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Feb 17 War on for control of J:COM Sumitomo Corp. announced Monday it will make a public tender offer of 139,500 yen ($1,548) a share for Jupiter Telecommunications Co. (J:COM), Japan's largest cable TV provider, to become the company's top shareholder. The trading company's offer runs from March 3 to April 14, escalating competition with telecom firm KDDI Corp., which has also vowed to take control of J:COM. Sumitomo currently is J:COM's second-largest shareholder with a 27.7-percent stake. (Asahi) Feb 9 Sumitomo tries to foil KDDI bid for J:COM Sumitomo Corp. has entered the final phase for its launching of a takeover bid for Jupiter Telecommunications Co. (J:COM)--the nation's largest cable TV provider--in a bid to counter the planned public tender offer by KDDI Corp., according to sources. Sumitomo effectively holds a 27.7 percent stake in the cable giant, making it the second-largest shareholder. Sources said the company was planning to raise its stake to more than a third. (Yomiuri) Feb 3 FSA wary of KDDI's purchase plan The Financial Services Agency has started a probe into KDDI Corp.'s possibly illegal plan to buy a major stake in cable television operator Jupiter Telecommunications Co., according to sources. The financial watchdog is concerned the mobile phone carrier's planned share purchase method could violate the financial instruments and exchange law, they said. (Japan Times) Jan 25 KDDI to purchase 38% stake in Jupiter KDDI Corp. said Monday it has agreed to pay $4 billion for U.S.-based Liberty Global Inc.'s 38 percent stake in Japanese cable television operator Jupiter Telecommunications Co. to gain subscribers and get access to a fiber network. The mobile phone operator agreed to pay Liberty Global ¥362 billion for 2.59 million Jupiter shares, the companies said in separate statements. That would be about 44 percent more than Jupiter's closing share price Monday. (Japan Times) Nov 5 The State of Cloud Computing in Japan During this week's Cloud Computing Expo, I had an opportunity to meet with a new Japanese Cloud Service Provider. This company, KDDI, is the second largest telco in Japan, and offers a wide range of network-based services, including colo and managed hosting. It has now moved into offering IaaS cloud services (starting roughly six months ago), basing its offering on well-known cloud infrastructure software company 3tera. (cio.com) Jul 23 DoCoMo, KDDI show augmented reality prototypes Japan's two largest cellular carriers, NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, are demonstrating this week some of their latest research into augmented reality systems. Augmented reality fuses the real world with digital data and is seen as a potentially popular technology for future cell phones. NTT DoCoMo's system provides information on the phone's screen by overlaying it on a live image from the phone's camera. (PC World) Jul 4 KDDI may invest more in WiMax venture KDDI Corp, Japan's No.2 wireless operator, could invest more in a new WiMax venture as it hunts for market share in data services, its president said on Friday. The company, which competes with sector leader NTT DoCoMo Inc and No.3 Softbank Corp in a saturated market, hopes demand for high-speed Internet downloads and uploads on the run will help expand its revenue streams over the long term. (Reuters) May 26 Sharp's sun-powered phone almost beach-ready Sunbathers in Japan will have another beach- or pool-friendly keitai (phone) to carry around this summer. Simply known as the Solar Phone SH002, a 10-minute exposure to direct sunlight will yield one minute of talktime or two hours of standby. (USA Today) May 26 Toshiba debuts cellphone-sized ebook reader in Japan Japanese cell phone giant KDDI and Toshiba have unveiled their own answer to the Kindle called the biblio. Essentially a mobile phone, the tiny ebook reader uses software called Book Player and can store about 5,000 ebooks (from KDDI's EZ Book service) on it's 7 gigabyte harddrive. (dvice.com) May 25 KDDI unveils cell phone lineup KDDI Corp., operator of the au cell phone service, unveiled on Monday its summer lineup of 13 handsets featuring its first "hi-vision" video camera and a player for reading electronic novels. KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile phone carrier, will roll out starting Friday eight new models, excluding five announced previously, with prices ranging from around ¥20,000 to more than ¥50,000. (Japan Times) May 5 Japan ready to pump $10 billion into 3.9G network infrastructure Japan already has the most advanced cell phone infrastructure in the world and it seems it will get even better and faster in the very near future. The country's four major cell phone carriers (NTT, KDDI, SoftBank and Emobile) say they intend to invest a total of $10 billion into 3.9-generation cell phone services. (crunchgear.com) Apr 20 KDDI to release solar-powered cell phone Cell phone users could soon be turning to the skies to charge their handsets. Japan's No. 2 wireless carrier, KDDI Corp., said Monday it will start selling a waterproof, sunlight-powered cell phone in June. The yet-to-be-priced handset is made by Sharp Corp. A 10-minute solar charge will provide enough juice for a one-minute call or power the handset in standby mode for two hours, KDDI said. The sun can recharge up to 80 percent of the phone's battery. (AP) Apr 15 Google Android to be used in Japanese set-top box Japanese telecom company KDDI plans to offer an advanced set-top box for TV watchers this fall, one that uses Google's Android operating system. The au Box, designed and built by Motorola, will be able to play DVDs and CDs through a home entertainment system. It will also let users rip CDs, and is meant to serve as a music and video storage unit for mobile devices. (The Standard) Apr 8 KDDI launches iida premium mobile brand in Japan KDDI, Japan's second largest mobile carrier, launched a new premium brand in its home country. Dubbed iida, the new brand currently has three phones in its line-up. (unwiredview.com) Mar 10 Japan bullet trains get broadband Japan's world famous Shinkansen bullet trains will soon be able to access the Internet via Wi-Fi from March 14th onwards, thanks to the combined efforts of NTT, KDDI and SoftBank. (ubergizmo.com) Mar 4 Japan cell phone goes 3D with special display The Japanese already use their cell phones to shop, exchange e-mail and watch digital TV. Now comes another dimension to the ever-growing list of eye-catching mobile features: the 3D display. (AP) Feb 22 Cell phone firms beef up Web site filtering Cell phone companies are beefing up their Web site filtering services to stop children accessing Web sites containing harmful content. NTT Docomo Inc. now obliges users under 18 to join its filtering service. KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Mobile Corp. are scheduled to introduce a similar regulation in February. (Yomiuri) Oct 27 KDDI Plans to Cut Subscription as Much as $255 a Year Under Price Campaign (Bloomberg) Sep 11 KDDI to Offer HTC Smartphones in Japan (PC World) [ More... ]