A normal android phone with a dataonly sim provided by docomo will most likely still not show signal bars. There are many dataonly sims from a number of different japanese mvnos, including bmobile. The sim cards operate on the ntt docomo network but are provided by a separate company i. One of the benefits of having a sim card is having a japanese. An mvno, or mobile virtual network operator, pays an mno like ntt docomo in. The advent of japan mvno carriers is great news for those looking for a. Im not a heavy phone user, so a few years ago i switched to an mvno that uses the docomo network.
Improved fix for docomo mvno dataonly sim cell standby. Until now, marubeni network solutions had been providing wireless network solutions by using sim cards lent by. February 12, 2020 marubeni corporation marubeni begins. Rakuten mobile prepaid sim is a onetime use data transmissiononly sim card that can. These may offer superior value over full price data plans from the big carriers. Japan telecompaper telecom news and research mvno list. The new fix uses a simple xposed module, so it can be performed entirely on the phone and can be easily disabled when you use a voice sim. Compliant with the service area of ntt docomos lte network 3. Ntt docomo does not sell prepaid cards directly to tourists and they are all done via an mvno.
Ntt docomo does not sell prepaid cards directly to tourists and they are all. In general, the offerings from mvnos in japan are so. I was using a docomo sim and i spent the first few days in tokyo damning my. When purchasing a ntt docomo sim card, there are many sim cards available that all advertise themselves as ntt docomo data sims. Iijmios lowcost sims can be used with many simunlocked devices, and ntt docomo devices. Which of japans three mobile operators ntt docomo, softbank. For most mvnos in japan, this means using mega provider ntt docomos high speed lte network.
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