Onodera to head KDDI

Onodera to head KDDI

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows KDDI Corp. Executive Vice President Tadashi Onodera, who on April 10 was appointed president of Japan's second largest telecommunications operator, succeeding Yusai Okuyama. Subject to formal approval at a board meeting in late June, the appointment is part of changes in KDDI's management team which will be reduced to less than 15 from the current 52.

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.

Onodera to head KDDI

Onodera to head KDDI

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows KDDI Corp. Executive Vice President Tadashi Onodera, who on April 10 was appointed president of Japan's second largest telecommunications operator, succeeding Yusai Okuyama. Subject to formal approval at a board meeting in late June, the appointment is part of changes in KDDI's management team which will be reduced to less than 15 from the current 52.

Onodera to head KDDI

Onodera to head KDDI

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows KDDI Corp. Executive Vice President Tadashi Onodera, who on April 10 was appointed president of Japan's second largest telecommunications operator, succeeding Yusai Okuyama. Subject to formal approval at a board meeting in late June, the appointment is part of changes in KDDI's management team which will be reduced to less than 15 from the current 52.

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.