Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).

1Q Data

noticeFull-year forecasts: As announced on April 28, 2010

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

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2009 FY2010
Full-year results [Ref.] 1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2009)
[Ref.]
Cellular
Subscriptions 56,082 54,864 56,515 57,450
  FOMAnotice1 53,203 50,246 54,162 56,220
    Communication module service (FOMA) 1,081 897 1,212 -
  mova 2,879 4,618 2,352 1,230
    Communication module service (DoPa) 521 621 482 -
    Prepaid 37 38 36 -
Packet flat-rate services subscriptionsnotice2 25,767 19,817 27,491 -
Market sharenotice3notice4 50.0% 50.6% 49.7% -
Net increase from previous periodnotice4 1,481 263 432 1,370
  FOMAnotice1 4,163 1,206 959 3,020
  mova (minus2,682) (minus942) (minus526) (minus1,650)
Churn ratenotice4 0.46% 0.44% 0.44% -
Number of handsets (FOMA + mova) soldnotice5 18,037 4,344 4,615 -
i-mode
Subscriptions 48,992 48,597 49,061 49,170
  FOMA 47,330 45,682 47,758 48,530
i-mode subscription ratenotice4 87.4% 88.6% 86.8% 85.6%
Net increase from previous period 518 123 69 180
i-channel subscriptions 16,818 16,607 16,757 -
i-concier subscriptions 4,200 1,558 4,783 -
  • 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 double," "Pake-hodai simple," "Pake-hodai," "Pake-hodai full," "Biz-hodai," "Flat-rate data plan Standard," "Flat-rate data plan 64k" and "Flat-rate data plan HIGH-SPEED"
    (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 FOMA/mova subscriptions, change of subscription from mova to FOMA, FOMA handset upgrade by FOMA subscribers, mova handset upgrade by mova subscribers, and change of subscription from FOMA to mova

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

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2009 FY2010
Full-year results [Ref.] 1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2009)
[Ref.]
ARPU
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA + mova)notice1 5,350 5,440 5,190 5,110
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,900 3,010 2,680 2,550
  Packet ARPU 2,450 2,430 2,510 2,560
    i-mode ARPU 2,380 2,380 2,390 2,440
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 80 70 80 80
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA + mova)notice1 2,620 2,610 2,670 2,730
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)notice1 5,480 5,610 5,260 5,170
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,900 3,010 2,670 2,550
  Packet ARPU 2,580 2,600 2,590 2,620
    i-mode ARPU 2,500 2,540 2,460 2,490
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 80 80 90 80
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (FOMA)notice1 2,720 2,740 2,720 2,780
Aggregate ARPU (mova)notice1 3,460 3,550 3,330 3,230
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,870 2,940 2,770 2,710
  i-mode ARPU 590 610 560 520
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 0 0 0 10
ARPU generated purely from i-mode (mova)notice1 820 840 810 760
MOU
MOU (FOMA + mova)notice1 136 135 133 -
MOU (FOMA)notice1 142 143 137 -
MOU (mova)notice1 51 54 45 -
  • notice1 Data are calculated excluding communication module services-related revenues and communication module services 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
Full-year results [Ref.] 1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2009)
[Ref.]
Others
DCMX subscriptionsnotice1 11,260 9,630 11,640 13,090
  • notice1 Inclusive of DCMX mini subscriptions

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

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

    • Voice ARPU (mova) :
      Voice ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, voice communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (mova)
    • i-mode ARPU (mova)notice2 :
      i-mode ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (mova)
    • ARPU generated purely from i-mode (mova)notice3 :
      i-mode ARPU (mova) Related Revenues (basic monthly charges, packet communication charges) / Number of active subscriptions (i-mode (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 services 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 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 i-mode subscriptions as a denominator.

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