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JCI Offers iPhone 5 Users Visiting Japan NANO VISITOR SIM

March 7, 2013

JCI Offers iPhone 5 Users Visiting Japan NANO VISITOR SIM

TOKYO, Japan March 7, 2013 Japan Communications Inc. (JCI) is making All b-mobile VISITOR SIM products available in Nano-SIM format, now visitors to Japan who use iPhone 5® may easily and economically use 3G cellular data communications during their stay in Japan.

VISITOR SIM products have been available in both Standard as well as Micro-SIM cards. With the addition of the Nano-SIMs, the VISITOR SIM products may be used with SIM lock-free iPhone 5 handsets as well as with iPad mini®*.

The Nano-SIM and all other versions of VISITOR SIM are available today through the JCI English website at www.bmobile.ne.jp/english.

HIGHLIGHTS OF VISITOR SIM PRODUCTS:
Package Versions Description Common Benefits

VISITOR SIM 14Days
b-mobile VISITOR SIM
14Days Prepaid

Fixed price, good for 14 days.
While not for VoIP or data streaming usages, it has an adequate service performance to meet the needs of smartphone users.
  • No contracts required
  • Can be purchased online at the JCI English website before visiting Japan (www.bmobile.ne.jp/english)
  • JCI English Language Customer Support Desk is available six days a week from Mondays through Saturdays between 7am and 11am (+81-3-6721-5032).
  • Can be picked up at hotels, or at Japan Post Offices at major airports upon arrival in Japan
  • No extra step to activate, just need to insert the SIM and set APN on handhelds
  • Available for use under the nationwide DOCOMO 3G network (W-CDMA / HSPA), the high quality and stable network in Japan.
  • Both packages of VISITOR SIM are priced at JPY3,980 (JP Consumption Tax inclusive)

VISITOR SIM 14Days
b-mobile VISITOR SIM
1GB Prepaid

Up to 1GBytes. Perfect for use with Skype® and other VoIP services


JCI fully endorses the ongoing programs by the Japanese Government, which promote international tourists to Japan, by planning, developing, and offering its specialized SIM services such as b-mobile VISITOR SIM to meet the needs of the visitors. JCI actively participates in enabling the visitors to make their limited time during stay in Japan enjoyable, convenient, and effective by empowering them with access to the mobile Internet in Japan.

JCI designs, develops, and sells b-mobile, the best mobile Internet enabling product for consumers in the world. Founded on May 24, 1996, JCI has shown how innovative mobile service businesses can be. JCI has defined the profitable mobile Internet businesses through the Mobile Services Operator (MSO) business model, by leveraging the interconnection with NTT DOCOMO’s nationwide cellular network established in March, 2009, after 13 years in business. Under the openness policies set forth by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Japanese Government, JCI has been enabling its partner companies that range from manufacutrers, distributors, and to software developers, to expand their respective businesses without relying upon business of cellular carriers. JCI has accomplished its mobile wireless connectivity offerings by optimizing the telecommunications components to respective businesses, by leverating JCI’s own cutting-edge technologies in security and real-time authentications. JCI provides its own b-mobile branded products through its Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) business, while expanding its connectivity services to partner companies in various industries such as manufacturers and system integrators with its Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) business.

* SIM Lock-free iPhone 5 (model number A1429 (GSM)), iPad mini (model number A1455), as of March, 2013.

Product and service specifications on VISITOR SIM is available online at www.bmobile.ne.jp/english.

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