Jupiter Telecommunications Announces August 2008 Subscriber Figures

TOKYO, Japan — Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 4817), the largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Japan based on the number of customers served, has announced that the total subscribing households as of August 31, 2008 served by J:COM’s 19 consolidated franchises reached approximately 2.90 million, up 289,600, or 11.1% since August 31, 2007. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached approximately 5.18 million, up 611,900 or 13.4% since August 31, 2007. The bundle ratio (average number of services received per subscribing household) increased to 1.79 as of August 31, 2008 from 1.75 since August 31, 2007. The cable television digital migration rate as of August 31, 2008 increased to 75% from 62% as of August 31, 2007.

Year-Over-Year Subscribing Household Comparisons *: (Rounded to the nearest hundred)
Total consolidated subsidiaries: 19 franchises; 42 systems:

                                               Revenue Generating Units
                                ---------------------------------------------------         Total
                                     Cable       High-Speed                     RGU   Subscribing
                                Television  Internet Access   Telephony       Total    Households
                                ----------  ---------------   ---------   ---------   -----------
As of August 31, 2008            2,343,500        1,341,500   1,496,200   5,181,200     2,895,000
                     Digital:    1,746,600
As of August 31, 2007            2,151,400        1,173,500   1,244,400   4,569,300     2,605,400
Net year-over-year increase        192,100          168,000     251,800     611,900       289,600
Net increase as percentage            8.9%            14.3%       20.2%       13.4%         11.1%

* Fukuoka Cable Network Co., Ltd. (FCN), which has been the only equity-method affiliate among J:COM’s managed franchises, became a consolidated subsidiary of J:COM at the end of August 2008. As a result, the tables for the total managed franchises and for the total consolidated subsidiaries, which have been previously separately listed, have been merged into a single table above to reflect total consolidated subsidiaries. FCN had 114,300 subscribing households, 190,500 RGU total, 85,900 cable television RGU’s, of which 59,300 are digital RGU’s, 44,300 high-speed Internet access RGU’s and 60,300 telephony RGU’s (as of August 31, 2008), which are included in the above table.