January handset shipments in Japan reach 2.1 million

JEITA published mobile handset shipment numbers for January 2010. The highlights are as follows:

• Mobile phone shipments in Japan reached 2.1 million units in January 2010, an 8.7% increase YoY
• Among those cellular phones' share accounted for 97.6%, with the rest going to PHS phones
• Mobile phones with one-seg TV chip shipped in 1.6 million units, an 6.4% increase YoY
• Installed base of one-seg phones reached 77.1%

Source: JEITA