Multilanguage Interface; Great for Foreign Travelers and Business People –
TOKYO, JAPAN — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT (NYSE:NTT, news, filings) Group, announced today a fast, convenient LTE prepaid data service to allow business travelers and tourists visiting Japan to enjoy up to 100MB of data per day under a new seven-day plan, as well as the existing 14-day plan.
“Prepaid SIM for JAPAN” (http://s.ocn.jp/pre1e), previously known as “OCN mobile ONE Prepaid SIM for VISITOR,” provides short-term visitors with an easy, safe and inexpensive way to access up to 100 MB of messages, photos, content, map searches, directions and much more each day.
| List price (excl. 8% tax) | JPY 2,980 (payment currency depends on location) |
| Max. volume | 100 MB/day |
| Max. speed | Download: 150 Mbps; upload: 50 Mbps |
| Max. speed after 100 MB/day | 200 Kbps (until midnight of that day) |
| Service area | Japan (nationwide) |
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| Service extension | Neither plan can be extended (new plan must be purchased) |
| SIM card sizes | Nano / Micro / Regular |
| Purchase locations (examples) |
Before Arrival in Japan www.prepaidsim.jp/item_detail* Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba and Books.Com Co.Ltd in Taiwan, EGLtours in Hong Kong will be available after November. After Arrival in Japan Kansai Airport
Fukuoka and Naha Airports
Yodobashi Camera (Electrical goods chain): |
*Card will be sent to a post office at a user-designated airport (Narita, Haneda, Kansai, Chubu Centrair, New-Chitose, Fukuoka, Kagoshima or Naha), or to certain hotels in Japan
**Some locations may not yet offer Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (7 days) at launch time
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| Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (7 days) | Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (14 days) |
Please see http://service.ocn.ne.jp/mobile/one/visitor/en/ to get started after ordering the SIM card.
Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (14 days) is also available through KADOKAWA TAIWAN CORPORATION (www.taipeiwalker.com.tw) and KADOKAWA HONGKONG LIMITED (www.kadokawa.com.hk), Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba (www.rakuten.com.tw) and Books.Com Co.Ltd(www.books.com.tw) in Taiwan, EGLtours (www.egltours.com/travel/showIndex) in Hong Kong.
For more information, please visit; http://service.ocn.ne.jp/mobile/one/visitor/ja/shop/ (Japanese only)
Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (7 days) will be available from the above purchasing points after November. Additional purchase points, including airports, electrical goods stores and travel agents, will be added.
For added convenience, including unrestricted data, travelers are also encouraged to apply for the Japan Connected-free Wi-Fi service (www.ntt-bp.net/jcfw/en.html), provides access to about 18,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots around Japan, including at major airports, stations and shops. Japan Connected-free Wi-Fi is provided by NTT-BP, an NTT Group company.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1 IP network, Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching 196 countries/regions and 130 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.
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