KDDI to launch new 3G high-speed mobile service in April

KDDI to launch new 3G high-speed mobile service in April

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI Corp., shows off a mobile phone handset model to be used for the company's new third-generation (3G) high-speed data transmission service, at a news conference in Tokyo on March 11. Japan's second-largest telecom operator will launch the new CDMA2000 1x mobile service for its ''au'' mobile phones on April 1.

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.

KDDI to launch new 3G high-speed mobile service in April

KDDI to launch new 3G high-speed mobile service in April

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Onodera, president of KDDI Corp., shows off a mobile phone handset model to be used for the company's new third-generation (3G) high-speed data transmission service, at a news conference in Tokyo on March 11. Japan's second-largest telecom operator will launch the new CDMA2000 1x mobile service for its ''au'' mobile phones on April 1.

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.