Vodafone keeps loosing subscribers in Japan

TCA released Japan wireless net subscriber numbers for February 2005. DoCoMo maintained 56.1% of market share followed by KDDI au with 22.2%. Vodafone (17.5%) continued loosing customers along with Tu-Ka (4.2%).

Net Additions in February:

1. DoCoMo - 246,100
2. KDDI au - 183,700
3. Tu-Ka - (9,000)
4. Vodafone - (53,200)

The companies also continued to switch their 2G subscriber bases to 3G. While KDDI au's 91% of subscriber base is already 3G, DoCoMo with 21.2% of 3G subscribers just started the shift. DoCoMo re-signed more than 600 thousand of its 2G subscribers to 3G base in February.

3G subscriber bases in February:

1. KDDI - 17.3m
2. DoCoMo - 10.2m
3. Vodafone - 0.6m

At the end of February 2005, Japan cellular operators' total subscriber bases were as follows:

1. DoCoMo - 48,098,600
2. KDDI au - 18,922,700
3. Vodafone - 15,152,300
4. Tu-Ka - 3,601,100