KDDI Expands 'GLOBAL PASSPORT' International Roaming Service in Indonesia;New Service Area Includes Bali.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 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 (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9433) and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce the expansion of their "GLOBAL PASSPORT" international roaming service, which enables au mobile handsets used in Japan to be used without modification overseas, to the island of Bali in Indonesia. Voice roaming service has been available in Jakarta, Surabaya, and other major cities on the island of Java, and on the island of Madura, since October 1, 2004, with the cooperation of Indonesia's PT. Mobile-8 Telecom. The same service will be available in Bali beginning on September 13 of this year. "GLOBAL PASSPORT" does not require any special sign-up or optional fees, and users overseas will be able to use the same au mobile handset and mobile phone number they use in Japan. With the launch of service in Bali, "GLOBAL PASSPORT" will now be available in 22 countries and regions including China, South Korea and the U.S. KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are also making arrangements with CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. carriers in other countries to provide "GLOBAL PASSPORT", so the overseas usable area for au handsets will grow further. About KDDI Corporation KDDI (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 See broadband and broadband service provider. . 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 Corporation +81-3-5791-1821 sarah@japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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