Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).

1Q Data

noticeFull-year forecasts: As announced on April 27, 2007

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

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2006 FY2007
Full-year results [Ref.] 1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2007)
Full-year
forecasts
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2006)
[Ref.]
Cellular
Subscriptions 52,621 51,672 52,846 53,890
  FOMA 35,529 26,217 37,854 44,420
  mova 17,092 25,456 14,991 9,470
Market sharenotice1notice2 54.4% 55.6% 53.9% -
Net Increase from previous periodnotice2 1,477 529 225 1,269
  FOMAnotice2 12,066 2,753 2,325 8,891
  movanotice2 (minus10,589) (minus2,225) (minus2,100) (minus7,622)
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA + mova) notice3 6,700 6,900 6,560 6,480
  Voice ARPUnotice4 4,690 4,930 4,440 4,330
  Packet ARPU 2,010 1,970 2,120 2,150
    i-mode ARPU 1,990 1,950 2,090 2,130
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice5 50 50 60 70
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA + mova)notice3 2,160 2,120 2,270 2,310
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)notice3 7,860 8,300 7,370 7,150
  Voice ARPUnotice4 5,070 5,420 4,710 4,540
  Packet ARPU 2,790 2,880 2,660 2,610
    i-mode ARPU 2,750 2,840 2,630 2,570
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice5 80 70 80 80
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA)notice3 2,830 2,910 2,730 2,680
Aggregate ARPU (mova)notice3 5,180 5,540 4,600 4,370
  Voice ARPUnotice4 4,190 4,460 3,800 3,650
  i-mode ARPU 990 1,080 800 720
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice5 20 20 10 20
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (mova)notice3 1,160 1,260 970 890
MOU (FOMA + mova)notice3 144 145 140 -
MOU (FOMA)notice3 175 181 161 -
MOU (mova)notice3 104 110 89 -
Churn Ratenotice2 0.78% 0.64% 0.85% -
2in1 Subscriptionsnotice6 - - 67 -
Communication Module Service Subscriptionsnotice7 1,027 733 1,140 1,310
  FOMA Ubiquitous plannotice8 277 40 392 -
  DoPa Single Servicenotice9 750 693 748 -
Prepaid Subscriptionsnotice9 45 49 43 -
i-mode
Subscriptions 47,574 46,823 47,725 48,590
  FOMA 34,052 25,511 36,089 -
  i-αppli compatiblenotice10notice11 38,800 36,000 39,206 -
i-mode Subscription Ratenotice2 90.4% 90.6% 90.3% 90.2%
Net Increase from previous period 1,214 463 151 1,016
i-mode Flat-rate Packet Communication Plan Subscriptionsnotice12 9,563 6,912 10,455 -
i-channel Subscriptions 10,580 3,624 12,272 -
Percentage of Packets Transmitted  
  Web 98% 97% 98% -
  Mail 2% 3% 2% -
Others
PHS Subscriptions 453 679 374 -
DCMX Subscriptionsnotice13 2,090 310 2,850 4,000
  • notice1 Source for other cellular telecommunications operators: Data announced by Telecommunications Carriers Association
  • notice2 Data are calculated including Communication Module Services subscriptions.
  • notice3 Data are calculated excluding Communication Module Services-related revenues and Communication Module Services subscriptions.
  • notice4 Inclusive of circuit-switched data communications
  • notice5 Inclusive of Voice Communications and Packet Communications
  • notice6 Not included in Cellular subscriptions nor FOMA subscriptions
  • notice7 Included in total cellular subscriptions
  • notice8 Included in FOMA subscriptions
  • notice9 Included in mova subscriptions
  • notice10 Sum of FOMA handsets and mova handsets
  • notice11 The number of subscriptions prior to the third quarter results of Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2007 are revised due to the change of calculation method.
  • 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)
  4. ARPU (PHS) :
    ARPU (PHS) = ARPU (PHS) Related Revenues (monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active PHS subscriptions

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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