JCI Delivers Unique Pre-paid Communications: "VISITOR SIM" for Visitors to Japan

Tokyo, Japan, July 25th - Japan Communications Inc.(JCI) today announced the release of The "VISITOR SIM". This new product will be available starting July 27th for foreign travelers to Japan. This product will help visitors to Japan have a simple and inexpensive way to try out and experience the most technically advanced data network in the world. The VISITOR SIM is an English Language Product. The VISITOR SIM can be purchased through the JCI English website (http://www.bmobile.ne.jp/english/) where the customer will be guided in English in the purchase process. The customers of the VISITOR SIM will have a special English call in number which will be in operation 6 days a week. This special feature of the VISITOR SIM enables full English support of customers staffed by native English speakers from JCI in Japan as well as from its employees in the United States.

In this information age, the Smartphone is a necessary tool which must accompany a traveler. Beginning with maintaining contact with home via email, the Smartphone is a tool to help the visitor when he/she reaches the destination of their choosing. The Smartphone is the device which enables you to know where you are and where you want to go. In addition, in Japan, the Smartphone will guide you as to how best to get to your destination, describing the best route including on the ground by bus or car or using the extensive network of Railroads and Subways.

In the past, this necessary tool the Smartphone was prohibitably expensive to use except in your home country with your home network. Roaming in foreign countries with your Smartphone can be dangerous as you can be stranded with huge data communication charges when you return home.

b-mobile VISITOR SIM 14Days Prepaid

The Japanese Government has opened the Market to eliminate "SIMLOCK" handsets and more importantly enabled the sale of SIM Cards openly. Now you can purchase a JCI VISITOR SIM and feel safe as you know what you are paying because it is prepaid. You can be comfortable that if you ever have a question you can browse through the English instructions on the package or on our web page or even simply pick up the phone during the hours of the VISITOR SIM Help Desk operation.
The VISITOR SIM is available in two product families each of which provide a standard size SIM as well as a Micro SIM.

The first, 14 Day Flat Rate is designed specifically for the Smartphone and is set to provide you with the very best performance to enable the capabilities of your Smartphone applications with the exception of streaming video (YouTube) or voice over IP (Skype).

Second, 1-GB Prepaid is designed specifically for the Smartphone applications which may require broad bandwidth or speed to enable the user to access applications such as YouTube or Skype from time to time. This SIM will be effective for 14 days but the service will be limited to the usage up to 1 Giga Byte of data communications.

Both VISITOR SIMS; The Fourteen Days Flat Rate and the 1GB Prepaid, will be available on sale starting 13:00 Japan Time July 27, 2012. These products will be available for you to purchase from the JCI English Web Site (http://www.bmobile.ne.jp/english/).

b-mobile VISITOR SIM 1GB Prepaid

Your order will be processed and the SIM of your choice will be delivered to the hotel of your designation prior to your arrival in Japan. You can simply install your VISITOR SIM and begin to use it right away. These products will also be available very soon in airport sales counters and travel outlets for foreign visitors in both Japan and in the various Home Countries.

For product details, please refer to http://www.bmobile.ne.jp/english

※Trademark registration for VISITOR SIM is pending.
All company names and product names used in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks.
Product specifications and prices are subject to change without advance notice.

This is an English-language translation of the original Japanese-language version. If there are discrepancies between this translation and the original, the original shall be definitive.