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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (23784)	3/5/1999 9:03:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Japan> Japan's Cellular Phone Users Exceed 40 Million, Ministry Says Bloomberg News Mar 5 1999 6:40AM ET Tokyo, March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese cellular phone users rose 33.6 percent in February compared to a year earlier to 40.5 million, or 32 percent of the Japan's population, according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. The number of Personal Handy-phone System, or PHS, users fell 18.6 percent to 5.783 million, a 17th straight monthly decline, the ministry said. DDI Corp. and other PHS operators are trying to promote sales by emphasizing their phones' faster data transmission and lower prices. Still, users have continued to shift to cellular phones, which operate more consistently. PHS phones, invented in Japan, are cheaper to use than cellular phones, though they can't be used in fast-moving vehicles, while cellular phones can. NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., or NTT DoCoMo is Japan's largest cellular phone operator. DDI is the largest operator for PHS. NTT DoCoMo shares rose 30,000 yen to 4.85 million yen. DDI shares rose 25,000 yen to 423,00 yen. Search Financial News Enter ticker symbol or keyword:

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (23784)	3/5/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Deloitte Research> Technology News Study Says Global Telecom Market Still Vast (03/04/99, 1:47 p.m. ET) By Jason P. McKay , tele.com The worldwide demand for telephone service will grow in leaps and bounds along with most long-term economic expansion over the next decade, but most of the growth will occur outside current U.S. and Western European hot spots, according to a new study released by Deloitte Research, in New York). The study says approximately half the world's population has never made a telephone call, and that population is in developing nations. According to Deloitte Research, internationally, there are about 150 million individuals on waiting lists for telephone services. This lucrative opportunity is extremely appealing to a number of players, including U.S. incumbent carriers, as well as international supercarriers, the study says. That appeal is driven by declining costs fueled by competition, as well as ample room for international carriers that want to expand their global presence. However, all that glitters is not gold. Global telecommunications supercarriers as well as domestic carriers looking to vault into the fray for new customers must take into account the financial instability of many of these countries such as Japan, Russia, Brazil, the Southeast Asia region, and other developing areas. Additionally, Deloitte said wireless communications are likely to pull ahead of wireline communications on a global scale. Only a handful of U.S. telecom companies have extensive experience with wireless, said the research company. While some countries may be financial quagmires for some carriers, others are blossoming with possibilities. "In terms of volume and opportunity, China presents just huge opportunities for both telecom equipment carriers and telecom service operators," said David Roddy, chief telecommunications economist at Deloitte Research. "The economic growth there will continually surpass the U.S.'s growth certainly every year for the next 10 years." However, China's growth will require patience and attention to rules and regulations, he added. To assist carriers in assessing the risks and possible profit gains, Deloitte has developed a strategy, akin to portfolio analysis methods of traditional stock and bond mutual funds. According to Deloitte, a telecom carrier's portfolio should contain multiple countries that have different risks and returns with a goal of balancing the entire package, while keeping risk is at a satisfactory level. The portfolio model has been used by investors for years to determine the proper balance of risk and return on investments, according to Roddy. Deloitte has taken this model one step further to adapt it to the international telecom industry, giving supercarriers a method to evaluate their global expansion strategies and maximize shareholder value, Roddy said. Diversification for telecom carriers has been on the increase recently for a number of reasons. For instance, incumbent carriers subject to new domestic competition look to joint venture with foreign carriers. Additionally, countries continue to privatize government-owned facilities in many parts of the world. With opportunities abounding, this new push for diversification -- telecom colonization -- can prove to be quite profitable, Roddy said.