About Us History

First successful TV broadcast reception between Japan and the U.S.A. occurs at the Ibaraki Space Communications Experimental Station.

KDD (now KDDI) starts No. 1 Trans Pacific Cable (TPC-1) service, together with US Telecommunication company AT&T and Hawai an telecom company.

Launch of "KDDI Europe" (headquartered in London)

• KDD starts service for No. 3 Trans Pacific Cable (TPC-3), the first submarine optical cable in the Pacific Ocean.
• Launch of "TELEHOUSE New York Teleport", the first data center in New York area .
• Launch of "KDDI America"

Launch of "TELEHOUSE London Docklands North", the first purpose built data center in Europe

• DDI CORPORATION, KDD Corporation and IDO CORPORATION merge and form a new company. The trade name of the new entity is DDI CORPORATION, and it operates under the new KDDI corporate brand.
• Launch of "Telehouse Seoul" and "Telehouse Hong Kong"

• KDDI China is established (headquartered in Beijing).
• Establishment of world first internationl IP-VPN service for business

• Landing of Trans-Pacific fiber optic cable system, UNITY, in Chikura, Japan. (UNITY started operation from 2010)
• Launch of "Telehouse Capetown", the first Telehouse data center in Africa

Launch of "Telehouse London Dockland West", the one of the largest data center in Europe.

• Launch of "Telehouse Hong Kong CCC", the second Telehouse data center in Hong Kong
• Launch of "KDDI Russia" and "KDDI Brazil"

• Launch of "KDDI Myanmar"
• Launch of the shortest route between Japan and Europe with RJCN（Russia-Japan Cable Network） and Transit Europe-Asia (TEA).

• Entered into agreement and commenced joint business with Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT).
• A Global Consortium to Build New Trans-Pacific Cable System "FASTER"

Launch of "KDDI Cambodia", a branch of KDDI Singapore