Tokyo, Sept 16, 2009 (IRG) - Japan ended August with 109.27 million mobile users as the operators added 366,900 new customers during the month, figures from the Telecommunications Carrier Association show.
Softbank Mobile Corp. ranked first among Japan's cellphone service providers in terms of net subscription gains with 115,100 new contracts on a net basis. New subscriptions lessened cancellations because of the continued popularity of Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS.
NTT Docomo followed closely in second, securing 112,900 new contracts. KDDI ranked third with 77,800 new contracts, one notch up from the previous month, as its new flat fee plan for up to three persons designated by users drew consumer support.
With 61,100 contracts, Emobile came fourth, followed by Willcom, which offers mobile services using the personal handyphone system, with a net decline of 30,900 contracts.
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