KDDI to Tie Up With U.K. Firm for Global Corporate-Data Communications

Nov. 9–TOKYO — KDDI Corp. will join forces with Britain’s BT Group Plc to offer international data communications services to corporate clients, a Japanese business daily reported Tuesday.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said KDDI, a major telecom carrier, will manage BT Group’s frame relay, Internet protocol virtual private networks, or IP-VPN for short, and other data communications services in the Japanese market.

The two companies also plan to set up a joint venture in Japan by next fall to operate information systems linking clients’ head offices with their domestic and overseas branches and factories, the report said.

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