December.05.2006 The second Research on Users’ Interests in Mobile Number Portability (MNP) ■Users who will change the mobile service providers with MNP have reduced by half, from 11% to 5% of them, since the first research in May. ■Prudent reactions of the users hint that the influence on market shares among service providers may be limited. ■The number of respondents who do not intend to change the provider increased from 56% to 68%. October.19.2006 Overview of domestic mobile phone shipments for the 1st half of FY 2006 ■Shipments for the 1st half of FY 2006 increased by 4.4% to 22.23 million units. ■Sharp again increased its share to 19% of the total market. ■Manufacturers that deliver mobile terminals to multiple service providers tend to be ranked higher in the market shares. July.20.2006 Overview of domestic DVD recorder market for FY 2005 ■The volume of shipment decreased to 4.3 million units, down by 2.9%. ■More than 24% of the total is now Hi-Vision recorders. ■Speed of unit price decline recovered hugely. ■The market will return to positive growth in FY 2006.