Heiho
29/09/2008, 21h30
Japanese market
24/09 - KDDI: cell phone sales to slide 20-30% in 2008
Japan's second-biggest wireless carrier, KDDI, said its mobile phone sales may have fallen as much as 30% this summer, as operators switch to a new sales model (with less or no monthly subscriptions), and the domestic market matures. Japan's operators have embarked on plans boosting the price of phones and cutting calling fees. The higher prices have hurt unit sales as users tend to keep their phones longer but carriers' profits have benefited as they no longer pay heavy subsidies.
(source: Reuters)
24/09 - KDDI: cell phone sales to slide 20-30% in 2008
Japan's second-biggest wireless carrier, KDDI, said its mobile phone sales may have fallen as much as 30% this summer, as operators switch to a new sales model (with less or no monthly subscriptions), and the domestic market matures. Japan's operators have embarked on plans boosting the price of phones and cutting calling fees. The higher prices have hurt unit sales as users tend to keep their phones longer but carriers' profits have benefited as they no longer pay heavy subsidies.
(source: Reuters)