3G Global Roaming Service Area Expansion for Vodafone KK

ASIA Japan: Vodafone K.K. announces today that from 15 December 2005 it will expand global roaming service areas in which customers can use the same Vodafone K.K. 3G handset* that they use in Japan.

With this expansion, voice roaming will be available to Vodafone K.K. customers traveling to Kazakhstan, allowing customers to make voice calls in 130 countries and regions.

Additionally, customers will also be able to make video calls in Germany from 15 December. With this addition to supported areas, customers will be able to make video calls in 7 countries and regions including the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Hong Kong, Canary Islands, Singapore and Germany.

To further improve customer convenience, Vodafone K.K. is progressively increasing the number of roaming partners in countries and regions that support global roaming. As of 15 December, Vodafone K.K. will have tied up with multiple operators in 56 of the 130 countries and regions where voice roaming is already available, enabling customers to roam on a total of 182 networks.

Since service launch, the number of customers availing of Vodafone K.K.’s global roaming service continues to increase, with the number of users in the first half of fiscal 2005 increasing by approximately 82% over the first half of fiscal 2004.

Vodafone K.K. will further enhance its global roaming compatible 3G handset lineup and continue to expand roaming service areas to offer even richer global communication to customers.

Global roaming service areas (as of 15 December 2005) Service Countries and regions Operators

Voice calls 130 182
SMS 128 179
Vodafone live! (Web, MMS) 56 76
Mobile data communications 56 77
Video calls 7 9

 

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