December 7, 2007

Status of Numbers of Subscribers to Telecommunications Services

(As of the end of September 2007)
As mandated by the Rules for Reporting on Telecommunications Business (MPT Ordinance No. 46 of 1988), MIC has compiled the numbers of contracts for fixed-line telecommunications and mobile telecommunications that were reported by telecommunications carriers as of the end of September 2007.

An overview of the result is provided in the following.

1. Subscriber telephones and ISDN
The total number of subscription contracts as of the end of September 2007 for subscriber telephones and ISDN was 53.33 million, a 6.1% year-on-year decrease, and this declining trend continues.

2. Number of IP phone users
The number of IP phone users as of the end of September 2007 was 15.949 million. This is a 22.7% increase from the same period of last year, and this increasing trend continues. The increase in the users of IP phones with the 0AB褒 number structure (10 digits, starting with a zero) is especially remarkable, a 113.2% year-on-year increase.

3. Mobile phones and PHS
The number of contracts for mobile phones and PHS as of the end of September 2007 totaled 104.29 million. This number represents a 5.7% year-on-year increase, and this steady increasing trend continues.

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