Japan - DoCoMo, others add 363k cellphone users in November
DECEMBER 9, 2002 12:00AM
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RDSL Asia/Africa via NewsEdge Corporation : 12/06/2002
NTT DoCoMo, J-Phone, Vodafone Group unit, and KDDI (all Japan), all mobile
phone operators, added 363,900 subscribers in total in November 2002, or 23%
fewer than in November 2001, according to company figures. DoCoMo added
175k users in November 2002 to reach a total of 42.5 mil subscribers. The latest
additions were 46% fewer than in November 2001. DoCoMo added 6,600 FOMA
3G wireless network users in November 2002. J-Phone added 80,200 subscribers
in the same month, or around half of the year-earlier period, raising it total to
13.16 mil customers. The company lost a competitive advantage when rivals
introduced cameraphones. KDDI attracted 604k users in
November 2002 to its cdma2000 1x high-speed service, launched in April 2002,
raising the user-base to 3.9 mil people. A large proportion of the new cdma2000
1x customers were existing KDDI subscribers upgrading to the faster network.
The operator's main mobile phone business added 108,700 customers to reach
a total of 17.17 mil people at end-November 2002.
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