KDDI mobile phone network hit by 3-hour outage across Japan

KDDI Corp. said Monday its "au" mobile phone services experienced technical difficulties across Japan, causing disruptions to calls and internet connections for about three hours.The service disruption, which began at 7:18 a.m., initially affected 31 prefectures in western Japan, including Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka, before extending across the country.The services returned to normal around 10:11 a.m., according to KDDI, one of Japan's three major telecommunications carriers.The company said some services, particularly data communication, were impacted nationwide. The cause of the outage rema…READ FULL ARTICLE