The number of subscribers of
Mobile Telephone, PHS(Personal Handy-phone System)
and Radio Paging



(The data of lastday January 1998 are collected.)





1. Mobile Telephone

(Summarized TOTAL)
TOTAL
29,475,000 (2.5)

ATTENTION:


(Details of each carrier)
Carriers The lastday of
Dec. 1997
The lastday of
Jan. 1998
NTT Mobile Communications Network,Inc. 7,226,000 7,504,000
NTT Hokkaido Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 681,000 683,000
NTT Tohoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 869,000 908,000
NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 1,712,000 1,745,000
NTT Hokuriku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 378,000 385,000
NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 2,612,000 2,667,000
NTT Chugoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 713,000 725,000
NTT Shikoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 543,000 562,000
NTT Kyusyu Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 1,455,000 1,495,000
IDO CORPORATION

Detail Kanto Area
Tokai Area
2,388,000

Detail 1,513,000
875,000
2,496,000

Detail 1,558,000
939,000
KANSAI CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 1,725,000 1,746,000
KYUSHU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 739,000 755,000
CHUGOKU CELLULAR TELEPNONE COMPANY 407,000 413,000
TOHOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 375,000 381,000
HOKKAIDO CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 276,000 287,000
HOKURIKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 223,000 228,000
SHIKOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 169,000 170,000
OKINAWA CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 150,000 153,000
Tokyo Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 983,000 984,000
Kansai Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 574,000 586,000
Central Japan Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 709,000 711,000
TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc. 913,000 916,000
TU-KA Phone Kansai Inc. 665,000 671,000
TU-KA Cellular Tokai Inc. 664,000 665,000
Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co.,Ltd. 467,000 468,000
Digital TU-KA Chugoku Co.,Ltd. 305,000 314,000
Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co.,Ltd. 431,000 453,000
Digital TU-KA Hokkaido Co.,Ltd. 178,000 183,000
Digital TU-KA Hokuriku Co.,Ltd. 112,000 116,000
Digital TU-KA Shikoku Co.,Ltd. 102,000 105,000
TOTAL 28,744,000 29,475,000

ATTENTION:


2. PHS

(Summarized TOTAL)
TOTAL
6,924,000 (-1.0)

ATTENTION:


(Details of each carrier)
Carriers The lastday of
Dec. 1997
The lastday of
Jan. 1998
ASTEL Hokkaido Corporation 27,000 26,000
ASTEL Tohoku Corporation 84,000 85,000
ASTEL Tokyo Corporation 650,000 615,000
ASTEL Hokuriku Corporation 12,000 12,000
ASTEL Chubu Corporation 75,000 73,000
ASTEL Kansai Corporation 239,000 239,000
ASTEL Chugoku Corporation 71,000 71,000
ASTEL Shikoku Corporation 70,000 70,000
ASTEL Kyushu Corporation 189,000 187,000
ASTEL Okinawa Corporation 40,000 41,000
DDI HOKKAIDO POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 203,000 204,000
DDI TOHOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 285,000 287,000
DDI TOKYO POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 1,492,000 1,482,000
DDI HOKURIKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 63,000 62,000
DDI TOKAI POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 275,000 273,000
DDI KANSAI POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 400,000 401,000
DDI CHUGOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 253,000 254,000
DDI SHIKOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 98,000 99,000
DDI KYUSYU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 378,000 379,000
NTT Hokkaido Personal Communications Network Inc. 83,000 82,000
NTT Tohoku Personal Communications Network Inc. 175,000 176,000
NTT Central Personal Communications Network Inc. 801,000 796,000
NTT Hokuriku Personal Communications Network Inc. 51,000 50,000
NTT Tokai Personal Communications Network Inc. 192,000 190,000
NTT Kansai Personal Communications Network Inc. 358,000 348,000
NTT Chugoku Personal Communications Network Inc. 142,000 140,000
NTT Shikoku Personal Communications Network Inc. 64,000 62,000
NTT Kyusyu Personal Communications Network Inc. 222,000 220,000
TOTAL 6,992,000 6,924,000

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3. Radio Paging
TOTAL of subscribers of Radio Paging
7,895,000 (|4.4)

ATTENTION: