KDDI has a long and prestigious history, dating back to March
1953. Some our of key milestones are;
| 1953 |
Mar |
KDD |
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. (KDD)
is founded. |
| 1972 |
Jun |
KDD Europe |
Established London
Liaison Office |
| 1985 |
Apr |
DDI |
DDI CORPORATION (DDI)
launches operations |
| 1987 |
Mar |
IDO |
NIPPON IDOU TSUSHIN CORPORATION
is established |
| |
Dec |
KDD |
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. (KDD)
and Teleway Corp. merge to create
KDD Corporation. |
| 1989 |
July |
KDD Europe |
Established KDD UK
Limited |
| 1996 |
Sep |
KDD Europe |
Established KDD Europe Limited as HQ
for whole European Operationn. |
| 1999 |
Apr |
DDI/IDO |
cdmaOne nationwide seamless network
is completed. |
| |
|
DDI/IDO |
Mobile Internet Connection Service EZweb
is launched. |
| |
Oct |
DDI CORPORATION,
KDD Corporation and
IDO COPRORATION
|
Merged and form a new company. The trade name of the new entity is DDI CORPORATION, and it operates under the new KDDI corporate brand. |
| |
Nov |
KDDI |
au CORPORATION is launched |
| 2001 |
Apr |
KDDI |
Corporate name is changed to KDDI
CORPORATION |
| |
Jul |
KDDI Europe |
Merged Telecomet
International with KDDI Europe |
| |
Oct |
KDDI |
au CORPORATION is merged with KDDI
CORPORATION |
| 2003 |
Apr |
KDDI Europe |
Established Belgium
office |
| 2006 |
Jan |
KDDI |
POWEREDCOM, Inc. is merged with KDDI
CORPORATION |
| 2006 |
Oct |
KDDI |
Established Russian office |
