KDDI pressures Rakuten Mobile by potentially reducing roaming partnership scope
KDDIが楽天グループ傘下の楽天モバイルに揺さぶりを掛けている。楽天に回線を貸す「ローミング」（相互乗り入れ）契約の期限を9月末にひかえ、協業の範囲を縮小する可能性がある。ライバルとして急成長する楽天モバイルへの懸念が背景にある。ローミングは2019年10月に始まった。当初は東京23区と大阪市、名古屋市以外の地域が対象だったが、23年からはこれらの大都市部も含んだ。26年10月以降も延長するか
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