bikkle wrote:KDDI to start flat rate for e-mail, Internet transmissions in JapanThis is the first time for a telecoms operator to provide a fixed rate for data transmission via mobile phones in Japan.
KDDI will set the flat rate at 4,200 yen a month for its "au" cellular phone service, starting on November 28.
SOLD!
But.... the Asahi very mysteriously reports in the print edition in Thursday's "Business Briefs" pg 21 of Oct 23 that:
"The carrier said it will be the first flat-rate service for data transmission though cellphones, although the flat rate will not allow users to collect a notebook to the Internet.
WTF!:?:


Check later to see if the full story is posted http://www.asahi.com/english/index.html