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



(The data of lastday December 1998 are collected.)





1. Mobile Telephone

(Summarized TOTAL)
TOTAL
38,996,000 (2.4)

ATTENTION:


(Details of each carrier)
Carriers The lastday of
Nov. 1998
The lastday of
Dec. 1998
NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 9,750,000 9,983,000
NTT Hokkaido Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 870,000 901,000
NTT Tohoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 1,263,000 1,300,000
NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 2,211,000 2,305,000
NTT Hokuriku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 503,000 518,000
NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 3,246,000 3,324,000
NTT Chugoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 1,069,000 1,108,000
NTT Shikoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 762,000 788,000
NTT Kyushu Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 2,025,000 2,101,000
NTT DoCoMo Group Subtotal 21,699,000 22,328,000
IDO CORPORATION

Detail Kanto Area
Tokai Area
3,216,000

Detail 1,926,000
1,290,000
3,239,000

Detail 1,947,000
1,292,000
KANSAI CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 1,925,000 1,952,000
KYUSHU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 983,000 1,006,000
CHUGOKU CELLULAR TELEPNONE COMPANY 491,000 509,000
TOHOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 450,000 463,000
HOKKAIDO CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 378,000 387,000
HOKURIKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 278,000 286,000
SHIKOKU CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 211,000 218,000
OKINAWA CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY 191,000 196,000
CELLULAR Group Subtotal 4,907,000 5,017,000
Tokyo Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 1,360,000 1,423,000
Kansai Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 870,000 892,000
Central Japan Digital Phone Co.,Ltd. 1,137,000 1,160,000
Digital Phone Group Subtotal 3,367,000 3,475,000
TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc. 1,221,000 1,239,000
TU-KA Phone Kansai Inc. 790,000 793,000
TU-KA Cellular Tokai Inc. 762,000 765,000
TU-KA Group Subtotal 2,773,000 2,797,000
Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co.,Ltd. 621,000 637,000
Digital TU-KA Chugoku Co.,Ltd. 422,000 429,000
Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co.,Ltd. 554,000 561,000
Digital TU-KA Hokkaido Co.,Ltd. 205,000 203,000
Digital TU-KA Hokuriku Co.,Ltd. 160,000 163,000
Digital TU-KA Shikoku Co.,Ltd. 141,000 147,000
Digital TU-KA Group Subtotal 2,103,000 2,140,000
TOTAL 38,065,000 38,996,000

ATTENTION:


2. PHS

(Summarized TOTAL)
TOTAL
5,985,000 (-1.7)

ATTENTION:


(Details of each carrier)
Carriers The lastday of
Nov. 1998
The lastday of
Dec. 1998
ASTEL Hokkaido Corporation 18,000 17,000
ASTEL Tohoku Corporation 51,000 48,000
ASTEL Tokyo Corporation 426,000 416,000
ASTEL Hokuriku Corporation 14,000 15,000
ASTEL Chubu Corporation 32,000 34,000
ASTEL Kansai Corporation 200,000 202,000
ASTEL Chugoku Corporation 41,000 40,000
ASTEL Shikoku Corporation 65,000 65,000
ASTEL Kyushu Corporation 123,000 117,000
ASTEL Okinawa Corporation 37,000 37,000
ASTEL Group Subtotal 1,007,000 991,000
DDI HOKKAIDO POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 237,000 238,000
DDI TOHOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 367,000 373,000
DDI TOKYO POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 1,500,000 1,473,000
DDI HOKURIKU POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 64,000 63,000
DDI TOKAI POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 196,000 188,000
DDI KANSAI POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 417,000 417,000
DDI CHUGOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 284,000 282,000
DDI SHIKOKU POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 107,000 106,000
DDI KYUSHU POCKET TELEPHONE, Inc. 391,000 383,000
DDI POCKET Group Subtotal 3,563,000 3,523,000
NTT Hokkaido Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 68,000 66,000
NTT Tohoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 156,000 152,000
NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 604,000 594,000
NTT Hokuriku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 37,000 35,000
NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 95,000 90,000
NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 232,000 224,000
NTT Chugoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 93,000 87,000
NTT Shikoku Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 47,000 48,000
NTT Kyushu Mobile Communications Network, Inc. 186,000 175,000
NTT DoCoMo Group Subtotal 1,518,000 1,471,000
TOTAL 6,088,000 5,985,000

ATTENTION:


3. Radio Paging
TOTAL of subscribers of Radio Paging
4,526,000 (-4.4)

ATTENTION: