History
KDDI has a long and prestigious history, dating back to March 1953. Some of our 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 operation
1999
Apr
- DDI/IDO
- cdmaOne nationwide seamless network is completed
- DDI/IDO Mobile Internet Connection Service Ezweb is launched
Oct
- DDI/KDD/IDO
- Merged and form a new company. The trade name of the new entity is DDI CORPORATION, and it operates under the new KDDI corporation 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
Oct
- KDDI Europe
- Established Russian office in St. Petersburg
2008
Jul
- KDDI Europe
- Established Russian office in Moscow
2010
Jan
- KDDI Europe
- Established KDDI Russia
2013
Jan
- KDDI Europe
- KDDI Amsterdam, KDDI Belgium and KDDI Istanbul become branch offices of KDDI
