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Articles tagged with: Kddi
KDDI Quarterly Profits Drop 25%
Japanese mobile network operator, kddi Corp has reported a 25% drop in its fiscal second quarter results. The quarterly net profit was Y58.87 billion (US$640 million), down from Y78.66 billion in the same period a year ago. Revenues dropped by 0.9% to Y869.36 billion (US$9.45 billion). more
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Softbank still leading Japanese market for annual net additions
The total Japanese customer base was up 0.37m in August to 109.27m. Annual growth stood at 4.6%, down from 5.6% a year earlier. more
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Hitachi Opens USA Based LTE Research Facility
Hitachi says that it has opened a LTE research facility in Dallas, USA though a local subsidiary company, Hitachi Communication Technologies America. The facility is located in the "telecom corridor" area of Richardson, Texas. The Dallas R&D Center will focus on the Mobility Management Entity (MME) and other components of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) for LTE. more
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KDDI Awards LTE Contracts to Motorola and NEC
Japanese mobile network operator, kddi has awarded LTE deployment contracts to both Motorola and NEC. Motorola is to provide network infrastructure, including RAN/base stations, while NEC will be providing base stations. more
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Japanese Networks Announce LTE Upgrade Plans
Japan's DoCoMo is reported to be planning an investment of ¥ 343 billion (US$3.4 billion) for the investment, while kddi and Softbank Mobile have budgeted ¥ 515 billion and ¥207.3 billion, respectively. According to the Nikkei newspaper, among the four, LTE services are forecast to attract around 36 million subscribers, with DoCoMo projecting 17.74 million LTE customers. more
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Japanese Operators Exceed 100 Million 3G Subscribers
Qualcomm says that Japan's mobile operators have exceeded 100 million 3G CDMA subscribers as of April 2009, citing data announced by the Telecommunications Carriers Association in Japan. more
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Japanese Operators Planning $10 Billion Spend on LTE Upgrades
The four Japanese mobile phone networks are expected to collectively spend one trillion yes (US$10 billion) over the next five years on so-called 3.9G based network upgrades, reported Bloomberg News, citing the local Nikkei newspaper. more
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Mobile WiMAX Network Soft-Launched in Tokyo
Japan's UQ Communications has announced that it will launch a Mobile WiMAX network covering Tokyo (all 23 wards), Yokohama, and Kawasaki by the end of this month. The service will be sold under the UQ WiMAX brand name. more
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DoCoMo 9-Month Profit Rises 16% to $4.8 billion
Japan's DoCoMo has reported that its net profit for the April-December period grew 16 percent to reach YEN 437.7 billion (US$4.8 billion) compared to a year earlier. Operating income rose 19 percent to YEN 746.8 billion (US$8.3 billion), while revenue fell 4 percent to YEN 3.38 trillion (US$37.7 billion). more
Japan's KDDI to Overlay LTE on CDMA Network
Japan's kddi is to deploy a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) overlay on its CDMA network, using a core networking solution from Hitachi collaborating with Nortel. Hitachi Communication Technologies, a fully owned subsidiary of Hitachi, will take a major role of solution development with Nortel. more
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