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Kddi Corporation

A major Japanese telecommunications company, KDDI runs the "au" mobile network used by millions of customers across Japan, along with fixed-line, financial, energy, and digital services. It was born in 2000 from the merger of three telecom firms: DDI, KDD, and IDO — the name is simply their initials stitched together. The "au" brand name plays on a Japanese word that can mean both "to meet" and "to unite," a nod to bringing people together.