Japan's top mobile carriers scrap exit fees on legacy contracts after ministry scrutiny
From October 2019, a revised law required the firms to cut such fees to ¥1,000 or under, but they kept charging for contracts inked before the rule went into force.
KDDI teams up with SpaceX to provide better mobile access in remote areas
Musk's Starlink satellites will connect to 1,200 remote mobile towers in Japan so rural customers can experience urban-level mobile connectivity.
Suga’s exit adds ¥1.3 trillion to value of Japan’s vilified telecom firms
The Prime Minister's narrow focus on reducing hefty mobile phone bills is unlikely to be matched in any potential successor.
Tokyo mobile data fees second lowest among six world cities, survey finds
In the previous government survey conducted last year, the Japanese capital saw the highest fee for 20GB plans.
How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens
Intercept spyware gives the military the power to listen in on calls, view text messages and web traffic, and track the locations of users without the assistance of telecom firms.
NTT Docomo cuts mobile fees, intensifying price battle with rivals
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who took office in September, has repeatedly demanded mobile phone service operators slash their fees.
Will mobile carriers' price cuts boost smaller rivals or doom them?
Budget SIM providers face an uphill battle in differentiating themselves from the likes of NTT Docomo and SoftBank based on price and innovative services.
Japan's three major mobile carriers log higher operating profits
Thanks to the growing prevalence of remote work, all three major Japanese mobile phone carriers saw their consolidated operating profits increase year on year in April-December 2020, according to their earnings reports. The rosy results were backed by brisk earnings from services for corporate clients ...
Rakuten cuts mobile fees for light users to maintain edge over bigger rivals
The firm now says it will lower the cost depending on the amount of data used within the space of a month, saying the fee will even be free for particularly light users.
KDDI unveils cheapest 20GB mobile plan among Japan's main carriers
Although the carrier had initially resisted price cuts, the situation changed after NTT Docomo surprised the public last month with its own new low-cost plan.
