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• New mobile tariff system in Japan could delay the exit of deflation from the nation.(JAPAN)

  - 2007-11-01

  KDDI, the second-ranked Japanese cellular operator, launched a new tariff system that envisages call charges lowered by 20 percent-30 percent and higher handset prices. AFP warned that if KDDI's rivals follow a similar path, the departure of deflation from the Japanese economy could be delayed further....

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• Japanese mobile knows more about your life than you do

  - 2006-07-24

  TOKYO AFP — For those who relish looking back on the small, often inconsequential details of their lives, a Japanese company has come up with a "Big Brother" mobile network that makes up where human memory fails. Japan's number two telecom operator KDDI Corp has said Monday that it...

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• Japan's KDDI offers 3-D navigation on cellphones

  - 2006-03-27

  TOKYO AFP — Japanese mobile operator KDDI have unveiled plans to let users find their way to shops and restaurants by looking at 3-D satellite images on their cellphones. The service, to be launched at the end of April, is an updated version of its already popular "EZ Navi-Walk"...

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• Japanese carriers to start group chat for cellphones: report

  - 2005-09-25

  TOKYO AFP — Japanese mobile telephone operator KDDI will start a group chat service later this year allowing five users to converse and share text messages and pictures, a report said. KDDI, Japan's second-biggest mobile operator, will launch several cellphone models with the new function by the end of...

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• Japanese to download full CD-quality songs to mobile phones

  - 2004-10-14

  TOKYO AFP — The Japanese will soon move to new frontiers in their passion for mobile telephones and pop music as customers will be able to download full-length, CD-quality songs onto their cellphones. Japan's number-two telecommunications firm KDDI said Thursday it will offer a service of 10,000 songs with...

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