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News Since the 2001 acquisition of J-Phone, later rebranded under the Vodafone umbrella, the operator has consistently failed to make strides against its main opposition in the country, DoCoMo and KDDI's au. [17 Mar 2006]
Mobile WiMax gets thumbs-up in Japan
News The long-range wireless broadband technology, which received its official certification late last year, is set to be rolled out in the land of the rising sun by telecoms operator KDDI. KDDI also put the technology under the spotlight to measure the... [13 Mar 2006]
Leader: Vodafone's Japanese sale
Leader Outside Japan - where it has faced, in the form of NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, two of the canniest and most successful operators in the world - Vodafone's other main area of concern on any significant scale has been the US. [06 Mar 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile phones - the battery conundrum
Comment Mobile operators in Japan are very interested in the technology, and both KDDI and NTT DoCoMo are said to be developing DFMC-based products. The latest mobile device developments burn through standard Li-Ion batteries like no tomorrow. [09 Nov 2005]
Radioactive: Mobile television on trial
Comment Japanese operator KDDI recently announced it would launch fuel cell handsets next year, which would give up to three times the operational duration. Predictions always come back to haunt. This time last year Futurity Media's Stewart Baines said the... [06 Oct 2005]
CDMA International Roaming Success Story
White Paper CDMA operators, such as Hutchison Telecom, KDDI, SK Telecom, Shinsegi and Telstra, are taking the lead in tapping into these revenue opportunities by launching two-way, automatic international roaming services. [21 Jul 2005]
Vodafone notches up big numbers
News Japan, where Vodafone plays third fiddle with around 16 per cent to 17 per cent market share to NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, remains the most glaring problem area. Vodafone has announced record revenues and profits for its full year results, ending 31 March. [24 May 2005]
Seven bites Blackberry with Smartner buy
News Seven first managed a foothold, some years ago, in Asia to supply premium email to handsets through NTT DoCoMo and KDDI in Japan and SingTelGroup in Singapore. US corporate mobile phone messaging provider Seven Networks is expanding into Europe by... [11 Apr 2005]
Microsoft punts R&D and speech recognition in mobile battle
News Japanese operator KDDI managed to sell two million downloads in ten weeks. Microsoft is upping the stakes in the battle for control of the mobile operating system market, with new software for PDAs and investment in research and development. [07 Mar 2005]
"On track" Vodafone breaks 150-million barrier
News However, questions remain over Japan, where the operator entered the market by acquiring J-Phone but was last to launch 3G behind rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. Vodafone has announced it has passed the 150-million customer mark and characterised its... [26 Jan 2005]
C&W exits Japan with sale of unit to Softbank
News The fixed line businesses of incumbent NTT and KDDI have meant Japan hasn't been a happy hunting ground for the UK's C&W, which has a history of robust data operations in some parts of the world, but Softbank - headed up by charismatic... [27 Oct 2004]
Cheat Sheet: 3G - in all its flavours
Cheat Sheet The second-largest - and fastest growing - is KDDI, which uses CDMA2000. Simple - doesn't it just mean faster mobile networks? In a word, yes, though we're not only talking about speed when it comes to 'third-generation' (or 3G, get it? [04 Aug 2004]
Vodafone happy about ARPU and 3G progress
News However, he noted that in Japan, where the operator is in third place behind NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, revenues are down 5.5 per cent year on year, with that unit hit by "superior competitive offerings". Vodafone has reported solid subscriber figures... [26 Jul 2004]
J-Phone Selects Ericsson as the Prime Integrator for Its Multi-Vendor 3G Network in Japan
White Paper Serving around 12 million subscribers, J-Phone is a major telecoms player in Japan and a serious rival to the country’s other operators DoCoMo, KDDI, and TU-KA. With such a high reputation, J-Phone’s decision to expand its network into 3G services... [02 Mar 2004]
Building a Profitable Download Business
White Paper Successful download application deployments at several wireless network operators, including KDDI (Japan) and Hutchison Telecom (Hong Kong), have proven that consumers will routinely pay for content download services for portable wireless devices. [25 Feb 2004]
