Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).

4Q Data

noticeFull-year forecasts: As announced on April 28, 2011

[Unit]
Subscriptions, Net increase from previous period: thousands

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
Full-year
results [Ref.]
Full-year results Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
2Q
(Jul.-Sep.
2010)
3Q
(Oct.-Dec.
2010)
4Q
(Jan.-Mar.
2011)
Cellular
Subscriptions 56,082 58,010 56,515 56,895 57,210 58,010 59,960
  Xi - 26 - - 1 26 1,030
  FOMAnotice1 53,203 56,746 54,162 54,940 55,572 56,746 58,930
    Communication module service (FOMA) 1,081 1,606 1,212 1,349 1,463 1,606 -
  mova 2,879 1,239 2,352 1,954 1,636 1,239 -
    Communication module service (DoPa) 521 363 482 454 415 363 -
    Prepaid 37 21 36 31 26 21 -
Packet flat-rate services subscriptionsnotice2 25,767 31,921 27,491 28,905 30,174 31,921 -
Market sharenotice3notice4 50.0% 48.5% 49.7% 49.3% 48.9% 48.5% -
Net increase from previous periodnotice4 1,481 1,928 432 380 315 800 1,950
  Xi - 26 - - 1 24 1,000
  FOMAnotice1 4,163 3,542 959 778 632 1,173 2,180
  mova (minus2,682) (minus1,640) (minus526) (minus398) (minus318) (minus398) (minus1,240)
Churn ratenotice4 0.46% 0.47% 0.44% 0.49% 0.46% 0.48% -
Number of handsets (Xi + FOMA + mova) soldnotice5 18,037 19,055 4,615 4,630 4,342 5,469 -
i-mode
Subscriptions 48,992 48,141 49,061 48,914 48,530 48,141 44,440
  FOMA 47,330 47,541 47,758 47,876 47,686 47,541 44,440
i-mode subscription ratenotice4 87.4% 83.0% 86.8% 86.0% 84.8% 83.0% 74.2%
Net increase from previous period 518 (minus851) 69 (minus146) (minus385) (minus390) (minus3,700)
i-channel subscriptions 16,818 16,233 16,757 16,747 16,493 16,233 -
i-concier subscriptions 4,200 6,224 4,783 5,410 5,800 6,224 -
sp-mode
Subscriptions - 2,095 - 270 936 2,095 7,230
  • notice1 Effective March 3, 2008, FOMA subscription became mandatory for subscription to "2in1" services, and those FOMA subscriptions are included in the number of FOMA subscribers.
  • notice2 Sum of "Pake-hodai FLAT," "Pake-hodai double/double 2," "Pake-hodai simple," "Pake-hodai full," "Pake-hodai," "Biz-hodai," "Xi Data Plan Ninen," "Xi Data Plan," "Flat-rate data plan FLAT (includes Value)," "Flat-rate data plan Standard/Standard 2 (includes Value)," "Flat-rate data plan 64k (includes Value)" and "Flat-rate data plan HIGH-SPEED (includes Value)"
    (Number of subscriptions for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 includes subscriptions to "Biz-hodai double" and "Biz-hodai simple" in addition to the aforementioned plans.)
  • notice3 Source for other cellular telecommunications operators: Data announced by Telecommunications Carriers Association
  • notice4 Data are calculated including communication module services subscriptions.
  • notice5 Sum of new subscriptions, change of subscription from FOMA/mova to Xi, Xi/mova to FOMA, Xi/FOMA to mova, Xi handset upgrade by Xi subscribers, FOMA handset upgrade by FOMA subscribers and mova handset upgrade by mova subscribers

[Unit]
ARPU: yen/month/contract
MOU: minutes/month/contract

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
Full-year
results [Ref.]
Full-year results Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
2Q
(Jul.-Sep.
2010)
3Q
(Oct.-Dec.
2010)
4Q
(Jan.-Mar.
2011)
ARPU
Aggregate ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova)notice1 5,350 5,070 5,190 5,200 5,130 4,760 4,890
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,900 2,530 2,680 2,660 2,590 2,190 2,220
  Packet ARPU 2,450 2,540 2,510 2,540 2,540 2,570 2,670
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 80 90 80 90 90 90 90
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)notice1 5,480 5,120 5,260 5,260 5,180 4,790 4,910
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,900 2,520 2,670 2,660 2,580 2,180 2,220
  Packet ARPU 2,580 2,600 2,590 2,600 2,600 2,610 2,690
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 80 90 90 90 90 90 90
Aggregate ARPU (mova)notice1 3,460 3,280 3,330 3,310 3,290 3,080 3,250
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,870 2,720 2,770 2,750 2,750 2,540 2,680
  Packet ARPU 590 560 560 560 540 540 570
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
MOU
MOU (Xi + FOMA + mova)notice1 136 134 133 135 133 135 -
MOU (FOMA)notice1 142 137 137 138 136 137 -
MOU (mova)notice1 51 44 45 44 43 44 -
  • notice1 Data are calculated excluding communication module services-related revenues and communication module services subscriptions, and Phone Number Storage and Mail Address Storage services-related revenues and those subscriptions.
  • notice2 Inclusive of circuit-switched data communication
  • notice3 Inclusive of voice communication and packet communication
  • 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.

[Unit]
Subscriptions: thousands

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
Full-year
results [Ref.]
Full-year results Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
2Q
(Jul.-Sep.
2010)
3Q
(Oct.-Dec.
2010)
4Q
(Jan.-Mar.
2011)
Others
DCMX subscriptionsnotice1 11,260 12,321 11,640 11,950 12,120 12,321 12,960
  • notice1 Inclusive of DCMX mini subscriptions

Definition of ARPU and MOU

  1. ARPU (Average monthly Revenue Per Unit) :

    • Average monthly revenue per unit, or ARPU, is used to measure average monthly operating revenues attributable to designated services on a per subscription basis. ARPU is calculated by dividing various revenue items included in operating revenues from our wireless services, such as basic 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 Use) : Average monthly communication time per subscription.

ARPU Calculation Methods

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

    • Voice ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova) :
      Voice ARPU (FOMA + mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (Xi + FOMA + mova)
    • Packet ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova) :
      Packet ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (Xi + FOMA + mova)
  2. ARPU (FOMA) :
    Aggregate ARPU (FOMA) = Voice ARPU (FOMA) + Packet ARPU (FOMA)

    • Voice ARPU (FOMA) :
      Voice ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (FOMA)
    • Packet ARPU (FOMA) :
      Packet ARPU (FOMA) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (FOMA)
  3. ARPU (mova) :
    Aggregate ARPU (mova) = Voice ARPU (mova) + Packet ARPU (mova)

    • Voice ARPU (mova) :
      Voice ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (mova)
    • Packet ARPU (mova) :
      Packet ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (mova)

Active Subscriptions Calculation Methods

  • Sum of 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) during the relevant period
  • noticeCommunication module services subscriptions and the revenues thereof are not included in the ARPU and MOU calculations.

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