Hitomi Murakami, of KDDI, says battery-operated mobile phones cannot keep up with the new applications.
Thankfully for KDDI (and all of humanity, really), this creature actually has a purpose.
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Only time will tell -- even KDDI has yet to finalize this part of the specs.
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KDDI, has had success among older people with its Tu-ka phone, selling more than 100, 000 subscriptions.
The Internet communications provider works with Verizon Wireless in the U.S., KDDI in Japan and Telus in Canada.
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In Japan, Softbank shocked its giant rivals NTT-DoCoMo and KDDI in 2007 with the innovative White Plan.
Being a Japanese carrier and all, it's no shock to see KDDI with a large presence at CEATEC.
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Two other large Japanese operators, KDDI and Softbank, are running similar services.
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Sacconaghi thinks Apple is likely to expand distribution to additional Asian carriers, including China Telecom, KDDI in Japan and LG Telecom in Korea.
Folks on the KDDI network can grab hold of this powerful phone in early December, with a choice of red, white or black.
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The KDDI service, which will be called au Wi-Fi SPOT, will be free to KDDI subscribers who have Google Android smartphones and flat-rate plans.
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Japan's NTT DoCoMo's 3G launch, using WCDMA, has been slow to take off, while its rival, KDDI, using CDMA, has been gaining customers quickly.
The high end SIM will also be customized for the local requirements of KDDI in Japan, Rogers in Canada and Orange in France, amongst others.
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Not only is further information about what's being shown on TV displayed on your screen, but KDDI has integrated the new service with GPS functionality.
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As for the models announced today, from 30 September 2011, KDDI Designing Studio (Harajuku, Tokyo), from 27 September 2011, au NAGOYA (Nagoya) starts in Chicago.
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While it already works very closely with KDDI and NTT DoCoMo in Japan, the company also has relationships in North America with all the major carriers, including Verizon.
The KDDI system, is able to detect more complex behaviour by using analytical software - held on a server back at base - to match patterns of common movements.
KYOTO, Oct. 17, 2012 - Kyocera Corporation(NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced the release of the DIGNO S smartphone, which is compatible with KDDI Corporation's recently launched (September 2012) high-speed 4G LTE network.
For example, the KDDI mobile phone strapped to a cleaning worker's waist can tell the difference between actions performed such as scrubbing, sweeping, walking an even emptying a rubbish bin.
The aim of the new system, according to KDDI, is to enable employees to work more efficiently and managers to easily evaluate their employees' performance while away from the office.
However, shares in Softbank added 2% after Kyodo News reported the firm's mobile-carrier unit won key spectrum which will allow it to better compete against larger rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.
KDDI, Okinawa Cellular since early October 2011, Smartphone au "IS series" au mobile phone models and three models of six new lineup, one tablet models, one model will launch a communications terminal sequence.
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Sidestepping lockscreen codes and fingerprint scanners -- and without any new hardware demands -- KDDI has unveiled a new palm authentication app that takes advantage of the high-resolution camera on its Android smartphones.
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For those seeking a slate that'll survive the bumps and scrapes of the business world -- and not look ridiculous -- it'll be available to enterprise customers of Japanese carrier KDDI this November.
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So big, it seems, that when I went to the wireless carrier KDDI to replace my old mobile, nobody bothered to tell me my new phone, a Sanyo Global Passport, was a member of the 3G.
KDDI's funky au Infobar is back!
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KDDI, a mobile and fixed line communications company in Japan, has developed extensive information about its customers through the data it collects including URLs visited, type of mobile device, purchase history and buying habits, gender and age group.
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In just one year, Softbank managed to boost the subscriber base of the challenger carrier from 700, 000 in fiscal 2006 to 2.7 million in fiscal 2007, vaulting ahead of its giant rivals NTT-DoCoMo and KDDI in sub additions.
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