Quarterly operating data (consolidated basis).

1Q Data

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

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

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2010 FY2011
Full-year results [Ref.] 1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2011)
Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
[Ref.]
Cellular subscriptions 58,010 56,515 58,415 59,960
  Xi 26 - 121 1,030
  FOMAnotice1 56,746 54,162 57,324 58,930
    Communication module service (FOMA) 1,606 1,212 1,724 -
  mova 1,239 2,352 969 -
    Communication module service (DoPa) 363 482 306 -
    Prepaid 21 36 16 -
Packet flat-rate services subscriptionsnotice2 31,921 27,491 33,109 -
Market sharenotice3notice4 48.5% 49.7% 48.2% -
Net increase from previous periodnotice4 1,928 432 405 1,950
  Xi 26 - 96 1,000
  FOMAnotice1 3,542 959 578 2,180
  mova (minus1,640) (minus526) (minus269) (minus1,240)
Churn ratenotice4 0.47% 0.44% 0.49% -
Number of handsets (Xi + FOMA + mova) soldnotice5 19,055 4,615 4,645 -
i-mode subscriptions 48,141 49,061 47,450 44,440
sp-mode subscriptions 2,095 - 3,296 7,230
i-channel subscriptions 16,233 16,757 15,705 -
i-concier subscriptions 6,224 4,783 6,135 -
DCMX subscriptionsnotice6 12,321 11,640 12,463 12,960
  • 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)."
  • 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
  • notice6 Inclusive of DCMX mini subscriptions

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

(Consolidated basis)
  FY2010 FY2011
Full-year results [Ref.] 1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2011)
Full-year
forecasts
[Ref.]
  1Q
(Apr.-Jun.
2010)
[Ref.]
ARPU
Aggregate ARPU (Xi + FOMA + mova)notice1 5,070 5,190 4,960 4,890
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,530 2,680 2,340 2,220
  Packet ARPU 2,540 2,510 2,620 2,670
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 90 80 80 90
Aggregate ARPU (FOMA)notice1 5,120 5,260 4,980 4,910
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,520 2,670 2,340 2,220
  Packet ARPU 2,600 2,590 2,640 2,690
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 90 90 80 90
Aggregate ARPU (mova)notice1 3,280 3,330 3,230 3,250
  Voice ARPUnotice2 2,720 2,770 2,680 2,680
  Packet ARPU 560 560 550 570
  ARPU generated from international servicesnotice3 0 0 0 20
MOU
MOU (Xi + FOMA + mova)notice4 134 133 128 -
MOU (FOMA)notice4 137 137 129 -
MOU (mova)notice4 44 45 39 -
  • 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 (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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