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Monday April 9, 6:31 PMKDDI confirms plans to enter US mobile phone market
The company aims to offer the service, with the brand name "KDDI Mobile", by using a network operated by Sprint Nextel Corp, the spokesman said, confirming weekend media reports. The move would make KDDI the first Japanese cellphone carrier to launch its own brand overseas. Japan's largest mobile phone service provider NTT DoCoMo Inc. has also been expanding overseas, mostly by licensing agreements for its popular "i-mode" Internet-capable mobile phone service. NTT DoCoMo has also made capital investments in European and US telecom firms, but has scrapped most of them after losses. KDDI's overseas expansion comes amid growing competition at home since October, when Japan began allowing mobile subscribers to switch carriers without changing their numbers. |
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