Vodafone K.K. further expands international roaming service areas

3 new additions bring total up to 154 countries and regions

Vodafone K.K. announces today that from 7 June 2006 it will expand international roaming service areas in which customers can use their Vodafone K.K. 3G handsets abroad. With this 3 area expansion, roaming will be available to Vodafone K.K. customers traveling to Bolivia (in South America), and Gabon and Zimbabwe (both in Africa), enabling them to make voice calls in a total of 154 countries and regions.

To further improve customer convenience, Vodafone K.K. is progressively increasing the number of roaming partners in countries and regions where roaming is available. As of 7 June, Vodafone K.K. will have tied up with multiple operators in 61 of the 154 supported countries and regions, allowing customers to roam on a total of 217 networks.

Since launching international roaming services in December 2002, Vodafone K.K. has expanded its lineup of 3G handsets that can be used abroad. Currently customers can choose from 11 models capable of roaming in the latest Vodafone K.K. catalogue (for May 2006). Vodafone K.K. will continue to expand roaming service areas to offer even richer global communication to customers.

Tags: Japan, Regional, Vodafone

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