Merged DDI, dubbed KDDI, begins operations

Merged DDI, dubbed KDDI, begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Yusai Okuyama (4th from L), president of a newly created company resulting from a merger of long-distance phone carrier DDI Corp., international carrier KDD Corp. and mobile phone operator IDO Corp., joins hands with other company executives at a ceremony Oct. 2 in Tokyo to unveil the new corporate logotype. The three officially merged the previous day under DDI's banner, becoming Japan's second-largest telecom. The new DDI is dubbed KDDI.

Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.

Qwest talking with Japanese, Asian firms about tie-up

Qwest talking with Japanese, Asian firms about tie-up

NEW YORK, United States - Qwest Communications International Inc. is talking with KDD Corp., as well as other Japanese and Asian companies for a business tie-up in data telecommunications services, Joseph P. Nacchio, Qwest chairman and chief executive officer, says in New York on Oct. 8. ''We know the KDD guys well. We are talking. We are not cooperating (with KDD) in any sense. We are talking,'' Nacchio said after a speech here.

Merged DDI, dubbed KDDI, begins operations

Merged DDI, dubbed KDDI, begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Yusai Okuyama (4th from L), president of a newly created company resulting from a merger of long-distance phone carrier DDI Corp., international carrier KDD Corp. and mobile phone operator IDO Corp., joins hands with other company executives at a ceremony Oct. 2 in Tokyo to unveil the new corporate logotype. The three officially merged the previous day under DDI's banner, becoming Japan's second-largest telecom. The new DDI is dubbed KDDI.

Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.

Qwest talking with Japanese, Asian firms about tie-up+

Qwest talking with Japanese, Asian firms about tie-up+

NEW YORK, the United States - Qwest Communications International Inc. is talking with KDD Corp., as well as other Japanese and Asian companies for a business tie-up in data telecommunications services, Joseph P. Nacchio, Qwest chairman and chief executive officer, says in New York on Oct. 8. ''We know the KDD guys well. We are talking. We are not cooperating (with KDD) in any sense. We are talking,'' Nacchio said after a speech here.