WILLCOM, whose subscribers are continuing to decline, has gotten a net increase, achieving the first achievement in about two years

High-speed mobile data communication due to financial problems "WILLCOM CORE XGPAlthough it was WILLCOM which had been decreasing the current PHS users at the end due to intensified competition in the end, the number of new contractors finally subtracted the cancellation from the number of new subscribers finally made a positive increase, a net increase was achieved.

It was a tremendous achievement in about two years, and we can also use flat-rate calls for other cellular phones that were introduced as leopardsA fixed amount with anyoneIt is considered to be an effect such as.

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WILLCOM | Subscriber information

According to Willcom 's Subscriber Information page, the number of subscriptions for January 2011 has increased to 3,779,000, which is 2900 exceeding the number of contracts (377,600) as of the end of December 2010, which is a net increase.

Trends in the number of subscribers from 2011 to 2009. Since recording 4,566,000 contracts in March 2009, the number of contracts has continued to decline.


In 2010 it will break down 4 million, about 500 thousand contracts will be lost in one year.


Unfortunately the net increase for January 2011 is due to the net increase in "WILLCOM CORE 3G" 3G data communication service borrowed from SOFTBANK, but the decrease in subscribers of PHS in core business down to minus 400 It seems that we can anticipate it in the future just as we can stop it.


Incidentally, WILLCOM will take further leverage measures from January 21"One more free campaign" will be carried out in which one monthly subscription signifies that the second monthly fee will be freeIt is possible to think that there is a possibility that it will turn to further net increase in the future because it is striking all kinds of means to halt the decrease of the cancellation.

Calls and e-mails are inexpensive due to WILLCOM's calls and "New WILLCOM flat-rate plan S" in which sending and receiving of e-mails is free regardless of destination, and "Everywhere fixed amount" in which calls to other mobile phones are fixed Although Willcom is a weapon that can be held down, what kind of strategy will you develop in the future?