Latest research by ROA Group suggests that the number of mobile phone users in Japan will increase to 107.3 million by the end of 2010, up from 96.7 million in the first quarter of this year. According to the report, during the period between 2003 and 2010 the number of mobile phone users will grow with a compound annual growth rate of 3.93%.
“The introduction of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was the most important issue in the Japanese mobile market in the second half of 2006, however it had a limited influence on the overall mobile market because mobile operators maintained a relatively low subscriber churn rate by offering attractive handsets, services and tariff plans,” says Yukiko Noda, a senior analyst at ROA Group. (via: cellular-news)