KDDI Announces Start of 'Global Passport' International Data Roaming Services in the U.S. and Hawaii.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 11, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce the August 16 addition of international data roaming services to voice roaming services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Hawaii for users of GLOBAL PASSPORT, the international roaming service offered by KDDI that enables au mobile handsets used in Japan to be used without modification overseas. This new service is made possible through KDDI's partnership in the United States with Verizon Wireless, and will be available in areas and regions covered by Verizon. GLOBAL PASSPORT voice roaming services are now available in 22 countries. International data roaming services, with addition of these 2 new service areas, will now be available in 8 countries and territories overall, including South Korea, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Guam, and Saipan. Customers using A5514SA and A5505SA handsets, manufactured by Sanyo Electric and enabled for data roaming services, will now be able to exchange e-mail and access the Web, in addition to voice-call services currently offered in the United States and Hawaii, simply by updating to the latest PRL PRL - Proof Refinement Logic. Versions: micro-PRL, lambda-PRL, nu-PRL. ["PRL: Proof Refinement Logic Programmer's Manual", CS Dept, Cornell, 1983]. (Preferred Roaming List The Preferred Roaming List (PRL) is a database residing in a wireless (primarily CDMA) device, such as a cellphone, that contains information used during the system selection and acquisition process. In the case of RUIM-based CDMA devices, the PRL resides on the RUIM. ) before traveling. This does not require any prior application. In addition to the eight territories now covered by the data roaming service, KDDI plans to expand data roaming availability to other countries where voice roaming is already provided. KDDI continues to work to bring more convenience to users of au mobile phones when they travel overseas. About KDDI Corporation KDDI (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9433) is a diversified telecommunication operator formed by the merger of DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. , KDD KDD Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (International Conference) KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDD Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan) KDD Key Distribution Device and IDO Ido (ē`dō), short name of Esperandido, an artificial language that is a simplified version of Esperanto. See international language. in 2000, and is the only domestic company that provides both mobile communication service and broadband service. The number of subscribers to the mobile phone services under the au and TuKa brands is over 25 million, and the number of fixed-line subscribers (MyLine) is approximately 7.2 million. The 73 KDDI group companies have more than 8,300 and turnover of 3.060 billion yen through March 2006. At KDDI, aggressive improvement of the communications environment in preparation for the coming ubiquitous network society is underway and KDDI is aiming to become a "ubiquitous solution company" that provides high value-added solutions. For more information, please visit www.kddi.com. Source: KDDI Corporation Contact: Sarah Hall, Japan Corporate news, for KDDI Corp. +81-3-5791-1821 sarah@japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion