Japan’s NTT DoCoMo plans to offer ‘World Wing,’ an international ...
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo plans to offer “World Wing,” an international wireless roaming service for its 3G subscribers, starting June 1. The carrier said the service would allow its subscribers traveling overseas to make and receive calls by inserting a…
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chip from their DoCoMo handset into any GSM handset that had international roaming capabilities. DoCoMo said it didn’t plan to levy a monthly charge for the service and fees would depend on the country where it was being used. DoCoMo said it also planned to provide rental GSM handsets for use overseas. The roaming service will be available in 53 countries at the start, with plans to expand it eventually to 72, DoCoMo said.