(keitai-l) Re: SIM cards in Japan 2008

I was in Kyoto last month and stopped by the Softbank shop to ask if I could
get a pre-paid (3G) SIM, and the answer was 'no, but we are working on it.'
They were working on it more than two years ago when I worked there, but
then along came the threat of government regulation, and we didn't want to
raise the profile of prepaid and so we laid off of it. Maybe Softbank has
more kintama than the senior guys at Vodafone KK did. (none) At this point,
though, there are no prepaid SIM cards.
Best,
Nik
On Jan 18, 2008 8:20 AM, Arnold P. Siboro <asiboro@maltech.jp> wrote:

>
> Only Softbank (and perhaps DoCoMo? I heard they were quitting prepaid
> service) provides prepaid service that we are common in many countries,
> but as far as i know all are in the form of handsets with number
> information
> injected to it (i.e., without SIM card).
>
> On 2008/01/18, at 12:01, Chandrashekhar Singh wrote:
>
> > Again pre-paid is a kind of service come with handset, but not all
> > carrier
> > sale the set
> > in which SIM is removable. thats the problem.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> > [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Wong Jeat Shyan
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:58 AM
> > To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> > Subject: (keitai-l) Re: SIM cards in Japan 2008
> >
> >
> > I presume it is possible to buy a SIM with contract but without a
> > phone
> > in Japan.
> >
> > How about pre-paid SIM?
> >
> > JS
> >
> > Chandrashekhar Singh wrote:
> >> In japan there is no concept of selling SIM card to customer ,
> >> without
> >> handset and contract
> >> of services, so for you it will be difficult to buy only SIM as in
> >> other
> >> country.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> >> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Arnold P. Siboro
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:19 PM
> >> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> >> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: SIM cards in Japan 2008
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You need to go to any official carrier's shops, as resellers only
> >> sell subscription bundled with handset. Calling plans are exactly
> >> the same. Getting SIM card only subscription is in fact a subset
> >> of getting a SIM card subscription bundled with handset.
> >>
> >> On 2008/01/17, at 14:54, William G. Perrin III wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> That wasn't evident to me looking at any of the carriers websites.
> >>> It's good
> >>> to hear though. Are the calling plans and services offered
> >>> different? I
> >>> would assume a SIM card alone would be limited and thus priced
> >>> differently.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Behalf Of Arnold P. Siboro
> >>>>
> >>>> All 3G carriers in Japan sell SIM cards (i.e., accept SIM card only
> >>>> subscription). You need to be resident in Japan though to be
> >>>> eligible
> >>>> to subscribe.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 2008/01/16, at 19:08, William G. Perrin III wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> An article today in Japan Inc. about smartphones got me
> >>>>> wondering...
> >>>>> http://www.japaninc.com/mgz_jan-feb_2008_smartphone
> >>>>> They talk about the HTC phones a lot and mention 2, the HTC P3600
> >>>>> and HTC
> >>>>> Advantage X7501, both of which advertise that they're SIM lock
> >>>>> free
> >>>>> (http://www.japan.htc.com/products.htm). How would you be able to
> >>>>> use one of
> >>>>> these phones if you live in Japan? Are any of the carriers selling
> >>>>> SIM
> >>>>> cards?
> >>>>>
> >>>
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