INFORMATION on subscribers of Cellular telephone ,Pager and PHS(Personal Handy-phone System) in Japan.

>Cellular telephone
                        Subscribers    *A       *B       *C
At the end of MAR.1989     242,888    61.1%     1.7%    -----
At the end of MAR.1990     489,558   101.6%    22.7%    -----
At the end of MAR.1991     868,078    77.3%    36.8%    -----
At the end of MAR.1992   1,378,108    58.8%    38.6%    -----
At the end of MAR.1993   1,712,545    24.3%    40.0%    0.007%
At the end of MAR.1994   2,131,367    24.5%    38.0%    0.3%
At the end of MAR.1995   4,331,369   103.2%    49.1%   21.9%
At the end of MAR.1996  10,204,023   135.6%    51.6%   52.1%
At the end of MAR.1997  20,876,820   104.6%    47.5%   82.1%
At the end of MAR.1998  31,526,870    51.0%    43.0%   95.4%
At the end of MAR.1999  41,530,002    31.7%    42.5%   99.1%
At the end of MAR.2000  51,138,946    23.1%    42.6%   99.9%
At the end of MAR.2001  60,942,407    19.2%    40.9%   100%

At the end of MAY.2001  62,691,571    18.6%    41.1%   100%


*A: Ratio of increase over the same month of the previous year
*B: Ratio of NCC(New Common Carriers) to total
*C: Ratio of digital cellular to total


>PHS(Personal Handy-Phone System)
                       Subscribers
At the end of MAR.1996  1,508,114
At the end of MAR.1997  6,029,691
At the end of MAR.1998  6,727,023
At the end of MAR.1999  5,777,590
At the end of MAR.2000  5,706,648
At the end of MAR.2001  5,841,967

At the end of MAY.2001  5,792,128


>Pager
                         Subscribers     *A      *B
At the end of MAR.1988    2,953,381    18.7%    7.4%
At the end of MAR.1989    3,519,589    19.2%   19.5%
At the end of MAR.1990    4,246,612    20.7%   28.1%
At the end of MAR.1991    5,082,452    19.7%   32.4%
At the end of MAR.1992    5,911,377    16.3%   34.7%
At the end of MAR.1993    6,688,634    13.1%   36.9%
At the end of MAR.1994    8,063,827    20.6%   38.6%
At the end of MAR.1995    9,353,249    16.0%   42.7%
At the end of MAR.1996   10,610,549    13.4%   40.4%
At the end of MAR.1997   10,074,304    -5.1%   41.8%
At the end of MAR.1998    7,115,702   -29.4%   45.1%
At the end of MAR.1999    3,765,686   -47.1%   43.9%
At the end of MAR.2000    2,071,003   -45.0%   30.0%
At the end of MAR.2001    1,439,206   -30.5%   23.7%

At the end of MAY.2001    1,383,835   -26.2%   24.4%

Contact Point:Tariff division,Telecommunications Bureau
E-mail:ido-tsushin@soumu.go.jp


*If you want to obtain data on Type I Telecommunications Business Carriers,
 number of subscribers in detail, visit TCA.(http://www.tca.or.jp/)