Jupiter Telecommunications Announces June 2012 Subscriber Figures

(2012年6月末 J:COM総加入世帯数は368万8,000世帯)

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 

TOKYO, Japan — Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM, JASDAQ: 4817), the largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Japan based on the number of customers served, has announced that the total subscribing households*1 as of June 30, 2012 served by J:COM’s 16 consolidated franchises*2 reached approximately 3.69 million, up 204,100 or 5.9% from June 30, 2011. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high speed Internet access and telephony services reached 7.36 million, up 594,100 or 8.8% from June 30, 2011. The bundle ratio*3 increased to 2.00 as of June 30, 2012 from 1.94 as of June 30, 2011.

※ J:COM decided to deploy the new definition as the official figure since January 2012. The followings are the changes from the former definition. We continue to disclose the figure under the former definition as a referential figure.

1. In the light of the industry’s common practice to include the BS digital retransmission subscribers as cable television service subscribers, J:COM includes pay terrestrial digital and BS digital retransmission service subscribers into cable television subscribers.

2. For service subscriptions under Bulk Plan, the number of subscriptions to cable television and high speed Internet access services and the total subscribing households were calculated using multipliers based on discount rates from listing pricing applied to owners/management associations and residents, respectively. As below, the numbers of cable television, high speed Internet access service subscribers and total subscribing households under the new definition are counted based on the actual number of users. (Telephony subscriber numbers are already counted based on the actual number of users).

Year-Over-Year Subscribing Household Comparisons:
(Rounded to the nearest hundred)
Total consolidated subsidiaries*2: 16 franchises; 51 systems:

                                            Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)
                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                         High Speed                              Total
                                  Cable    Internet  Telephony        RGU  Subscribing
                             Television      Access       (*4)      Total   Households
                             ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------  -----------
As of June 30, 2012           3,099,100   1,901,800  2,361,000  7,361,900    3,688,000
As of June 30,2011            2,945,400   1,736,500  2,085,900  6,767,800    3,483,900
Net increase year-over-year     153,700     165,300    275,100    594,100      204,100
Net increase as percentage         5.2%        9.5%      13.2%       8.8%         5.9%

APPENDIX

(Rounded to the nearest hundred）

                                            Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)
                             ---------------------------------------------------------
                                         High Speed                              Total
                                  Cable    Internet                   RGU  Subscribing
                             Television      Access  Telephony      Total   Households
                             ----------  ----------  ---------  ---------  -----------
As of June 30, 2012           2,890,700   1,884,400  2,361,000  7,136,100    3,732,100
As of  June 30, 2011          2,769,800   1,755,400  2,085,900  6,611,100    3,517,100
Net increase year-over-year     120,900     129,000    275,100    525,000      215,000
Net increase as percentage         4.4%        7.3%      13.2%       7.9%         6.1%

*1　 Number of households subscribing to one or more of J:COM’s services
*2　 Based on U.S. GAAP, J:COM includes subsidiaries, where it owns majority interest, in the consolidated accounts.
*3　 Average number of services received per subscribing household
*4 The number of telephony service subscribers includes the number of Cable-plus Phone service subscribers offered by YOKOHAMA CABLE VISION Inc.

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