Vodafone K.K. announced that on July 1, 2004 it will introduce Vodafone Happy Time 2, a service that lets Vodafone K.K. customers enjoy 30 minutes of free call time after the first 5 minutes when calling other Vodafone K.K. customers on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays.
With the introduction of Vodafone Happy Time 2, the original Vodafone Happy Time service introduced in October 2003 will come to a close at the end of June 2004.
Details of Vodafone Happy Time 2 are as follows.
1. Description
Vodafone Happy Time 2 lets Vodafone K.K. customers enjoy 30 minutes of free call time after the first 5 minutes when calling other Vodafone K.K. customers during Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays.
*Call rates for the first 5 minutes and duration after 35 minutes will be applied according to the customer's price plan.
2. Eligibility
Vodafone Happy Time 2 will be automatically applied to all Vodafone K.K. mobile handset customers.
*Not applicable to Vodafone Prepaid Service and Pj (prepaid handsets sold mainly in the Tokai region) handset customers.
*Not applicable to 3G service videotelephony calls.
3. Date of Introduction
July 1, 2004 (to be applied from Saturday, July 3)
With its "passion for customers", Vodafone K.K. will continue to work on products and services to offer enriched communications.
About Vodafone K.K.
Vodafone K.K., formerly J-PHONE Co., Ltd., is a leading mobile operator in Japan with over 15 million customers and a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile community. The Tokyo-based company offers a wide range of sophisticated mobile voice and data services including Vodafone live!, which provides e-mail and internet access to 86% of its customers, and Sha-mail, the pioneering picture messaging service first introduced in November 2000 that now has over 11 million users. In December 2002, Vodafone K.K. launched the world's first commercial 3G W-CDMA service based on 3GPP, the international standard. Vodafone K.K.'s 3G service offers its customers fast data speeds in Japan and roaming on 127 networks in 93 countries and regions as of April 19, 2004. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.jp
- Vodafone Prepaid Service and Pj are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vodafone K.K.
- Vodafone and the speech mark symbol are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vodafone Group Plc.
Vodafone Group is the world's leading mobile carrier and as of the end of December 2003, had equity interests in 26 countries and 327.1m venture customers, with a further eleven partner networks.
For further information, please contact:
Matthew Nicholson
Vodafone K.K. Public Relations
Tel: 03-6403-1000 (+81-3-6403-1000)
Email: matthew.nicholson@vodafone.com
