携帯３社が営業増益　４～１２月期、法人事業など好調

　ＮＴＴドコモなど携帯大手３社の２０２０年４～１２月期連結決算（国際会計基準）が５日、出そろった。本業のもうけを示す営業利益は３社とも増加。テレワーク拡大を背景に法人事業が好調だったほか、キャッシュレス決済など非通信分野が寄与した。ただ２２年３月期については、割安な新料金プランが減収要因になる見通し。ドコモは新プラン「アハモ」の提供を３月２６日に開始すると発表した。
　ドコモの井伊基之社長は５日の決算記者会見で、アハモの事前受け付けが「１００万人を超えた」と述べ、新プランに手応えを見せた。他社との乗り換えは昨年１２月、約１２年ぶりに流入が流出を上回ったという。
　割安な新プランをめぐっては、３社とも個人向け通信事業で「営業利益は少し落ちる」（ソフトバンクの宮内謙社長）などと見込む。ただ、非通信分野の強化などで増益を確保する方針で、ＫＤＤＩの高橋誠社長は「競争にしっかりと打ち勝っていきたい」と強調した。（2021/02/05-19:53）

All three major Japanese mobile phone carriers saw their consolidated operating profits increase year on year in April-December 2020, according to their earnings reports released by Friday.
   The rosy results were backed by brisk earnings from services for corporate clients thanks to the growing use of teleworking amid the novel coronavirus crisis or robust non-telecommunications operations, such as cashless payment services.
   In the first three quarters of fiscal 2020, NTT Docomo Inc. logged an operating profit of 821.7 billion yen, up 4.3 pct, on revenue of 3,513.1 billion yen, down 0.1 pct. KDDI Corp.'s operating profit rose by 3.2 pct to 871 billion yen and revenue by 0.5 pct to 3,923.7 billion yen. At SoftBank Corp. , operating profit was up 5.8 pct at 841.5 billion yen, and revenue grew 5.2 pct to 3,807 billion yen.
   In fiscal 2021, however, the carriers' revenue is expected to be pushed down by their new low-cost mobile phone services.
   NTT Docomo said that its planned "ahamo" branch low-cost service will be launched on March 26. Its president, Motoyuki Ii, told a press conference on Friday that the number of applications for ahamo has topped one million, expressing his confidence in the success of the new service.