Softbank leads in subscriber adds in January

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Softbank leads in subscriber adds in January Sunday 7 February 2010 | 11:48 PM CET

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Japan ended January with 111.03 million mobile subscribers, up by 409,200 from end-December 2009, figures from the Telecommunications Carrier Association (TCA) show. Softbank Mobile again led in subscriber additions in December as it added 185,000 new subscribers, bringing its total to 21.85 million. Softbank was followed by NTT Docomo which attracted 108,200 new customers in the month to reach a total of 55.54 million subscribers. Emobile gained 63,300 new customers, to reach a total of 2.18 million and KDDI ended December with 31.44 million mobile customers after signing-up 52,900 new customers in January. PHS provider Willcom shed 58,500 subscribers, bringing its total to 4.24 million. However, Willcom saw the number of customers using its 'Core 3G' service rise to 85,200, up from at end-2009.

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