PROMPT REPORT on the number of subscribers of cellular phone and PHS(Personal Handy-phone System) at the last day of FEB. 1996 in Japan.

  
Cellular phone   9,360,000 subscribers

PHS        　    1,017,000 subscribers

Total           10,377,000 subscribers

Contact Point：Telecommunications Policy division,Telecommunications Bureau
Telephone：+81-3-3504-4824
E-mail：ido-tsushin@mpt.go.jp

INFORMATION on the subscribers of cellular phone ,pager and PHS(Personal Handy-phone System) in Japan

>Cellular phone
                    　   Subscribers   *A　     *B     *C     *D　
At the end of MAR.1989　  242,888　  61.1%    1.7%   16.6%    -----
At the end of MAR.1990　  489,558　 101.6%   22.7%   33.0%    -----
At the end of MAR.1991　  868,078　  77.3%   36.8%   52.5%    -----
At the end of MAR.1992  1,378,108　  58.8%   38.6%   74.4%    -----
At the end of MAR.1993  1,712,545　  24.3%   40.0%   80.5%　 0.007%
At the end of MAR.1994  2,131,367 　 24.5%   38.0%   86.0%   0.3%
At the end of MAR.1995  4,331,369 　103.2%   49.1%   94.1%   21.9%

At the end of APR.1995  4,646,588 　108.5%   49.5%   94.6%   24.0%
At the end of MAY.1995  4,922,130 　111.1%   50.0%   95.0%   25.9%
At the end of JUN.1995  5,346,706 　117.3%   50.4%   95.5%   28.4%
At the end of JUL.1995  5,820,242 　122.4%   50.6%   95.9%   30.4%
At the end of AUG.1995  6,231,017 　126.5%   50.5%   96.2%   32.3%
At the end of SEP.1995  6,669,905 　130.7%   50.9%   96.5%   34.3%
At the end of OCT.1995  7,071,342 　133.5%   50.9%   96.8%   36.1%
At the end of NOV.1995  7,474,590 　136.7%   50.7%   97.0%   38.3%
At the end of DEC.1995  8,051,892 　133.3%   51.2%   97.3%   41.1%
At the end of JAN.1996  8,670,146 　135.5%   51.3%   97.4%   44.6%

*A: Ratio of increase over the same month of the previous year
*B: Ratio of NCC(New Common Carriers) to total
*C: Ratio of portable telephone(NOT car telephone) to total
*D: Ratio of digital cellular to total

>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 APR.1995    9,602,230  　16.7% 　42.9%
At the end of MAY.1995    9,709,728  　16.3% 　42.8%
At the end of JUN.1995    9,919,715  　15.3% 　42.5%
At the end of JUL.1995   10,080,230  　16.3% 　42.2%
At the end of AUG.1995   10,233,219  　17.1% 　41.7%
At the end of SEP.1995   10,330,025  　17.0% 　41.5%
At the end of OCT.1995   10,445,744  　16.7% 　41.1%
At the end of NOV.1995   10,498,143  　16.4% 　41.0%
At the end of DEC.1995   10,617,010  　16.0% 　40.7%
At the end of JAN.1996   10,608,709  　15.1% 　40.7%

>PHS(Personal Handy-Phone System)
                        Subscribers
At the end of JUL.1995    81,203
At the end of AUG.1995   112,787
At the end of SEP.1995   132,507
At the end of OCT.1995   363,746
At the end of NOV.1995   481,837
At the end of DEC.1995   615,032
At the end of JAN.1996   713,064