Carlyle, Kyocera finalize deal on DDI Pocket purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (L), president of KDDI, Tamotsu Adachi (2nd from L), Japanese representative of U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group, Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Kyocera Corp. (2n from R) and Takeo Yamashita, president of DDI Pocket Inc., pose for photos during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on June 21. They announced that Carlyle Group and Kyocera will buy DDI Pocket, an affiliate of KDDI, 220 billion yen.

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