Mobile Content Forum (MCF)

About Membership

Now MCF membership is limited to Japanese companies only.

Membership Category

Membership dues and initial joining fees are determined according to paid-in capital as shown below:

Category 1:
Paid-in capital of 3 billion yen or greater
Category 2:
Paid-in capital of 3 billion yen and less than 500 million yen
Category 3:
Paid-in capital of 100 million yen and less than 500 million yen
Category 4:
Paid-in capital of 10 million yen and less than 100 million yen
Category 5:
Paid-in capital of less than 10 million yen

Current member list here >>

Joining fee and annual dues

Cat.
Paid-in Capital
Joining Fee
Annual Dues
1
3 billion yen or greater
300,000 JPY
600,000 JPY
2
3 billion yen and less than 500 million yen
280,000 JPY
560,000 JPY
3
100 million yen and less than 500 million yen
220,000 JPY
440,000 JPY
4
10 million yen and less than 100 million yen
110,000 JPY
220,000 JPY
5
Less than 10 million yen
40,000 JPY
80,000 JPY

* Joining fees and annual dues are not subject to consumption tax.

Special Membership Category

The Special Membership category is available to companies who wish to base their membership fee category on their total mobile business revenues rather than their amount of paid-in capital. Such companies may submit the appropriate application to the Board of Directors or Executive Board. Upon receiving approval, the Board of Directors or the Executive Board will set their membership fee category as follows:

Category S1:
Total Mobile Business Revenues (Annual): 10 billion yen or greater
Category S2:
Total Mobile Business Revenues (Annual): 5 billion yen or greater and less than 10 billion yen
Category S3:
Total Mobile Business Revenues (Annual): 500 million yen or greater and less than 5 billion yen
Category S4:
Total Mobile Business Revenues (Annual): 10 million yen or greater and less than 500 million yen
Category S5:
Total Mobile Business Revenues (Annual): Less than 100 million yen

Joining fee and annual fee for S Cat.

Cat.
Total Mobile Business Revenues (Annual)
Joining Fee
Annual Fee
S1
10 billion yen or greater
300,000 JPY
600,000 JPY
S2
5 billion yen or greater and less than 10 billion yen
280,000 JPY
560,000 JPY
S3
500 million yen or greater and less than 5 billion yen
220,000 JPY
440,000 JPY
S4
10 million yen or greater and less than 500 million yen
110,000 JPY
220,000 JPY
S5
Less than 100 million yen
40,000 JPY
80,000 JPY

About join of during the current year

Members that join MCF during the course of the financial year will have their annual dues reduced pro rata according to the starting month of membership, as shown below:

Month joined annual dues payable
Rate
October-December
1
January-March
0.75
April-June
0.5
July-September
0.25

* The joining fee is charged at a fixed rate and will not be pro-rated.

Benefits

  • Participation in seminars and MCF committee activities
  • Access to industry data
  • Participation in MCF activities at Member’s discount rate
  • Membership discount on purchases of premium MCF-distributed products.

Benefits for Membership categories are available as follows:

Cat.
Number of participants
1 & S1
7 people
2 & S2
5 people
3 & S3
3 people
4 & S4
2 people
5 & S5
1 people

MCF Articles of Incorporation

MCF Operating Rules