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Japanese phones are so kick ass they get signal from South Korea

Categories: International Roaming
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 at 8:27 AM

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People living at the most southern point in Japan are being charged for international roaming because their mobile phones are getting signal from the cell phone towers in South Korea, 53 km (33 miles) away. If that isn’t amazing, I don’t know what is. NTT DoCoMo says 38 models exhibit this problems and the only solution is to deactivate international roaming in their device.

[Via: Cellular News]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Jamar

    This could be a selling point for the Korean side, though- No roaming charges when you visit Japan!