KDDI

KDDI, a Fortune Global 500 company and one of Asia's largest telecommunications providers, has a proven global track record of high quality service delivery. They provide a multitude of services, including mobile phone services, fixed-line communication, and data centers.

Access Evolution

Launching global IoT access in the KDDI IoT Worldwide Architecture

Edge

Operators line up to trial GSMA's telco edge platform

Sustainability

KDDI and Nokia bring liquid cooling to Japan's RAN

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… Bharti Airtel, SK Telecom, Open Grid Alliance, Cato Networks

Security

What’s up with… Xiaomi, Bouygues Telecom, Qualcomm

Edge

Telcos tune in to edge services wavelength

Access Evolution

AT&T, KDDI Offer Wi-Fi, WarnerMedia Content to Mazda Vehicles

Edge

AWS Wavelength (finally) gives telco edge an international flavour

Open RAN

What’s up with… KDDI, Fujitsu, SoftBank, Altice Europe

Open RAN

Fujitsu to deliver O-RAN standard compliant Radio Units for KDDI's 5G commercial service in Japan

Open RAN

O-RAN Alliance boasts new specifications, expands board

Access Evolution

KDDI, Orange Business Services to equip more than 1 million vehicles in Europe with connected IoT services

via Flickr © beve4 (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

That was quick: two weeks in and Japan’s new tariff-cutting PM is causing panic

5G

What’s up with… MWC21, KDDI, NBN

Yoshihide Suga, expected to become Japan’s next prime minister via Flickr © US Embassy, Tokyo

Mobile

Japan's mobile big three are in the crosshairs of its likely new prime minister

Cloud Native

Verizon steps closer to a cloud native standalone 5G core

Edge

Operators rally around Telco Edge Cloud Platform initiative

Altiostar

Virtualisation

What’s up with… Altiostar, KDDI, Nokia, IP Infusion

via Flickr © Luca Sartoni (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Cloud Native Telco

Rakuten zeroes in on zero-touch with Nokia OSS deal

5G

KDDI and Ericsson achieve 5G cloud-native CI/CD software pipeline breakthrough

5G

Nokia completes 5G core standalone network trial with Japan’s KDDI

via Flickr © Japanexperterna.se (CC BY-SA 2.0)

4G LTE

Rakuten Mobile turns over $1bn before MNO service launch

via Flickr © Luca Sartoni (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Research and Trials

Japan eyes 6G as a way of making up lost ground

via Flickr © TR Haun (CC BY-ND 2.0)

5G

5G network sharing the new normal as KDDI, Softbank ink deal