Making the Myanmar telecommunications business a core pillar of the global business

「In Myanmar, KDDI Summit Global Myanmar Co., Ltd. supports the telecommunications business operations of Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT). We continue to work to maintain telecommunications services essential to people's lives in Myanmar, with the safety of stakeholders in mind.」

「In Myanmar (※4), following the flooding caused by Typhoon No. 11 in September this year, we continued activities supporting local communities by providing free calls, free SMS and essential supplies to victims.」

「In Myanmar (※8), we have continued activities supporting local communities, including providing free calls and data bonuses to victims of the major floods in the Bago Region in central Myanmar last October.」

「In Myanmar (※5), we have continued activities supporting local communities, including the launch of a free e-learning program in May this year to provide equal learning opportunities.」

「In Myanmar (※3), we will continue to monitor local conditions and work to maintain telecommunications services essential to daily life, with the safety of stakeholders in mind.」

「In Myanmar, even after the political upheaval in February this year, we have continued working to maintain telecommunications services, an essential social infrastructure for people's daily lives, while prioritizing the safety of stakeholders in accordance with the KDDI Group Human Rights Policy.」

「In Myanmar, we began offering an integrated package service last September, providing data and voice usage together with unlimited access to popular games, Facebook and other services. This is intended to strengthen engagement and expand the customer base. For the mobile electronic payment service, we changed the service name from "MPT Money" to "MPT Pay" in Myanmar last December.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business operated jointly by KDDI Summit Global Myanmar Co., Ltd. and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), we signed an official partnership agreement with "Burmese Ghouls," Myanmar's most popular esports team.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business operated jointly by KDDI Summit Global Myanmar Co., Ltd. and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), we are working to increase adoption of the "MPT Club" points program and the "MPT Money" remittance and payment service.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business operated jointly by KDDI Summit Global Myanmar Co., Ltd. and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), we launched the electronic money service "MPT Money" in January this year.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business, we are enhancing entertainment content and working to improve the value of customers' digital-life experiences by offering bundled packages of VAS (※4) services, including video and games, with data, and becoming the official partner of Myanmar's popular competition "Myanmar Idol," among other initiatives.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business, we have been enhancing content services to further satisfy customers. In July this year, we launched the Lucky Data promotion, under which customers who purchase data packages are entered into a drawing to win data bonuses. In August, we also began streaming English Premier League soccer at no viewing charge.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business, FUNCREATE MYANMAR LTD., a game distribution company established in Myanmar jointly with Sumitomo Corporation, began distributing mobile games in April this year.」

「During the third quarter, as data usage increased in the Myanmar telecommunications business, we further expanded entertainment services by launching an e-book service in October last year. We also continued to strengthen the 4G LTE network and, by launching new pricing packages in November last year, helped further promote customer usage.」

「During the second quarter, in the Myanmar telecommunications business, we focused on the "MPT Club" points program to strengthen customer retention and worked to expand entertainment services such as video, music and games.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business, we launched the "MPT Club" points program in May this year to strengthen customer retention. The program awards points between participating commercial facilities and the service. We also actively worked to increase value-added ARPU by promoting rich content services, including video services, using high-speed 4G LTE data communications.」

「In Myanmar's mobile telecommunications business, the company achieved maximum speeds of 300 Mbps by introducing carrier aggregation technology for its 1.8 GHz LTE service.」

「During the fiscal year, the company made active capital investments in the consumer business to expand coverage and increase speeds to improve services. The population coverage rate of its mobile telecommunications business in Myanmar reached 98% at the end of December of the previous year, while the 1.8GHz LTE service launched in Myanmar's 3 major cities in May of the previous year had expanded to 32 cities by the end of December.」

「The 1.8 GHz LTE service launched in Myanmar's 3 major cities in May this year was expanded to 29 cities by the end of September. As the first telecommunications operator in Myanmar to introduce 4×4 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology, the company enabled high-speed data communications with maximum download speeds of 150 Mbps. For the second consecutive year, it won the "Speedtest Award" based on an Ookla survey and was recognized as Myanmar's fastest mobile telecommunications operator.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business, we are rolling out LTE communication services in earnest using the newly acquired 1.8 GHz band in May this year.」

「In telecommunications businesses in emerging markets such as Myanmar and Mongolia, we will leverage the business experience and technical expertise we have developed in Japan and overseas to contribute to the development of those countries' economies and industries and improve people's lives, while working to make these businesses a core component of our global operations.」

「At the end of December last year, cumulative mobile subscriptions had reached approximately 23 million, more than three times the level when the joint venture agreement was signed in July 2014, and remained firm. In October last year, the company launched 4G services (LTE) in the 2.1 GHz band in some indoor areas of Yangon and Naypyidaw.」

「Overseas, we will work to make the Myanmar telecommunications business operated jointly by our consolidated subsidiary KDDI Summit Global Myanmar Co., Ltd. and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) a core component of our global operations.」

「During the first quarter, we worked to add mobile base stations in the suburbs of major cities and in regional cities, expand the coverage of our high-speed data network, and improve communication quality through network optimization.」

「In the Myanmar telecommunications business operated jointly by our consolidated subsidiary KDDI Summit Global Myanmar Co., Ltd. and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), Myanmar's state-owned postal and telecommunications enterprise, we will leverage the business experience and technical expertise we have developed in Japan and overseas to contribute to the development of Myanmar's economy and industries and improve people's lives, while working to make the business a core component of our global operations.」