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Report: iPhone 18 Pro may start above ¥220,000 in Japan as memory costs surge

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Rakuten Mobile to Auto-Cancel Lines Not Linked to a Rakuten ID by End of November

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KDDI launches “au Hikari Plus”: Hybrid 10Gbps fiber with 5G SA backup and Wi‑Fi 7 router

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KDDI Defies Gravity: Price Hikes, Lower Churn and Rising ARPU as au–UQ mobile–povo Strategy Pays Off

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KDDI Raises Prices but Churn Falls: Japan’s au–UQ mobile–povo Strategy Pays Off

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