KDDI Expands 'GLOBAL PASSPORT' International Roaming Service in Indonesia;New Service Area Includes Bali.Tokyo, Japan, Sept 11, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - KDDI (TSE: 9433) and Okinawa Okinawa (ō'kĭnä`wä), island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. Naha is the largest city and chief port. 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 Bali (bä`lē), island and (with two offshore islets) province (1990 pop. 2,777,356), c.2,200 sq mi (5,700 sq km), E Indonesia, westernmost of the Lesser Sundas, just E of Java across the narrow Bali Strait. The capital is Denpasar. in Indonesia. Voice roaming service has been available in Jakarta, Surabaya Surabaya, Surabaja, or Soerabaja (s  rəbī`ə, Du. s räbä`yä), city (1990 pop. 2,473,272), capital of East Java prov., and other major cities on the
island of Java, and on the island of Madura Madura or Madoera (both: mäd`rä), island (1990 pop. 3,015,124), c.1,760 sq mi (4,560 sq km), Indonesia, near the northeast coast of Java, from which it is separated by Madura Strait., 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 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, KDD 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 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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