KDDI Brings Japanese Telecoms, Service Development Tech & Know-how to Myanmar

Myanmar MPT staff in 1st graduating class of personnel training program

KDDI CORPORATION

June 29,2018

KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) is implementing telecommunications business operations in Myanmar together with Sumitomo Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masayuki Hyodo) and Myanma Posts and Telecommunications (MPT).

Since July 18, 2017, KDDI has been working to further improve the quality of telecommunications services and service development capabilities in Myanmar by carrying out a long-term training program in Japan to improve the technological capabilities and skills of MPT personnel [

1]. On June 29, 2018, the program completed its first year of training, producing its first graduating class, the members of which will now return to Myanmar.

From left: KDDI Chairman Takashi Tanaka, Four students of the first graduating class, and KDDI President Makoto Takahashi

As smartphones come into widespread use in Myanmar, demand for social networking services (SNS), video sharing services and content use is increasing. MPT has been offering LTE+ high-speed data transmission service [

2] since May 2017, and began offering a reward program [

3] in May 2018 as part of plans for ongoing service upgrades.

In addition to telecommunications service know-how such as network planning, design, construction, testing and operation, students of the programs first graduating class have learned about how to devise and propose strategies in other service fields such as payments and content. After returning to Myanmar, they look forward to being assigned by MPT to practical positions in which they will be able to put the lessons and experiences of this program to work. They will be able to set up new services while revising operational procedures.

The program is scheduled to accept four new trainees for a second course of study to begin this fall.

As a company that always strives to offer exciting new ideas, KDDI will continue to work together with Sumitomo and MPT to increase customer satisfaction in Myanmar by promoting the integration of telecommunications and life design. It is our way of contributing to the development of Myanmars economy and industry, and improvement of the lives of the people of Myanmar by creating new experience value.

See the attachment for details.

KDDI Brings Japanese Telecoms, Service Development Tech & Know-how to Myanmar

[Attachment] About the MPT employee long-term training program After approximately 200 applications are received from MPT employees, a written test and interviews with directors are administered within MPT to select four candidates (two from business departments and two from technical departments) with corporate leadership potential. Based on MPTs needs, KDDI then administers its own originally designed training program.

Joint training:

Academic studies including an overview of KDDIs business activities, business skills, Japanese language fundamentals, etc.

Business training:

Practical training and applied study in detail, including visits to each of KDDIs business departments

Technical training:

Training in the complete cycle of planning, design, construction, testing and operation in line with a theme chosen by the trainee

Training program diagram

Notes:

[1]

KDDI news release dated July 14, 2017

Myanmar MPT Employee Training and Exchange Held in Japan Long-term Training Program Begins:

Year-long Employee Training Contributes to Development of Myanmars Telecommunications Industry

[2]

KDDI news release dated June 19, 2017

Full-scale Development of LTE Telecommunications Service Begins in Myanmar

Introducing Myanmars First 4x4 MIMO Technology Brings Fastest Speed

[3]

The MPT Club reward program was instituted on May 15 2018 at

MPT. MPT Club is a reward program for MPT mobile service customers. Myanmars first point/reward service, it is administered with nine initial partner firms in Myanmar, including convenience stores, shopping malls, restaurants and cafes.

This release is an abridged translation of the full announcement:

http://news.kddi.com/kddi/corporate/newsrelease/2018/06/29/3236.html

The information contained in the news releases is current at the time of publication. Products, service fees,service content and specifications, contact information, and other details are subject to change without notice.

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