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



(The data of lastday December 1997 are collected.)





1. Mobile Telephone

(Summarized TOTAL)
TOTAL
28,744,000 (3.9)

ATTENTION:


(Details of each carrier)
Carriers The lastday of
Nov. 1997
The lastday of
Dec. 1997
NTT Mobile Communications Network,Inc. 6,879,000 7,226,000
NTT Hokkaido Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 667,000 681,000
NTT Tohoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 818,000 869,000
NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 1,644,000 1,712,000
NTT Hokuriku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 356,000 378,000
NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 2,542,000 2,612,000
NTT Chugoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 673,000 713,000
NTT Shikoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 512,000 543,000
NTT Kyusyu Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 1,379,000 1,455,000
IDO CORPORATION

Detail Kanto Area
Tokai Area
2,258,000

Detail 1,453,000
805,000
2,388,000

Detail 1,513,000
875,000
KANSAI CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 1,689,000 1,725,000
KYUSHU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 715,000 739,000
CHUGOKU CELLULAR TELEPNONE COMPANY 401,000 407,000
TOHOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 366,000 375,000
HOKKAIDO CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 257,000 276,000
HOKURIKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 215,000 223,000
SHIKOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 164,000 169,000
OKINAWA CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 146,000 150,000
Tokyo Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 982,000 983,000
Kansai Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 556,000 574,000
Central Japan Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 704,000 709,000
TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc. 900,000 913,000
TU-KA Phone Kansai Inc. 653,000 665,000
TU-KA Cellular Tokai Inc. 646,000 664,000
Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co.,Ltd. 459,000 467,000
Digital TU-KA Chugoku Co.,Ltd. 297,000 305,000
Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co.,Ltd. 405,000 431,000
Digital TU-KA Hokkaido Co.,Ltd. 172,000 178,000
Digital TU-KA Hokuriku Co.,Ltd. 105,000 112,000
Digital TU-KA Shikoku Co.,Ltd. 97,000 102,000
TOTAL 27,657,000 28,744,000

ATTENTION:


2. PHS

(Summarized TOTAL)
TOTAL
6,992,000 (-0.2)

ATTENTION:


(Details of each carrier)
Carriers The lastday of
Nov. 1997
The lastday of
Dec. 1997
ASTEL Hokkaido Corporation 28,000 27,000
ASTEL Tohoku Corporation 83,000 84,000
ASTEL Tokyo Corporation 645,000 650,000
ASTEL Hokuriku Corporation 12,000 12,000
ASTEL Chubu Corporation 74,000 75,000
ASTEL Kansai Corporation 239,000 239,000
ASTEL Chugoku Corporation 71,000 71,000
ASTEL Shikoku Corporation 70,000 70,000
ASTEL Kyushu Corporation 188,000 189,000
ASTEL Okinawa Corporation 41,000 40,000
DDI HOKKAIDO POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 203,000 203,000
DDI TOHOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 283,000 285,000
DDI TOKYO POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 1,507,000 1,492,000
DDI HOKURIKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 64,000 63,000
DDI TOKAI POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 276,000 275,000
DDI KANSAI POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 399,000 400,000
DDI CHUGOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 253,000 253,000
DDI SHIKOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 98,000 98,000
DDI KYUSYU POCKET TELEPHONE, INC. 380,000 378,000
NTT Hokkaido Personal Communications Network Inc. 84,000 83,000
NTT Tohoku Personal Communications Network Inc. 172,000 175,000
NTT Central Personal Communications Network Inc. 806,000 801,000
NTT Hokuriku Personal Communications Network Inc. 52,000 51,000
NTT Tokai Personal Communications Network Inc. 191,000 192,000
NTT Kansai Personal Communications Network Inc. 356,000 358,000
NTT Chugoku Personal Communications Network Inc. 144,000 142,000
NTT Shikoku Personal Communications Network Inc. 66,000 64,000
NTT Kyusyu Personal Communications Network Inc. 222,000 222,000
TOTAL 7,007,000 6,992,000

ATTENTION:


3. Radio Paging
TOTAL of subscribers of Radio Paging
8,258,000 (-2.5)

ATTENTION: