1. KDDI Outline| Company | KDDI CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Year of Establishment | 1984 |
| Head Office Location | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Representative | Tadashi Onodera, President and Chairman |
| Main Shareholder | KYOCERA Corporation, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, etc. |
| Number of Personnel | 16,967 Personnel (March 2009) |
| Business Content | Telecommunications business |
2. DEFTA Partners Outline| Company | DEFTA Partners |
|---|---|
| Year of Establishment | 1984 |
| Head Office Location | Sanfrancisco, California, U.S. |
| Representative | Chairmen George Hara (Former Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to IIMSAM under the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and Chairman of the Board of the Alliance Forum Foundation) |
| Accumulated Investment Amount | JPY 20 billion |
| Business Content | Based on the conviction that cutting-edge core technologies are the driver for creating new industries and generating employment, DEFTA Partners has a twenty year history of successfully discovering, investing in, and operating a number of technology ventures in the United States (Silicon Valley), the United Kingdom, and Israel, nurturing many of these into large, successful enterprises. In 2005, the company established operations in Japan. |
3. bracNet Outline| Company | bracNet (BRAC BD Mail Networks Limited) |
|---|---|
| Year of Establishment | 1996 |
| Head Office Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Representative | CEO Mohammad Abdur Rab |
| Main Shareholder | KDDI (50%), gNet DEFTA (29.9997%), BRAC (19.9998%) |
| Number of Personnel | 241 Personnel (August 2009) |
| Business Content | Internet Connection Service Provider |
4. BRAC Outline| Organization | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) |
|---|---|
| Year of Establishment | 1973 |
| Representative | Founder and Chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed |
| Activities Outline | The world’s largest NGO. Promoting social transformation through the promotion of economic stability, dissemination of education, and encouragement of independence of the impoverished strata in late-developing countries in Asia, and Africa. |
| Number of Personnel | Approximately 110,000 |
| Annual Budget | Approximately 53.billion yen |
5. Bangladesh Outline| Country | People's Republic of Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Area | 144,000 km2 (Approximately 1.7 times the area of Hokkaido) |
| Population | Approximately 160 million (7th most populous in the world) |
| Population Density | 982 people/km2 |
| Capital | Dhaka |
| Currency | 1 Bangladesh Taka = ¥1.31 (Initial conversion rate of November 10th 2009) |
| Primary Industry | Textiles, knit products, fisheries, Jute Processing, Agriculture |
| Primary Religion | Islam, Hindu |
| Per Capita/GDP1 | Approximately USD 538/Person (Actual Conversion Rate Format) |
| Actual GDP Growth Rate | 6.2% |
| Literacy | 52.5% |
