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The Japanese carrier will link standard smartphones to Starlink V2 satellites offering 20 times the throughput of first-generation hardware across remote islands and mountains.
KDDI, NTT Docomo, SoftBank and Rakuten Mobile will jointly study shared 28GHz base station architectures to cut deployment costs across urban dead zones.
Tokyo plans JPY 2.4 trillion in public and private spending through 2040 as aging vessels at NTT and KDDI threaten connectivity for cloud and AI networks.
The solar-powered stratospheric craft stayed aloft at 20 kilometres to deliver emergency voice calls, video links and drone controls over Kochi Prefecture.
Japanese subscribers travelling overseas gain free text messaging and location sharing outside regular cell coverage under deals with Globe and Spark.
The Google Cloud-powered app restricts query responses to licensed publishers and offers unlimited access for JPY 980 a month.
KDDI announced it will begin offering Starlink connectivity to its enterprise and civil government customers later this year as part of a deal recently completed. Starlink began offering service two years ago, and this summer it introduced its maritime…
Nokia has announced that Japanese operator KDDI has selected Nokia’s 5G Core and Converged Charging software to support its transition to a fully automated, cloud-native 5G Core architecture. Nokia’s cloud-native 5G Core’s near zero-touch automation…
Japanese operator KDDI and conglomerate Sumitomo have revealed plans to jointly enter Myanmar’s mobile game industry through newly created joint venture Funcreate Myanmar. Funcreate Myanmar, a subsidiary of the companies’ Singapore-based joint venture…
Japan’s KDDI and industrial drone solutions provider Terra Drone have jointly launched a new drone inspection services for industrial infrastructure. The jointly developed solution involves using a drone to generate a 3D, high resolution model of heavy…
Japan’s telecom ministry has allocated 5G mobile spectrum to incumbent operators NTT Docomo, KDDI, and Softbank, as well as local e-commerce giant Rakuten. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has approved the allocation of spectrum after…
KDDI is branching out into the emerging world of extended reality (XR) – which includes virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality – by forging partnership with US-based Osterhout Design Group (ODG) to jointly plan and develop XR-based smartglasses…
Japan’s KDDI and Nokia have completed trials of LTE connected vehicle applications including the first vehicle based LTE broadcast trial. During a trial on the island of Hokkaido, the companies implemented evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service…
Japan’s KDDI has teamed up with venture capital firm Global Brian to establish a new fund to support startups which can boost the operator’s capabilities in 5G and other technologies. The Japanese telco plans to invest 20 billion yen ($186 million) over the…
Toyota Motor, Komeda and KDDI in September have jointly developed a smartphone application called Driving Barista, aimed at reducing the number of traffic accidents in Aichi Prefecture caused by drivers using their smartphones while driving. This is the first…
Japan’s KDDI has selected Gemalto to provide the platform to enable secure connectivity for connected cars and IoT applications worldwide. Gemalto will provide its LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management solution and embedded SIMs (eSIMs)…
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