It has been more than a year since the bargain plans by major mobile phone companies started in earnest.
The number of users of the bargain plan has exceeded 37 million, and the number of contracts of each company has increased by 2% to 4% from a year ago.
According to the announcements of each company, the number of contracts as of March
was 84.75 million for NTT DoCoMo, 62.11 million for
KDDI,
and 49.5 million for Softbank.
Mobile phone companies introduced a cheap rate plan in response to the government's request for price cuts last spring, but compared to March last year one year ago,
▽ NTT DoCoMo 2.5%
▽ KDDI 2.8%
▽ Softbank 4.7 %, Each increased.
As digitalization progresses in companies, contracts for devices called IoT that exchange data via the Internet are increasing, and the introduction of bargain plans is increasing the number of people who have two or more terminals per person. It is said to be in the background of.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the total number of bargain plan contracts for each company as of March was 37.1 million, accounting for about a quarter of general users.
Each company is burdened with capital investment such as 5G base station maintenance.
As profits are being pushed down by the increase in bargain plans, the issue is how to secure funds to enhance services.