Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).
3Q Data
Full-year forecasts: As revised on November 2, 2011
[Unit]
Subscriptions, Net increase from previous period: thousands
| (Consolidated basis) | ||||||||
| FY2010 | FY2011 | |||||||
| Full-year results [Ref.] |
Nine Months (Apr.-Dec. 2011) | Full-year forecasts (Revised) [Ref.] |
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| 1Q (Apr.-Jun. 2011) |
2Q (Jul.-Sep. 2011) |
3Q (Oct.-Dec. 2011) |
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| Cellular subscriptions | 58,010 | 59,624 | 58,415 | 58,993 | 59,624 | 60,210 | ||
| Xi | 26 | 1,139 | 121 | 389 | 1,139 | 1,330 | ||
| FOMA |
56,746 | 57,962 | 57,324 | 57,862 | 57,962 | 58,890 | ||
| Communication module service (FOMA) | 1,606 | 2,061 | 1,724 | 1,871 | 2,061 | - | ||
| mova | 1,239 | 523 | 969 | 743 | 523 | - | ||
| Communication module service (DoPa) | 363 | 202 | 306 | 254 | 202 | - | ||
| Prepaid subscriptions | 21 | 200 | 16 | 12 | 200 | - | ||
| Packet flat-rate services subscriptions |
31,921 | 35,153 | 33,109 | 34,267 | 35,153 | - | ||
| Market share |
48.5% | 47.5% | 48.2% | 47.9% | 47.5% | - | ||
| Net increase from previous period |
1,928 | 1,615 | 405 | 578 | 631 | 2,200 | ||
| Xi | 26 | 1,114 | 96 | 267 | 751 | 1,300 | ||
| FOMA |
3,542 | 1,216 | 578 | 538 | 100 | 2,140 | ||
| mova | (minus1,640) | (minus716) | (minus269) | (minus227) | (minus220) | (minus1,240) | ||
| Churn rate |
0.47% | 0.53% | 0.49% | 0.50% | 0.59% | - | ||
| Number of handsets (Xi + FOMA + mova) sold |
19,055 | 15,411 | 4,645 | 5,701 | 5,066 | - | ||
| i-mode subscriptions | 48,141 | 44,737 | 47,450 | 46,183 | 44,737 | 43,300 | ||
| sp-mode subscriptions | 2,095 | 6,971 | 3,296 | 5,375 | 6,971 | 9,450 | ||
| i-channel subscriptions | 16,233 | 15,830 | 15,705 | 15,886 | 15,830 | - | ||
| i-concier subscriptions | 6,224 | 5,761 | 6,135 | 6,007 | 5,761 | - | ||
| DCMX subscriptions |
12,321 | 12,776 | 12,463 | 12,686 | 12,776 | 12,940 | ||
1 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.
2 Sum of "Xi Pake-hodai FLAT," "Xi Pake-hodai double," "Pake-hodai FLAT," "Pake-hodai double/double 2," "Pake-hodai simple," "Pake-hodai full," "Pake-hodai," "Biz-hodai," "Xi Data Plan FLAT (includes Ninen)," "Xi Data Plan/Plan 2 (includes Ninen)," "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)."
3 Source for other cellular telecommunications operators: Data announced by Telecommunications Carriers Association and/or by each company
4 Data are calculated including communication module services subscriptions.
5 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
6 Inclusive of DCMX mini subscriptions
[Unit]
ARPU: yen/month/contract
MOU: minutes/month/contract
| (Consolidated basis) | |||||||
| FY2010 | FY2011 | ||||||
| Full-year results [Ref.] |
Nine Months (Apr.-Dec. 2011) | Full-year forecasts (Revised) [Ref.] |
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| 1Q (Apr.-Jun. 2011) |
2Q (Jul.-Sep. 2011) |
3Q (Oct.-Dec. 2011) |
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| ARPU | |||||||
| Aggregate ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova) |
5,070 | 4,940 | 4,960 | 4,970 | 4,880 | 4,870 | |
| Voice ARPU |
2,530 | 2,270 | 2,340 | 2,280 | 2,190 | 2,170 | |
| Packet ARPU | 2,540 | 2,670 | 2,620 | 2,690 | 2,690 | 2,700 | |
| ARPU generated from international services |
90 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
| Aggregate ARPU (FOMA) |
5,120 | 4,960 | 4,980 | 5,000 | 4,910 | 4,890 | |
| Voice ARPU |
2,520 | 2,280 | 2,340 | 2,290 | 2,210 | 2,180 | |
| Packet ARPU | 2,600 | 2,680 | 2,640 | 2,710 | 2,700 | 2,710 | |
| ARPU generated from international services |
90 | 90 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
| Aggregate ARPU (mova) |
3,280 | 3,250 | 3,230 | 3,260 | 3,290 | 3,280 | |
| Voice ARPU |
2,720 | 2,690 | 2,680 | 2,700 | 2,730 | 2,730 | |
| Packet ARPU | 560 | 560 | 550 | 560 | 560 | 550 | |
| ARPU generated from international services |
0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| MOU | |||||||
| MOU (Xi + FOMA + mova) |
134 | 128 | 128 | 129 | 126 | - | |
| MOU (FOMA) |
137 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 128 | - | |
| MOU (mova) |
44 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 33 | - | |
1 Data are calculated excluding revenues and subscriptions to communication module services, "Phone Number Storage" and "Mail Address Storage."
2 Inclusive of circuit-switched data communication
3 Inclusive of voice communication and packet communication
4 Data are calculated excluding subscriptions to communication module services, "Phone Number Storage" and "Mail Address Storage."
Definition of ARPU and MOU
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.
MOU (Minutes of Use) : Average monthly communication time per subscription.
ARPU Calculation Methods
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 (Xi + 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)
- Voice ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova) :
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)
- Voice ARPU (FOMA) :
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)
- Voice ARPU (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
Subscriptions and revenues for communication module services, "Phone Number Storage" and "Mail Address Storage" services are not included in the ARPU and MOU calculations.
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