Japan Mobile Phone Shipments Fall First Time In 2001
wirelessweek.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2002
Domestic shipments of mobile phones, including cellular phones and PHS (personal handyphone
system) handsets, declined for the first time in 2001, falling 1.8 per cent from 2000 to 50,771,000
units, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association reported Wednesday.
With the diffusion ratio exceeding 50 per cent, demand, including that for replacement phones, was
down.
Domestic shipments of cell phones, including car phones, dipped 0.3 per cent to 47,518,000, while
those of PHS handsets fell 19.2 per cent to 3,253,000.
In December, mobile phone shipments plunged 34.2 per cent year on year to 3,116,000, the
largest-ever drop, with cell phone shipments sinking 31.9 per cent and those of PHS handsets
tumbling 59.8 per cent, as demand for mobile phones with Internet access functions began to trail off.
In January, mobile phone subscriptions showed a record-low net increase of 435,500.
(Nikkei) |
