November.01.2011 Mobile-phones shipment in the domestic market in the 1st half of the FY 2011,Japan ■The total shipment in the 1nd half of the FY 2011 increased to 20.28 million units, up by 6.0% over the last year. ■The total shipment of smartphone in the 1st half of the FY 2011 is 10,04 million units. The 1st place is occupied by Android which was sold in a volume of 7.99 million units of which share is 79.6%.. ■MM Research Institute forecasts the shipment in the FY 2011 will reach 41.60 million units. The shipment of smartphone in the FY 2011 is 23.30 million units (56 percent of total shipment) 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.