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  • Japan’s mobile operators’ profits

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    Overall Japanese mobile operators generate on the order of US$ 10 Billion/year in profits with a rising tendency. US$ 10 Billion/year profits attract three new entrants to Japan’s mobile markets (eMobile, YAHOO-BB and IP-mobile), mobile virtual operators, and attracted Vodafone to acquire J-Phone some time ago. DoCoMo’s domestic profits in particular have been continuously rising…

  • Japan’s full 2005 cellphone subscriber data

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    Japan’s 2005 cellphone subscriber data show: Japan’s cellphone market continues to grow by more than 4.5 million subscriptions/year DoCoMo and KDDI are continuing their head-to-head race Since June 2005 Vodafone is consistently gaining customers again (but losing market share) Willcom’s turn-round is continuing, and Willcom is consistently gaining market share. Willcom is outperforming Vodafone as…

  • Wireless internet grows by about 0.5 million/month in Japan

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    Japan’s mobile internet is a growth market with about 0.5 Million new subscriptions/month – Japan’s mobile internet grows by about one Finland per year, and even more in terms of ARPU! This growth today is shared almost 50%/50% between DoCoMo’s i-Mode and KDDI’s EZweb. Vodafone’s subscriber numbers on the other hand have been more or…

  • KDDI may partner with Poweredcom/TEPCO

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    Poweredcom has doubled investments in FTTH to YEN 44 Billion (US$ 0.4 Billion) for FY 2005/2006 from YEN 22 Billion in FY 2204/2005. (For details and analysis of Japan’s FTTH market read our report on Japan’s telecom sector). Partnership with KDDI‘s triple-play leverages Poweredcom’s present and future FTTH investments. Copyright·©1997-2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK·All Rights Reserved·

  • KDDI absorbs TuKa

    KDDI absorbs TuKa

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    KDDI – Japan’s second largest telecom operator – streamlines the group KDDI’s AU with TuKa acquires 3.5 million additional subscribers KDDI announced to absorb the three TuKa companies into AU: with the stroke of a pen, AU will be stronger by 3.5 million subscribers. The three TuKa companies managed a successful turnround by focusing on…

  • Wireless Japan 2005 Show (July 13-15, 2005 in Tokyo)

    Wireless Japan 2005 Show (July 13-15, 2005 in Tokyo)

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    Six years into the wireless internet revolution which started February 1999 in Japan Docomo’s and KDDI’s latest wireless innovation, concept mobile phones, mobile payments Wireless Japan 2005 marks six years of mobile internet in Japan, which started February 1999 in Tokyo. Now in the sixth year, wireless internet, i-Mode and EZweb and J-Sky are maturing,…

  • IP backbone for Japan’s mobile operators

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    Japan’s telecom operators are investing to build IP (Internet Protocol) backbone networks: More: Japan Telecommunications report Copyright·©1997-2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK·All Rights Reserved·

  • Mobile operators invest US$ 15 billion

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    Japan’s top three mobile operators DoCoMo, KDDI and Vodafone announced plans to invest about US$ 15 billion during FY 2005 (April 2005 – March 2006): For recent financial data and analysis of Japan’s telecom and mobile sector: Eurotechnology report on Japan’s telecom industries Find details about SoftBank’s acquisition of Vodafone KK (Vodafone’s Japan company) in…

  • KDDI’s net income increases +71%

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    On April 28, 2005 KDDI‘s CEO Tadashi Onodera, announced spectacular results for the financial year April 2004 – March 2005. Net income increased by 71% and KDDI announced approximately US$ 4 Billion in investment capital expenditure for the financial year 2006 (April 2005 – March 2005). We prepared a 230 page analysis of KDDI’s businesses…

  • Chaku-Uta-Full: 5 million mobile music downloads in Japan

    Chaku-Uta-Full: 5 million mobile music downloads in Japan

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    KDDI pioneers full lengths mobile music song downloads via 3G Chaku Uta Full achieves 5 million downloads by April 3, 2005 KDDI/AU announced that 5 Millions Chaku-Uta-Full songs have been downloaded until April 3, 2005. Download our 230 page analysis of KDDI/AU Download our “mobile music” report Note added: on June 15, 2005, KDDI reported…

  • Japan’s mobile subscriber data for March 2005

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    March is the month when new subscriptions peak in Japan. During March 2005 around one million new subscribers signed up for mobile services in Japan, the net gain (new subscriptions minus cancellations) was 930,500. New subscribers were shared as follows between carriers: DoCoMo: + 480,200 (+ 51.6%) KDDI/AU: + 436,100 (+ 46.9%) WILLCOM: + 33,300…

  • Japan mobile subscriber data for Feb 2005

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    Japan’s mobile subscriber numbers for Feb 2005 came out yesterday… DoCoMo is ahead again after a soft period on the strength of services and handsets, and KDDI/AU is still going strong driven by the designer series, good tariffs/discounts, music, WIN etc. Willcom (the former DDI-Pocket) is strengthening under new management, new name and new campaigns…

  • Chaku-uta-full: 3 million mobile music downloads

    Chaku-uta-full: 3 million mobile music downloads

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    Japan is the pioneer of mobile music Ringing tones and mobile music are pioneered in Japan Put until mid-2004, cumulatively KDDI (Japan’s No. 2 mobile operator) sold more “chaku-uta” mobile music song clips in Japan alone than Apple sold music via iTunes globally. This fact shows both the power of mobile music, and also the…

  • Financials: DoCoMo, KDDI, Vodafone

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    The following figure compares Sales (Financial year ending March 31, 2004), Net profits after taxes(Financial year ending March 31, 2004), and market capitalization (as of February 17, 2005) for DoCoMo, KDDI and Vodafone (in each case consolidated for the global company): Copyright·©1997-2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK·All Rights Reserved·

  • PENCK (KDDI-AU Designer Series)

    PENCK (KDDI-AU Designer Series)

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    KDDI/AU Designer Series Model PENCK designed by Makoto Saito Design Office Inc. Today, February 18, KDDI-AU introduced PENCK – the latest model in the Designer Series, designed by Makoto Saito Design Office Inc.: Designer: Makoto Saito Design Office Inc. Data rate = 2.4 Mbps Music = Chaku-Uta-Full, stereo speakers Camera = 1.24 Megapixel, incl QR…

  • Music on mobile – as a killer application

    Music on mobile – as a killer application

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    More Chaku-Uta mobile music downloads by KDDI in Japan than by Apple’s iTunes globally Turns out that music is a killer application on mobile – we are working on a number of projects in the mobile music field. We just completed our “Mobile Music Japan” report. With an incredibly much smaller potential customer base KDDI/AU…

  • Marc Newson designed Talby concept phone announced by KDDI

    Marc Newson designed Talby concept phone announced by KDDI

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    KDDI Design Project (today branded iida) Marc Newson designed Talby concept phone for Japan’s mobile operator KDDI – au On 13 October 2004, KDDI/AU announced “talby”, the third phone in their “AU design series”. Volume sales start in December 2004. We expect that “talby” will be similarly successful as “infobar” one year ago. “talby” is…

  • NTT to invest US$ 45 Billion over 6 years

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    Softbank is rapidly becoming the third universal telco in Japan, targeting NTT’s most important income streams. KDDI of course is also targeting NTT’s fixed line income. On November 2, 2004, NTT announced plans to compete: NTT will invest 5 Chou YEN (YEN 5000 Billion = US$ 45 Billion) over 6 years (2005-2010), i.e. about US$…

  • Vodafone not so big in Japan – The Economist says

    Vodafone not so big in Japan – The Economist says

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    The Economist looks at Vodafone’s real situation in Japan’s very advanced and hyper-competitive telecommunications market Vodafone not so big in Japan: Vodafone is struggling to catch up with Docomo’s introduction of 3G in Japan An article in The Economist about Vodafone is partly based on our analysis: Vodafone not so big in Japan: “Vodafone- Not…

  • 21.6 million 3G subscribers in Japan (31 August 2004)

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    The mobile phone subscriber statistics for August 2004 in Japan came out: 3G subscribers: KDDI/AU: 15,511,800 subscribers, conversion rate to 3G: 86.1% DoCoMo: 5,900,200 subscribers, conversion rate to 3G: 12.6% Vodafone: 237,600 subscribers, conversion rate to 3G: 1.6% Copyright·©1997-2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK·All Rights Reserved·

  • KDDI/AU has 80% of users on 3G

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    80% of KDDI/AU users are now converted to 3G, and KDDI/AU does not sell any 2G phones any more: only 3G and 3.5G (2.4Mbps data download). Here is KDDI/AU‘s newest 3.5G phone – the W21SA, for 2.4Mbps data download: More about Japan’s mobile telecom sector:Eurotechnology Japan report on Japan’s telecom industry Copyright·©1997-2013 ·Eurotechnology Japan KK·All…

  • Wireless Japan 2004 exhibition (Tokyo, July 21-23, 2004)

    Wireless Japan 2004 exhibition (Tokyo, July 21-23, 2004)

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    FeliCa mobile payment wallet phones at the centre of attention by Gerhard Fasol Wireless, mobile phone industry trends years before they reach outside Japan Every year the Wireless Japan sets global trends in wireless communications and mobile phones. Mobile phone industry professionals cannot afford to miss this trend setting show. It is here that Japanese…

  • Wireless Japan 2003 exhibition (Tokyo, July 16-18, 2003)

    Wireless Japan 2003 exhibition (Tokyo, July 16-18, 2003)

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    Japan shows advanced applications of 3G wireless communications 3G concept phones, 3G video, mobile payment, doorlooking via 3G by Gerhard Fasol Learn more: report on Japan’s telecom sector (269 pages, pdf file): Copyright 1997-2013 Eurotechnology Japan KK All Rights Reserved

  • Wireless Japan 2002 exhibition (July 17-19, 2002) in Tokyo

    Wireless Japan 2002 exhibition (July 17-19, 2002) in Tokyo

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    Global mobile trends start in Japan by Gerhard Fasol Docomo’s first 3G phones, KDDI brings design to mobile phones The annual Wireless-Japan exhibition highlights the trends of mobile communications in Japan. At Wireless-Japan 2002 KDDI started setting the trend of concept phones. KDDI/AU “Design Project:” Design study for the bestselling “INFOBAR”. The KDDI/AU design study…