Broadband Competition Driven by New Entrants, Including Major Mobile Carriers

「In the consumer business, broadband and smartphones have become indispensable to daily life, while the market has entered a mature phase and intense competition among providers has become the norm.」

「In recent years, competition has continued to intensify, driven by the liberalization of the retail markets for city gas and electricity and the provision of wholesale fiber-optic services by NTT East and NTT West.」

「Amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, the Group worked to acquire customers by expanding its range of plans, including bundled sales of Hikari Collaboration and the MVNO service “LIBMO” in addition to standalone services. LIBMO customers increased by 7 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 48 thousand, while ISP customers decreased by 34 thousand to 713 thousand.」

「In the consumer business, amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, the Group worked to acquire customers by expanding its range of plans, including bundled sales of Hikari Collaboration and the MVNO service “LIBMO” in addition to standalone services. LIBMO customers increased by 5 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 45 thousand, while ISP customers decreased by 26 thousand to 720 thousand.」

「In the consumer business, amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, the Group worked to acquire customers by expanding its range of plans, including bundled sales of Hikari Collaboration and the MVNO service “LIBMO” in addition to standalone services. LIBMO customers increased by 3 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 43 thousand, while ISP customers decreased by 20 thousand to 727 thousand.」

「In the consumer business, amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, the Group worked to acquire customers by expanding its range of plans, including bundled sales of Hikari Collaboration and the MVNO service “LIBMO” in addition to standalone services. LIBMO customers increased by 2 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 42 thousand, while ISP customers decreased by 10 thousand to 736 thousand, including 326 thousand Hikari Collaboration customers and 411 thousand traditional ISP customers.」

「In the consumer business, amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, Hikari Collaboration customers increased by 5 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 328 thousand, while customers of traditional ISPs and other services decreased by 35 thousand to 430 thousand.」

「In the consumer business, amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, the Hikari Collaboration customer base increased by 5 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 328 thousand, while the customer base for traditional ISPs decreased by 25 thousand to 440 thousand.」

「In the consumer business, amid intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, the Hikari Collaboration customer base increased by 4 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 327 thousand, while the customer base for traditional ISPs decreased by 14 thousand to 451 thousand.」

「In the consumer business, the Group actively acquired new Hikari Collaboration customers and migrated existing customers among its broadband services, increasing Hikari Collaboration customers by 24 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 323 thousand. However, due to intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers decreased by 29 thousand to 691 thousand. In addition, cancellations by ADSL and other customers reduced total broadband customers by 39 thousand to 755 thousand.」

「Due to intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers decreased by 23 thousand to 697 thousand. In addition, cancellations by ADSL and other customers reduced total broadband customers by 30 thousand to 764 thousand.」

「Due to intensifying competition with major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers decreased by 7 thousand to 713 thousand. In addition, cancellations by ADSL and other customers reduced total broadband customers by 10 thousand to 784 thousand.」

「Amid intense competition from new entrants, including major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers decreased by 39 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 720 thousand, while total broadband customers, including ADSL, decreased to 794 thousand.」

「Amid intense competition from new entrants, including major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers decreased by 25 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 732 thousand, while total broadband customers, including ADSL, decreased to 808 thousand.」

「Amid intense competition from new entrants, including major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers decreased by 15 thousand from the end of the previous fiscal year to 739 thousand, while total broadband customers, including ADSL, decreased to 819 thousand.」

「Amid intense competition from new entrants, including major mobile carriers, total FTTH customers remained flat from the end of the previous fiscal year at 745 thousand, while total broadband customers, including ADSL, also remained flat at 827 thousand.」