Number of KDDI 3G Mobile Phone (CDMA2000 1x) Users Tops Five Million
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Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - KDDI Corp.
and Okinawa Cellular announof users ced recently that the
total cumulative number of users for the third-generation
mobile phones (CDMA2000 1x) being offered by the two
companies has surpassed five million. Sales of CDMA2000 1x
au mobile phones began on April 1, 2002. The number of
units sold reached one million on June 23, two million on
August 23, three million on October 19, four million on
December 5 and 5 million on January 16. The five million
mark was surpassed less than ten months after the original
release.
CDMA2000 1x achieves comfortable mobile Internet
environments through high-speed data communications at
speeds of up to 144kbps. This technology enables
applications of the Internet connection service EZweb and
various other provider connections with a maximum
downstream speed of 144kbps and a maximum upstream speed of
64kbps. Services are already offered in all 47 of Japan's
prefectures and administrative divisions, and are
accessible to 90% of the country's population. Even outside
of the current service areas, a full 100% of the population
(with the exception of some island regions) has been able
to access all communication services since the early
stages, using cdmaOne, which offers data communications at
speeds of up to 64kbps.
KDDI and Okinawa Cellular have released a total of 14
CDMA2000 1x mobile phone models, including the Movie Keitai
(A5303H, A5302CA, and A5301T), which feature a digital
camera for recording, viewing, and sending video images,
and the GPS Keitai (A3012CA and A3015SA), which features a
camera that is compatible with highly accurate positioning
information services based on GPS (Global Positioning
System) satellite signals, in addition to the simple and
easy-to-use A1000 Series. Services such as Movie Mail,
Photo Mail, and Chaku-Uta ringer tones have received an
increasingly positive response from users, contributing to
the recognition of CDMA2000 1x models as being the most
convenient 3G mobile phones in Japan.
About KDDI Corporation
KDDI Corporation was established in 1984 and is currently
the second largest telecommunications company in Japan,
providing a comprehensive range of voice, data, IP and
mobile services to both business customers and consumers.
After merging with KDD and IDO in October, 2000, KDDI
serves over 15 million long-distance subscribers, 1.4
million internet subscribers, 13 million mobile
subscribers, and 5 million PHS subscribers. KDDI has 34,000
km of highly reliable domestic network infrastructure, in
addition to optical submarine cable systems such as TPC-5,
Japan-US CN and China-US CN. KDDI also works to develop
advanced technology in the areas of radio & mobile,
lightwave, multimedia, and Internet communications. The
KDDI Group consists of approx 100 companies covering a wide
variety of telecommunications-related businesses such as
engineering, facility hosting, submarine cable
construction, and R&D. For further information, please
visit the KDDI Corporation home page at:
www.kddi.com/english/index.html
Contact:
Neil Rosenblatt
Nippon Digital Communications
rosenblatt@nippondigi.com
+81-3-5623-1493
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Jan. 30, 2003, 22:45 (JST)
Source: KDDI Corporation
KDDI Corporation (TSE: 9433) (OTC: KDDIF)
www.kddi.com/english/index.html
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Millions of
Date 1x Phones Days
04/01/02 - NA
06/23/02 1 83
08/23/02 2 61
10/19/02 3 57
12/05/02 4 47
01/16/03 5 42 |
