For the first time the number of fixed-line users that do not use NTT’s local circuits has exceeded the number of NTT service users, according to data from the ministry of internal affairs and communications (MIC). NTT has 4.06 users and non-NTT users totalled 4.13 million at the end of the first quarter. The combined share of NTT, NTT East and NTT West fell to 89.6 percent, down 0.8 percent from the previous quarter, marking the first time that NTT’s share fell below 90 percent. Among the mobile operators, Softbank Mobile and KDDI’s au increased their shares of subscriptions to 15.6 percent (up 0.1%) and 27.7 percent (up 0.4%), respectively. NTT DoCoMo’s share of subscribers fell to 52.2 percent, down 0.6 percent. PHS subscribers accounted for 4.5 percent, up 0.1 percent. NTT also saw its share on the DSL market fall, with NTT East and West’s share dropping 0.5 percent to 38 percent. Softbank BB’s share went up 0.5 percent to 36.8 percent. However, on the FTTH market NTT East and West saw their share go up 1.5 percent in the quarter to 69 percent while power company’s saw a rise of 4.6 percent to 10 percent and KDDI ended the quarter with a 6.6 percent share of the FTTH market.
Wireless Federation » NTT sees market share on fixed, ADSL, mobile markets fall (Japan)
NTT sees market share on fixed, ADSL, mobile markets fall (Japan)
- June 22nd, 2007
- 10:28 am
