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• Japan decides to award new licenses to Willcom and KDDI.(JAPAN)

  - 2008-01-01

  Japan's telecom regulator plans to award licenses for high-speed wireless Internet to Carlyle-controlled handyphone firm Willcom Inc. and a consortium backed by cellphone giant KDDI Corp., according to the Nikkei business daily. The two companies have been battling it out with mobile operators NTT DoCoMo Inc....

  Tags: INTERNET, Japan, KDDI Corp., NETWORKING, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• NTT DoCoMo, Softbank and KDDI and their partners file for licenses

  - 2007-11-01

  NTT DoCoMo, Softbank and KDDI and their partners file for licenses to provide Wimax services in Japan worth billions of yen.

  Tags: KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc., Softbank Corp., Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Japanese carrier sues country over 3G plans.(News)

  - 2004-10-25

  Byline: JEFFREY SILVA While the Bush administration pursues a traditional carrot-and-stick approach to prod Japan into further liberalizing its wireless market, a Japanese telecom firm needing a wireless play is mounting an unorthodox challen Byline: JEFFREY SILVA ...

  Tags: 3G, Bush Administration, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc., Softbank Corp., spectrum, telecommunications, wireless

• 3G brings profits to DoCoMo, KDDI.(Global Wireless)

  - 2003-05-12

  Fiscal year 2002 financial earnings released by the No. 1 and No. 2 Japanese mobile-phone carriers, NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp., reflected a focus on profitability and high expectations for third-generation wireless services this year. Fiscal year 2002 financial earnings released...

  Tags: 3G, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc., wireless

• Hong Kong: Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI exchange words at ITU Telecom Asia on each other's 3G prospects - Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article

  - 2003-01-01

  Hong Kong: Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI exchange words at ITU Telecom Asia on each other's 3G prospects. KDDI president Tadashi Onodera questions whether the W-CDMA services from its rivals would attract customers. DoCoMo senior spokesman Toru Hinata dismisses KDDI as not "offering new kinds of services".

  Tags: 3G, International Telecommunications Union, KDDI Corp., NETWORKING, NTT DoCoMo Inc., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, WIRELESS

• KDDI extends next-generation subscriber lead in Japan. (Global Wireless).

  - 2002-08-12

  TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it added 299,000 new customers during July, which was roughly 57 percent of the 528,000 total wireless customers the Japanese wireless industry signed for the month. Of the carrier's total net additions, only 12,900 si TOKYO -- NTT...

  Tags: carrier, KDDI Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc., wireless

• Japanese carriers focus on location services. (Global Wireless).

  - 2002-03-11

  TOKYO--Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing location services to combat increasing competition within the market. The mobile-phone market in Japan has been expanding rapidly during the past several years. However, the market, which now has TOKYO--Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing...

  Tags: GPS, handset, KDDI Corp., mobile, NTT DoCoMo Inc., wireless