Softbank and Yahoo Japan reported continued strong growth for their jointly owned Yahoo! BB broadband service.
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Yahoo! |
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| Feb-03 | Jan-03 | Dec-02 | Nov-02 | Oct-02 | Sep-02 | |
| Yahoo! BB lines installed |
2,181,000 | 1,972,000 | 1,691,000 | 1,461,000 | 1,208,000 | 1,011,000 |
| Yahoo! BB phone users |
1,806,000 | 1,585,000 | 1,294,000 | 1,028,000 | 773,000 | 520,000 |
| Central offices |
2,135 | 2,098 | 2,045 | 1,822 | 1,549 | 1,300 |
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- In January, UTStarcom announced new contracts valued at more than $100 million to supply its AN-2000 IP-DSLAM in support of Yahoo! BB ADSL service. To date, Yahoo! BB has already deployed more than $130 million worth of UTStarcom IP-DSLAM equipment to support its 12 Mbps ADSL service. Yahoo! BB will launch streaming video services beginning this quarter using the UTStarcom IP-DSLAMs.