Japanese Web contents can be viewed in outside Japan. The operation is precisely same as in Japan
Example of Web Communication Fees Outside Japan *1
For mainland USA, Hawaii, China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, UK, Italy and France.
| Minimum Fee *2 (up to 10 KB) | ¥100 |
|---|---|
| Additional Fee (over the 10 KB) | ¥5/KB |
SoftBank 3G S! Mail (MMS) Web Communication Fee Outside Japan *3
| Amount of Data | Approximate Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Short Text (approx. 250 two-byte characters) |
1.5 KB | ¥100 |
| Sha-mail (approx. 320 x 240 dots) |
30 KB | ¥200 |
| Movie Sha-mail (approx. 30 seconds) |
300 KB | ¥1,550 |
| Yahoo! Keitai Top page | 30 KB | ¥200 |
| S! Appli (game download) |
1 MB (1,024 KB) |
¥5,700 |
| Chaku-Uta® | 150 KB | ¥970 |
| Chaku-Uta Full® | 3 MB (3,072 KB) |
¥16,850 |
| Y! Movie (approx. 5 minutes) *4 |
2.5 MB (2,560 KB) |
¥13,500 |
- *1 Minimum usage fee for countries/regions which have multiple telecommunications carriers.
- *2 Web communication sessions of 10 KB or less are subject to minimum fee.
- *3 Fees may vary depending on handset model, settings, display resolution and other factors.
- *4 A 5-minute movie viewed on iPhone 3G is approx. 4 MB (4,096 KB) and costs ¥8,700.
- Internet connections, including E Mail(i), outside Japan using iPhone 3G are charged ¥2 per 1 KB of data.
- Internet connections outside Japan using X Series are charged ¥2 per 1 KB of data.
Attention
Fees for large data downloads (such as movies) or when using Chaku-Uta Full® outside Japan may be very expensive.
See all areas and fees / rates
Fees for web services outside Japan are not included in service plans, free e-mail or discount services for Mail and Web communication.
- Subscription to S! Basic Pack is required to use web services outside Japan.
- Availability of web services and applicable fees depend on country, region and/or local telecommunications carriers. See Global Roaming Service Areas and Call Fee List for details.
- Methods of calculating data volume by telecommunications carriers outside Japan may not be the same as SoftBank's.
- File downloads and streaming applications outside Japan may not function properly due to network conditions.
- Communication fees outside Japan will be charged by service type (unlike Japan).
- Connection failures resulting in communication errors outside Japan may still be subject to fees.
