Rivals of mobile carrier Rakuten Mobile are taking advantage of an outflow of subscribers from the company, which announced the termination of its popular zero-yen plan.
KDDI Corp. has seen a surge in applications to subscribe to its low-priced Povo mobile service, while SoftBank has launched a campaign to make monthly fees effectively free for some users.
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