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KDDI Announces au Cell-phone Subscriptions Exceed 20 Million

KDDI Corporation
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company
2005/6/9
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KDDI and Okinawa Cellular announced today that the number of subscribers to au cell-phone servicesb exceeded 20 million on June 7. Of the subscribers, more than 92% use 3G phones.



April 1999 |
Nationwide cdmaOne network completed |
September 2000 |
Analog service terminated |
April 2002 |
3G cellular service (CDMA 1X) launched |
March 2003 |
PDC service terminated |
November 2003 |
CDMA 1X WIN service launched |
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| [1] |
Totals for the end of March 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 are combined totals of the former IDO and eight former DDI Cellular operators. |
| [2] |
The total for the end of March 2001 are the total of au, KDDI, and Okinawa Cellular. |
| [3] |
Totals for the end of March 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 and June 7, 2005 are totals of KDDI and Okinawa Cellular. |

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