As Light Reading says KDDI is not saying anything (in English, probably), here is my translation from their Japanese press release as of 3/21. <au mobile>
No service restrictions are in place
There are non-working cell sites in the following prefectures: Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata, Niigata, Ibaragi, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa
As of 3/18, non-working cell sites number is down to 620. (Source: @KDDIPR Twitter)
Mobile cell sites are deployed in the following locations:
- Ofunato City Hall (Ofunato, Iwate)
- Otsuchi High School (Otsuchi, Iwate)
- Yamada High School (Yamada, Iwate)
- Sun Village Takada (Rikuzen-Takada, Iwate)
- Sizugawa Junior High School (Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi)
- Onagawa Sports Park (Kesennuma, Miyagi)
- In addition to those, 20 mobile power charger vehicle are deployed in various locations.
<Fixed Lines>
No service restrictions are in place.
Some services are not available in some parts of the affacted area due to physical damage to the circuits:
- Fixed and Internet Service such as au one net, IP−VPN, WVS, Ether−VPN
- au Hikari, Hikari Direct in parts of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures
- Metal Plus in parts of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures
<International>
Some international circuits are down, but it is probably not because of the Tohoku earthquake, but is due to a separate earthquake in Taiwan.
- International Dedicated Lines to Australia and the U.S.
- International IP-VPN to Australia and the U.S.
- International value-added service: Alasca, Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, the U.S., US Virgin Islands, Venezuela
<Emergency deployment>
Following phones are in place to support emergency workers
au mobile phones: 727
Satellite phones (Iridium and Inmarsat) : 38
Others: Portable power generators, cell phone cahrgers, power source cable tap etc.
Source: KDDI Press Release, 3/21
Michi