TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional
subsidiaries today announced a new service for DoCoMo's 3G FOMAT corporate
subscribers that will offer flat-rate billing for domestic calls among all
lines registered under the same subscriber contract beginning June 1, 2008.
The monthly service fee (separate from the basic monthly charge) will be 945
yen (including tax) per registered line.
Free-time allowances for calls to other (non-group) lines will remain
unchanged in accordance with the terms of the subscriber's existing
contract, so users who frequently call outside of their corporate group will
continue to enjoy the benefits of DoCoMo's competitive phone rates.
The service may be used with numerous FOMA billing plans: Type M, Type L,
Type LL and Type Business; Value Course Type M value, Type L value, Type LL
value and Type Business value; and Type M 2in1T, Type L 2in1, Type LL 2in1
and Type Business 2in1. It also may be used in conjunction with other
discount services, such as Ichinen Discount, Business Discount and Ikkatsu
Discount. Office Discount, however, is excluded. The service is limited to
use with contracts covering between 11 and 300 lines.
Domestic videophone, international calls and roaming, as well as PushTalkT,
are not covered. Calls that continue for an excessive period of time may be
terminated if DoCoMo determines that they interfere with other
communication.
In a separate release:
TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional
subsidiaries announced today that domestic voice calls between family
members subscribing to the Fami-wari MAX50 billing plan, currently
discounted at 30% off regular rates, will become completely free on a
24-hour/7-days-per-week basis effective April 1, 2008.
Subscribers to Fami-wari MAX50, the minimum two-year service with special
discounts for families launched in August 2007, will also receive a 60%
discount (currently 30%) on domestic videophone calls to family members.
Fami-wari MAX50 subscribers already enjoy a number of benefits, including
basic monthly fees reduced by 50% from the first year of subscription and
free i-modeT mail with family members.
In addition to the above, users who have been with DoCoMo at least 10 years
and subscribe to both the original Family Discount (or Office Discount) and
the New Ichinen Discount service for minimum one-year contracts will receive
free domestic voice calls to family members.
Furthermore, beginning June 1, 2008, corporate users who subscribe to both
the Office-wari MAX50 service and the Office-wari service will also receive
free voice and 60% off videophone charges for domestic calls to lines within
the same group.
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