-αppli compatiblenotice11 38,800 40,283 39,206 39,523 39,856 40,283 -
i-mode Subscription Ratenotice3 90.4% 89.9% 90.3% 90.2% 90.0% 89.9% 89.3%
Net Increase from previous period 1,214 419 151 34 72 162 660
i-mode Flat-rate Packet Communication Plan Subscriptionsnotice12 9,563 12,744 10,455 11,267 11,945 12,744 -
i-channel Subscriptions 10,580 15,649 12,272 13,874 14,953 15,649 -
Percentage of Packets Transmitted  
  Web 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% -
  Mail 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% -
Others
DCMX Subscriptionsnotice13 2,090 5,640 2,850 3,750 4,660 5,640 9,000
  • notice1 From March 3, 2008 onward, another FOMA subscription is a prerequisite for the application of 2in1 in principle, and those FOMA subscriptions are included in the number of FOMA subscribers.
  • notice2 Source for other cellular telecommunications operators: Data announced by Telecommunications Carriers Association
  • notice3 Data are calculated including Communication Module Services subscriptions.
  • notice4 Data are calculated excluding Communication Module Services-related revenues and Communication Module Services subscriptions.
  • notice5 Inclusive of circuit-switched data communications
  • notice6 Inclusive of Voice Communications and Packet Communications
  • notice7 Inclusive of users who applied for 2in1 after March 3, 2008
  • notice8 Included in total cellular subscriptions
  • notice9 Included in FOMA subscriptions
  • notice10 Included in mova subscriptions
  • notice11 Sum of FOMA handsets and mova handsets
  • notice12 Sum of "pake-hodai" subscriptions and "pake-hodai full" subscriptions
  • notice13 Inclusive of DCMX mini subscriptions
  • noticePlease refer to the [Definition and Calculation Methods of ARPU and MOU] for the definition of ARPU and MOU, and an explanation of the methods used to calculate ARPU and the number of active subscriptions used in calculating ARPU, MOU and Churn Rate.

Definition of ARPU and MOU

  1. ARPU (Average monthly Revenue Per Unit)notice1 :

    • Average monthly revenue per unit, or ARPU, is used to measure average monthly operating revenues attributable to designated services on a per user basis. ARPU is calculated by dividing various revenue items included in operating revenues from our wireless services, such as monthly charges, voice communication charges and packet communication charges, from designated services which are incurred consistently each month, by the number of active subscriptions to the relevant services. Accordingly, the calculation of ARPU excludes revenues that are not representative of monthly average usage such as activation fees. We believe that our ARPU figures provide useful information to analyze the average usage per subscription and the impacts of changes in our billing arrangements. The revenue items included in the numerators of our ARPU figures are based on our U.S. GAAP results of operations. This definition applies to all ARPU figures hereinafter.
  2. MOU (Minutes of Usage) : Average monthly communication time per subscription.

ARPU Calculation Methods

  1. ARPU (FOMA + mova) :
    Aggregate ARPU (FOMA + mova) = Voice ARPU (FOMA + mova) + Packet ARPU (FOMA + mova)

    • Voice ARPU (FOMA + mova) :
      Voice ARPU (FOMA + mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (FOMA + mova)
    • Packet ARPU (FOMA + mova) :
      {Packet ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) + i-mode ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) } / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (FOMA + mova)
    • i-mode ARPU (FOMA + mova)notice2 :
      i-mode ARPU (FOMA + mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (FOMA + mova)
    • ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA + mova)notice3:
      i-mode ARPU (FOMA + mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active i-mode subscriptions (FOMA + mova)
  2. ARPU (FOMA) :
    Aggregate ARPU (FOMA) = Voice ARPU (FOMA) + Packet ARPU (FOMA)

    • Voice ARPU (FOMA) :
      Voice ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (FOMA)
    • Packet ARPU (FOMA) :
      Packet ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (FOMA)
    • i-mode ARPU (FOMA)notice2 :
      i-mode ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (FOMA)
    • ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA)notice3 :
      i-mode ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active i-mode subscriptions (FOMA)
  3. ARPU (mova) :
    Aggregate ARPU (mova) = Voice ARPU (mova) + i-mode ARPU (mova)

    • Voice ARPU (mova) :
      Voice ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (mova)
    • i-mode ARPU (mova)notice2 :
      i-mode ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active cellular phone subscriptions (mova)
    • ARPU generated purely from i-mode (mova)notice3 :
      i-mode ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active i-mode subscriptions (mova)

Active Subscriptions Calculation Methods

Number of active subscriptions used in ARPU / MOU / Churn Rate calculations is as follows:

  • Number of active subscriptions for each month:
    (Number of subscriptions at the end of previous month + Number of subscriptions at the end of current month) / 2
  • Number of active subscriptions for full-year results / forecasts:
    Sum of Number of active subscriptions for each month from April to March
  • notice1 Communication Module service subscriptions and the revenues thereof are not included in the ARPU and MOU calculations.
  • notice2 The denominator used in calculating i-mode ARPU (FOMA + mova, FOMA, mova) is the aggregate number of cellular subscriptions to each service (FOMA + mova, FOMA, mova, respectively), regardless of whether i-mode service is activated or not.
  • notice3 ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA + mova, FOMA, mova) is calculated using only the number of active i-mode subscriptions as a denominator.

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