Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).

3Q Data

noticeFull-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.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2011)
2Q
(Jul.-Sep.
2011)
3Q
(Oct.-Dec.
2011)
Cellular subscriptions 58,010 59,624 58,415 58,993 59,624 60,210
  Xi 26 1,139 121 389 1,139 1,330
  FOMAnotice1 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 subscriptionsnotice2 31,921 35,153 33,109 34,267 35,153 -
Market sharenotice3notice4 48.5% 47.5% 48.2% 47.9% 47.5% -
Net increase from previous periodnotice4 1,928 1,615 405 578 631 2,200
  Xi 26 1,114 96 267 751 1,300
  FOMAnotice1 3,542 1,216 578 538 100 2,140
  mova (minus1,640) (minus716) (minus269) (minus227) (minus220) (minus1,240)
Churn ratenotice4 0.47% 0.53% 0.49% 0.50% 0.59% -
Number of handsets (Xi + FOMA + mova) soldnotice5 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 subscriptionsnotice6 12,321 12,776 12,463 12,686 12,776 12,940
  • 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 "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)."
  • notice3 Source for other cellular telecommunications operators: Data announced by Telecommunications Carriers Association and/or by each company
  • 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
  • notice6 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.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2011)
2Q
(Jul.-Sep.
2011)
3Q
(Oct.-Dec.
2011)
ARPU
Aggregate ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova)notice1 5,070 4,940 4,960 4,970 4,880 4,870
  Voice ARPUnotice2 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 servicesnotice3 90 90 80 90 90 90
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)notice1 5,120 4,960 4,980 5,000 4,910 4,890
  Voice ARPUnotice2 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 servicesnotice3 90 90 80 90 90 90
Aggregate ARPU (mova)notice1 3,280 3,250 3,230 3,260 3,290 3,280
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,720 2,690 2,680 2,700 2,730 2,730
  Packet ARPU 560 560 550 560 560 550
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 0 0 0 10 10 10
MOU
MOU (Xi + FOMA + mova)notice4 134 128 128 129 126 -
MOU (FOMA)notice4 137 129 129 129 128 -
MOU (mova)notice4 44 38 39 39 33 -
  • notice1 Data are calculated excluding revenues and subscriptions to communication module services, "Phone Number Storage" and "Mail Address Storage."
  • notice2 Inclusive of circuit-switched data communication
  • notice3 Inclusive of voice communication and packet communication
  • notice4 Data are calculated excluding subscriptions to communication module services, "Phone Number Storage" and "Mail Address Storage."

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 (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)
  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
  • noticeSubscriptions 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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