Will packet flat rate plans disappear even in Japan? E-Mobile also official answer

America's largest mobile phone company"Verizon Wireless" will abolish the packet flat rate plan from this month and switch to pay-per-use billing, About the fact that the top two companies in the U.S. have shifted to the pay-as-you-go system, whether the situation will be similar in Japan by 4580 yen per month for calls and data communications will be fixed amount "Call flat rate free campaign"We asked e-Mobile which develops a slightly different strategy with the three major companies, including launching the"

In addition, for similar questions alreadyKDDIYaSoftBank mobile,NTT docomoHas responded.

The inquiries and answers are as follows.

GIGAZINE:
As of July 2011, is traffic of 3G network increasing?

E-Mobile:
It is increasing.

GIGAZINE:
Do you predict when the traffic will reach the limit at the present time?

E-Mobile:
We do not disclose it in particular.

GIGAZINE:
Verizon Wireless in the US and AT & T reviews the "packet flat rate plan" and switched to pay-per-use billing, but is there any possibility of review if traffic continues to grow?

E-Mobile:
There is nothing concretely determined now.

GIGAZINE:
Mobile phones companies are making efforts to distribute the traffic of 3G networks, but please tell us about your efforts.

E-Mobile:
We are working on data offloading by introducing a combination of mobile communication and fixed communication menu.

Because we are aggressively developing data communication services, the main efforts that e-Mobile believes is likely to be affected by traffic increase is to provide a service combining mobile communication and fixed communication "EMOBILE light".

It uses e-Mobile's network from 2:00 to 20:00, and by using the home optical fiber network from 20: 00 to 2: 00 which is generally considered as the time zone when traffic increases , It has adopted innovative idea that both networks can be used with less than 6000 yen a month.

Incidentally, as with the three major companies, eMobile also implements bandwidth limitation for heavy users of data communication, but the content is "if the packet traffic volume every 24 hours exceeds 3 million packets (366 MB), that day "Communication speed control is carried out from 21 o'clock to 2 o'clock the next day", adopting the one lighter than the standard of "3 million packets in 3 days" launched by other companies and also limiting the time period for further control In consideration of that, it may be that there is more traffic than the big three companies.

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