Vuzix partners with KDDI subsidiaries to sell smart glasses around the globe

Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ:VUZI) announced Monday it has partnered with the overseas subsidiaries of KDDI, one of Asia’s largest telecommunications providers, in order to provide its smart glasses to customers across the globe.

KDDI provides mobile phone services, fixed-line communication and data centers, making it an optimal one-stop solution provider for everything from network infrastructure installation to the implementation and maintenance of remote work-support systems, the company said.

To support customers across Asia, Europe and the Americas, KDDI overseas branches in China, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, India, Dubai, Phnom Penh and Myanmar have all partnered with Vuzix to resell the company’s smart glasses.

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“We look forward to working with KDDI as both a reseller of our smart glasses and an internal user,” Vuzix CEO Paul Travers said in a statement. “KDDI is a leading supplier of telecom services in Japan as well as an established global supplier of IT products and services and this partnership represents a perfect fit for the solutions and capabilities of both companies.”

Vuzix’s products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a high-quality viewing experience, solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 184 patents, pending patents and numerous IP licenses in the video eyewear field.

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