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KDDI

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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.

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  KDDI added Tadashi Onodera as Chairman and President.
  Posted 8/8/08 at 6:48am
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  KDDI invested in Microfinance International. (12/12/10)
  Posted 12/14/10 at 7:15pm via freshnews.com
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  KDDI invested in GREE. (7/1/05)
  Posted 10/7/10 at 7:52am via co.jp
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  KDDI invested in Primeworks Corp.. (8/18/09)
  Posted 9/25/09 at 9:08am via irstreet.com
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  KDDI acquired Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) for $4B. (1/25/10)
  Posted 1/26/10 at 12:48am via freshnews.com
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  KDDI — Japanese Telco KDDI Buys Content Delivery Network CDNetworks For $167 Million (10/12/11)
  Posted 10/13/11 at 4:09am via techcrunch.com

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1. Liberty Global to Sell J:COM Interest for $4.0 Billion in Cash (freshnews.com) [edit]
2. KDDI Invests $22M in MFIC to Jointly Build Mobile Payment Platform Worldwide (freshnews.com) [edit]
3. KDDI Corp. Acquires a Minority Stake in Primeworks Corp. (ircms.irstreet.com) [edit]
4. eir.eol.co.jp [edit]
5. Japanese Telco KDDI Buys Content Delivery Network CDNetworks For $167 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]