New Report Provides Mobile Forecast for Japan for 2007 - 2010

Business Wire, Feb 25, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c83946) announces the addition of new "IE Market Research report 1Q08 Mobile Forecast: Japan, 2007 - 2010" to their offering.

IEMR's Mobile Forecast on Japan provides over 65 operational and financial metrics for the Japan wireless market. We cover quarterly historical data starting in 3Q2003 and ending in 3Q2007. We also provide four-year forecasts at the operator level going out to 2010. Operators covered for Japan include: NTT DoCoMo, KDDI (au), Softbank Mobile, KDDI (Tu-ka), WILLCOM (PHS), and NTT DoCoMo (PHS). Our Mobile Forecasts are updated quarterly and are available for one-time delivery or through regular updates.

Notable highlights of the 1Q08 Japan Mobile Forecast include:

* Market shares (by subscribers) of major operators will remain roughly the same over the next several years in Japan. NTT DoCoMo, KDDI (Tu-ka), Softbank Mobile, and WILLCOM (PHS) will continue to have approximately 50%, 28%, 17% and 5% of the market respectively.

* Consumers in Japan will continue to see the highest levels of charges in East Asia. Our model is now forecasting ARPU levels of US$ 54.69 per user per month in 2010. This is our second upward revision in as many quarters. Within Japan's operator space, NTT DoCoMo will receive the highest ARPU of US$ 62.10 in 2010.

* The operator that will enjoy the highest EBITDA margin in 2010 is NTT DoCoMo at 40.2% (higher than our 4Q07 forecasted EBITDA margin of 36.8%). On the other hand, Softbank Mobile will have a much lower EBITDA margin of 25.0%.

Companies Covered in this Country Mobile Forecast

* KDDI (au)

* KDDI (Tu-ka)

* NTT DoCoMo

* NTT DoCoMo (PHS)

* Softbank Mobile

* WILLCOM (PHS)

Charts Include:

Charts 1-68 Results & Forecasts for: CY04-CY10

Chart 1: PREPAID AND POSTPAID SUBSCRIBERS

Chart 2: SUBSCRIBER GROWTH (YoY)

Chart 3: SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 4: SUBSCRIBER GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 5: NET SUBSCRIBER ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 6: NET SUBSCRIBER ADDS GROWTH BY OPERATOR

Chart 7: MONTHLY CHURN BY OPERATOR

Chart 8: POST-PAID SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 9: POST-PAID SUBSCRIBER GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 10: PREPAID/WHOLESALE SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 11: PREPAID/WHOLESALE SUBSCRIBER GROWTH BY OPERATOR

Chart 12: POST-PAID % OF TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 13: PREPAID/WHOLESALE % OF TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 14: POST-PAID NET ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 15: POST-PAID ADDS GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 16: PREPAID/WHOLESALE NET ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 17: PREPAID/WHOLESALE ADDS GROWTH BY OPERATOR

Chart 18: GROSS ADDITIONS BY OPERATOR

Chart 19: GROSS ADDITIONS GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 20: MONTHLY ARPU BY OPERATOR

Chart 21: MONTHLY ARPU GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY %)

Chart 22: DATA % OF SERVICE REVENUES BY OPERATOR

Chart 23: MONTHLY DATA ARPU BY OPERATOR

Chart 24: DATA ARPU GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 25: MONTHLY VOICE ARPU BY OPERATOR

Chart 26: VOICE ARPU GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 27: VOICE REVENUE PER MINUTE BY OPERATOR

Chart 28: VOICE REVENUE PER MINUTE GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 29: MOU PER SUBSCRIBER BY OPERATOR (MINUTES/MONTH)

Chart 30: MOU/SUBSCRIBER GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY %)

Chart 31: AGGREGATE MOU BY OPERATOR

Chart 32: AGGREGATE MOU GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY %)

Chart 33: SHARE OF TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 34: HHI INDEX BY SUBSCRIBER SHARE

Chart 35: SHARE OF NET ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 36: SHARE OF POST-PAID NET ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 37: SHARE OF PREPAID/WHOLESALE NET ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 38: SHARE OF GROSS ADDS BY OPERATOR

Chart 39: SHARE OF SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 40: HHI INDEX BY SERVICE REVENUE SHARE

Chart 41: YoY CHANGE IN REVENUE SHARE BY OPERATOR

Chart 42: REPORTED REVENUE BY OPERATOR (REPORTING CURRENCY)

Chart 43: SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR (REPORTING CURRENCY)

Chart 44: EBITDA BY OPERATOR (REPORTING CURRENCY)

Chart 45: CAPEX BY OPERATOR (REPORTING CURRENCY)

Chart 46: SERVICE REVENUE GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 47: EBITDA GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)

Chart 48: EBITDA/REPORTED REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 49: EBITDA/SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 50: EBITDA/INCREMENTAL SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 51: CAPEX/REPORTED REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 52: CAPEX/SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 53: (EBITDA-CAPEX)/REPORTED REVENUE BY OPERATOR

Chart 54: EBITDA MARGIN EXPANSION/CONTRACTION BY OPERATOR

Chart 55: REPORTED REVENUE BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 56: ARPU BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 57: DATA ARPU BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 58: VOICE REV/MINUTE BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 59: SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 60: EBITDA BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 61: CAPEX BY OPERATOR (USD)

Chart 62: REPORTED REVENUE BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Chart 63: ARPU BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Chart 64: DATA ARPU BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Chart 65: VOICE REVENUE/MINUTE BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Chart 66: SERVICE REVENUE BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Chart 67: EBITDA BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Chart 68: CAPEX BY OPERATOR (EUR)

Charts 69-136 Quarterly Results for: Sept 04 - Sept 07

Chart 69: PREPAID AND POSTPAID SUBSCRIBERS

Chart 70: SUBSCRIBER GROWTH (YoY)

Chart 71: SUBSCRIBERS BY OPERATOR

Chart 72: SUBSCRIBER GROWTH BY OPERATOR (YoY)