| Website | kddi.com/english |
| Category | Mobile |
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| Founded | 10/00 |
Tokyo-based KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.
The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services.
KDDI’s mobile phone and web arm is branded as “au”. The company is the current No. 2 in Japan’s mobile communications market, trailing NTT docomo and ahead of SoftBank.