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14th April 2005 - Vodafone K.K. announced that it will
introduce an additional measure on 25 April 2005 to
confirm the identification of all customers using prepaid
mobile phones sold under the Vodafone Prepaid Service*
to prevent the inappropriate use of prepaid mobile phones
in Japan.
A change will be implemented to confirm the identity
of all prepaid customers, including existing customers
that purchased prepaid handsets in the past. Those unable
to provide the requested information within a certain
period will have their lines suspended.
Details of the measure are as follows:
(1) Via its website, mail and other communication methods,
Vodafone K.K. will request that prepaid customers register
their ID information. The following types of customers
are affected:
- Customers who are currently using prepaid mobile phones,
but did not register ID information
- Customers who registered ID information but have since
seen a change in registration details
Customers who register ID information with Vodafone
K.K. will be treated as Vodafone K.K. subscribers. Customers
who registered ID information at time of purchase, but
have since transferred prepaid mobile phones to third
parties, and are not using them, are required to report
this information to Vodafone K.K.
(2) Customers will be able to register their ID information
at Vodafone shops nationwide from 25 April until 31
October 2005.
(3) From November 2005, Vodafone K.K. will begin suspending
the lines of customers unable to provide ID information
within the given timeframe above.
In addition to implementing this measure to confirm
the ID of prepaid customers, Vodafone K.K. will introduce
a transfer system for its prepaid service to manage
customer information. Customers wishing to transfer
a prepaid mobile phones to third parties will be required
to report this information to Vodafone K.K.
Vodafone K.K. has already implemented the following
measures for prepaid service ID confirmation:
(1) Since December 2004, at time of purchase, customers
can only use prepaid mobile phones after their ID information
has been confirmed and registered on Vodafone K.K.'s
customer information system.
(2) Since December 2004, Vodafone K.K. has been confirming
the ID of existing prepaid customers when requested
by municipal governments, and has suspended lines if
customers failed to provide the information requested.
*Vodafone Prepaid Service and Pj. Pj is a prepaid service
that offers mobile phones mainly in the Tokai region.
- Vodafone Prepaid Service and Pj are trademarks of
Vodafone K.K.
- Vodafone is a registered trademark of Vodafone Group
Plc.
- Vodafone Group is the world's leading mobile carrier
and as of the end of December 2004, had equity interests
in 26 countries and 416.4m venture customers, with a
further fourteen partner networks
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