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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Govt to examine KDDI's handling of 86-hour mobile network outage

KDDI Corp. Senior Managing Executive Officer and Director Kazuyuki Yoshimura speaks at a press conference Tuesday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The government plans to examine KDDI Corp.'s handling of the 86-hour network disruption that affected up to 39.15 million mobile connections, making the outage the industry's most serious telecommunications failure to date.

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry is considering imposing administrative guidance on KDDI as the disruption constitutes a "serious accident" defined by the Telecommunications Business Law.

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