actually Vodafone.jp was in a better position to cooperate with JR (because they used to be JR-Phone) but they gave up the opportunity. the right thing to do. hope we can see more Vodafone.jp initiatives to compete in the Japanese market, than they being forced to follow others in the last minute. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mailReceived on Fri Feb 25 13:21:44 2005