KDDI

Overview

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• Ticker9433 on Tokyo Stock Exchange¹
• Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry¹
• HeadquartersChiyoda¹
• Websitewww.kddi.com
• Legal formkabushiki gaisha¹

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KDDI Corporation (Japanese: KDDI株式会社, Hepburn: Keidīdīai kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was established in 2000 through the merger of DDI Corporation (第二電電, Daini Denden), a long-distance communications company; KDD Corporation (ケイディディ), Japan's former state-monopoly international telecommunications provider; and IDO Corporation (日本移動通信, Nippon Idō Tsūshin), a mobile network operator.²

The story

Founded by Kazuo Inamori in 1984.¹

Leadership

Who has led KDDI, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderKazuo Inamori¹

Products and brands

• telephone

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• Kyocera

Owners

• The Master Trust Bank of Japan 16.4%
• Kyocera 15.3%
• Toyota 14.4%

Subsidiaries

• A-Sketch
• Chubu Telecommunications
• KDDI Mobile
• KDDI Museum
• Okinawa Cellular Telephone
• TELASA Corporation
• Telehouse America
• Telehouse Europe
• h2o Wireless
• Natasha,Inc. since Aug 21, 2014
• Mobicom Corporation since Mar 2016
• BIGLOBE since Jan 31, 2017

Also owns

• GREE, Inc. 4.5%
• Lawson
• au
• povo
• UQ mobile since Oct 1, 2020

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. Oct 1, 2020Acquired UQ mobile¹
2. Jan 31, 2017Acquired BIGLOBE¹
3. Mar 2016Acquired Mobicom Corporation¹
4. Aug 21, 2014Natasha,Inc. became a subsidiary¹
5. 2006Acquired GREE, Inc.¹

Employees over time

• 201018,418¹

Timeline

1. Oct 1, 2020Acquisition Acquired UQ mobile¹
2. 1984Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.kddi.com¹
• Websitewww.kddi.com/english¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/kddiir¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/officialkddi¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCfcDUY22naURLRYKSbrEb9Q¹
• WikipediaKDDI
• WikidataQ971946