It turned out that the actual population coverage rate of au "4 G LTE" 75 Mbps service on iPhone 5 was 14%

Au (KDDI)High-speed communication service "4G LTE" started on September 21, 2012"Cover major cities throughout the country from the start" "If it is a model compatible with 4 G LTE (including iPhone 5)" "Ultra high-speed network with maximum reception of 75 Mbps rapidly expands to a real population coverage rate of 96% (scheduled for the end of March 2013 ) "On the catalog and official website, but when actually connecting to 4 G LTE using iPhone 5,The real population coverage ratio of the area where 75 Mbps service can be used is not 96% but 14%It was revealed that it was.

Apology and announcement regarding action order to our company
(PDF file)http://www.kddi.com/corporate/news_release/pdf/20130521.pdf


About part return of remuneration of concerned person concerning action order to "au 4 G LTE" part of advertisement
(PDF file)http://www.kddi.com/corporate/news_release/pdf/20130521a.pdf


Au is about part of this advertisement from the Consumer AgencyUnjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Indication Prevention ActI received an order for measures pursuant to the provisions of Article 6. The 4 G LTE cases were listed in "au general catalog 2012 11", "au general catalog 2012 12 - 2013 1", and also on the official website from 14 September to 30 November 2012 It was.

According to au, the real population coverage rate is 14% at the end of March 2013 in the area where the service which can receive the maximum 75 Mbps when using the iPhone 5 is available, and in the frequency band corresponding to iPhone 5, There was no plan to expand the area where the 75 Mbps service is available to the real population coverage rate of 96%.

Regarding this advertisement, it was revised by the middle of March 2013 because it turned out that it was difficult to understand the target model when checking the advertisement display inside the company in November 2012.

In the above-mentioned matter, Takashi Tanaka Representative Director Takeshi Tanaka said, "We apologize for the inconvenience to our customers and return part of the remuneration of related persons as a responsibility to cause such a situation" Announced that 20% of monthly remuneration will be returned for 3 months and that a total of 6 stakeholders will return part of the remuneration.

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I am correcting the article title and top image, currently inquiring about details about au.
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When I connected to 4 G LTE using iPhone 5 I contacted au about the real population coverage rate of the area where 37.5 Mbps service can be used, and as a result, "I will disclose the area (address) that can be used as before" It was.