KDDI CONTINUES TO LEAD IN NET SUBSCRIBER ADDITIONS.

Worldwide Telecom, April, 2007

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has congratulated KDDI for signing up more new users than their rivals since Japan's mobile number portability (MNP) rules took effect on October 24, 2006. Of the more than one million subscribers who changed their service provider between October 24, 2006 and January 31, 2007, KDDI has witnessed a net increase of 600,000 3G subscribers, while the other Japanese operators have seen a net reduction. Also, when considering all new subscriptions with the past three months ending in January 2007, KDDI garnered 67 percent of the total number of net subscriptions.

"We have watched subscribers effortlessly switch over to KDDI's CDMA2000 network due to Japan's recent mobile number portability rule, which is a testament to the value of...

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