KDDI to offer cheapest plan for large data amid gov`t pressure
(WorldNews Japan)

KDDI Corp. unveiled Wednesday the cheapest plan for 20-gigabyte data usage among major Japanese mobile carriers in a price-cutting competition fueled by government pressure to drastically lower fees. KDDI, the operator of the `au` brand, is launching in March a new service called `povo,` offering a 4G plan from that month and enabling the use of 5G technology from the summer, both for 2,480 yen ($24) a month. The price is 500...