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Japan : NTT DoCoMo announced today that beginning March 1 they will
increase the number of billing plans that can be combined with unlimited
3G FOMA i-mode packet communications for a flat monthly "Pake-Houdai"
rate of 4,095 yen (including tax).
At
present, flat-rate packet communications charges are available only
for FOMA billing plans starting from the Type M Plan at 6,930 yen (including
tax). Under the new scheme, however, all new FOMA billing plans introduced
from November 1, 2005 will offer the option of unlimited i-mode packet
communications for a flat monthly rate. Plans introduced prior to November
1, 2005, the FOMA Plan 39, FOMA Plan 49, Limit Plus, and non i-mode
data communications billing plans (FOMA Data Plan and FOMA Ubiquitous
Plan) may not be combined with "Pake-Houdai."
The
Pake-Houdai rate was introduced on June 1, 2004, and is being used by
approximately 4.45 million FOMA subscribers in Japan as of the end of
December 2005.
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