DoCoMo’s Q3 profits soar 48%

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Due to the expiry of one-off write downs last year, 48% rise in the third-quarter fiscal profits has been reported by ¬Japan’s DoCoMo. Net income rose to 134.6 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) while operating profit recorded an increase of 28 percent to 217.4 billion yen in the quarter.

However, the revenue of the company declined 1.3 percent to 1.097 trillion yen (US$12 billion) and the total ARPU fell 4.5 percent to 5,470 yen as a fall in voice revenues failed to be offset by a smaller rise in data services. The year 2009 ended with 55.44 million mobile phone subscribers by the company.

According to DoCoMo President Ryuji Yamada, one of the main challenges facing the company now is how to increase the uptake of data services by mid- and light-user customers and the operators approach is to increase usability and offer services that seamlessly integrate with our customers’ lifestyles.