last update : December.05.2006 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. June.14.2006 Research on users’ interests in mobile number portability (MNP) ■11% of users intend to change mobile-service providers at the inception of MNP. ■13% of PC-internet users intend to change mobile-service providers at the inception of MNP. ■Only 5% of non PC-internet users intend to change mobile-service providers at the inception of MNP. May.31.2006 FTTH subscribers exceed 5 million, double as much of the previous year. - Research on the number of subscriptions of broadband service providers - ■Net increase of FTTH subscriptions expands to 2,680,000 subscribers. ■NTT East and West increase shares in FTTH market to 64%. May.25.2006 Overview of domestic PC shipments of FY 2005 ■Shipments increased for three consecutive years, though shipment value slightly decreased. ■Consumer market attained the full-scale recovery. April.24.2006 Overview of domestic mobile phone shipments for FY 2005 ■Shipments increased by 5.2%, reaching 46,250,000 units, in FY 2005. ■Sharp has won the first place in yearly market shares for the first time. ■Shipments in 2006 will reach 50 million for the first time in the past 3 years. March.29.2006 Overview of domestic PC server shipments for 2005 ■With increased IT investments, server shipments exceeded 500,000 units. ■NEC returned to the 1st place in market shares from the 2nd place in the first half of the year. ■The total shipment was 509,900 units, 215 billion yen. February.24.2006 Overview of Domestic PC Shipment for 2005 ■The units of shipment grew for three consecutive years, having increased to 13,432,000 units. ■The consumer market expanded for four consecutive quarters. ■The direct channels expanded by 15 %. ■The year 2006 will determine the future trend. February.23.2006 Survey on Perception and Adoption of Anti-Spyware Measures -Alert to Japanese companies- ■Only　8% of the surveyed corporations have actually introduced anti-spyware. ■Given the fact that 44% of the corporations have experienced employees’ access to illicit web-sites and 39% of them have got slight damages, they should seriously recognize the increasing perils. February.05.2006 Overview of Domestic PC Shipment for 2005 ■The units of shipment grew for three consecutive years, having increased to 13,432,000 units. ■The consumer market expanded for four consecutive quarters. ■The direct channels expanded by 15 %. ■The year 2006 will determine the future trend. December.07.2005 Overview of domestic PC server shipments for the first half of FY 2005 ■Dell has won the first place in the market shares on a half-year basis for the first time. ■Total shipments were 242,300 units, up 35.1%. ■Total shipments for full FY 2005 is forecasted to exceed 500,000 units. December.01.2005 FTTH becomes the central player in broadband market. ■FTTH subscribers increased to 3,940,000, which will expand to 5,000,000 by the end of March 2006. ■Net increase of FTTH service has expanded to 210,000 subscribers per month, double as many as that of ADSL. ■Softbank BB has a dominant market share in ADSL services. NTT East has a dominant share in FTTH. November.16.2005 Survey on mobile phone connection (areas with poor　reception/transmission) ■Overall ratio of dissatisfied FOMA users decreased from 53% of the last year to 28% this year. (31% of users dissatisfied with voice communication, 25% with data communication. On an average 28% of FOMA users are dissatisfied.) ■Yet, dissatisfaction ratio of au’s 3G services is 19%, still lower than FOMA’s. ■The number of 3G subscribers will exceed 50% of the total by the end of March 2006. November.09.2005 Overview of domestic PC shipments for the first half of fiscal 2005 ■The growth recorded a year-on-year positive rate for 5 consecutive periods. The consumer market also grew after continuous declines for 2 years. ■HP Japan and Dell kept good performance. Among domestic manufacturers Toshiba showed a high growth rate. ■The sales were splitting into the two different directions of high-value added PCs and low-end PCs. October.19.2005 Overview of domestic mobile phone shipments for the first half of FY 2005 ■Total shipments of the first half of FY 2005 were up by 0.9% to 21,290,000 units. ■Sharp made a leap up to the 1st place in market shares. ■The number of 3G subscribers increased to 44% of the total market. May.12.2005 Overview of domestic PC shipments in FY2004 ■The shipments increased for two consecutive years, though the yen amount slightly decreased. ■Business demands expanded the market. ■Consumer market was recovering. PC with AV functionality was in high demand. April.27.2005 Mobile phone shipment report of Japanese market in 2004 FY ■ Total shipment was 44M unit, down by 12.2%. ■ Share of top 3 vendors are closer than ever. November.17.2004 Overview of domestic PC server shipment for first half of fiscal 2004 A new record for factory shipments set with 179,400 units in the first half of fiscal 2004. November.11.2004 Summary of PC shipment of the Japanese domestic market in the first half of the fiscal year of 2004 Recorded three consecutive semi-annual growth October.20.2004 Overview of domestic cellular phone shipment in the first half of fiscal 2004 Number of units shipped in first half decreases by 17.9% to 21.1 million. Makers in market share free-for-all. October.18.2004 Preparing 3rd Generation (3G) Infrastructure for the Penetration Phase Survey of the world W-CDMA cellular phone base stations market July.21.2004 Study of 3G mobile phone connection (areas with poor reception/transmission) Small base station addition required to support 70 million 3G users in 2007. June.10.2004 Overview of the domestic DVD recorder market for fiscal 2003(April 2003 through March 2004) May.24.2004 Overview of domestic PC server shipment in fiscal 2003 (April 2003 through March 2004) Numbers of units shipped have increased by 15% due to economic recovery and replacement demand. May.13.2004 Overview of domestic PC shipment in fiscal 2003 (April 2003 through March 2004) Market recovers for first time in 3 years; number of units shipped and monetary value of shipments show positive growth. April.27.2004 Number of broadband users to exceed 30 million in 2007 Broadband users have grown to more than 60% of households April.21.2004 Overview of domestic shipment of cellular phones 50.09 million cellular telephones were shipped from the factory in 2003 (22.3% year-on-year increase), the highest number ever. April.13.2004 Worldwide W-CDMA Cellular Base Station Market Report W-CDMA Format on Track for Widespread Adoption _ $79 Billion in 2003, 160% Growth to $128 Billion in 2006 February.19.2004 Overview of domestic PC server shipment in 2003 Double-digit increase due to demand for replacing computers purchased due to Y2K problem February.05.2004 Overview of domestic PC shippmetnt in 2003 The market has recovered after a 3 years downturn; 12 million units were shipped from the factory in 2003.