The Big 3 wireless carriers in the U.S. are giving subscribers free calls to Japan in the wake of the Sendai earthquake that, along with a follow-up tsunami, devastated the country Friday, March 11. Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint made the announcements on Monday, March 14.
Verizon Wireless will essentially cover an entire month of calls. Calls, MMS and SMS messages sent from March 11 to April 10 will be free. In addition, for any long-distance calls made to Japan from the U.S. using Verizon Prepaid Phone Card will be free, as well. Finally, Verizon will give FiOS TV customers who are not subscribed to TV Japan, the 24 hour Japanese news channel until March 17. The channel location is 1770.
AT&T is running its program to cover the period from March 11 through the end of the month. Both wired and wireless customers can take advantage of the offer, although wired customers face a 60 minute limit. AT&T wireline subscribers can call AT&T customer support upon receipt of their bill and receive adjusted call billing for up to 60 minutes of air time from March 11 to March 31.
Meanwhile, AT&T Wireless postpaid customers will similarly not be charged for international long distance use from the United States and Puerto Rico to Japan, or for MMS or SMS messages, either.
Additionally, U-Verse customers will, just as with Verizon's FIOS TV, have free access to TV Japan. On U-Verse it is channel 3680 and, just as with Verizon, that free service will run through March 17.
The nation's third largest carrier, Sprint, has also announced free calls and text messaging to Japan. As with its CDMA rival, Verizon, Sprint's program will run from March 11 to April 10.
Japan continues to suffer through what is being called the country's worst crisis since World War II. Not only was it hammered by both an earthquake and tsunami, some of its nuclear reactors are teetering on the verge of a nuclear meltdown, two of them have exploded after hydrogen built up, and an official said that 22 people have been confirmed to have suffered radiation contamination and up to 190 may have been exposed.
Verizon Wireless will essentially cover an entire month of calls. Calls, MMS and SMS messages sent from March 11 to April 10 will be free. In addition, for any long-distance calls made to Japan from the U.S. using Verizon Prepaid Phone Card will be free, as well. Finally, Verizon will give FiOS TV customers who are not subscribed to TV Japan, the 24 hour Japanese news channel until March 17. The channel location is 1770.
AT&T is running its program to cover the period from March 11 through the end of the month. Both wired and wireless customers can take advantage of the offer, although wired customers face a 60 minute limit. AT&T wireline subscribers can call AT&T customer support upon receipt of their bill and receive adjusted call billing for up to 60 minutes of air time from March 11 to March 31.
Meanwhile, AT&T Wireless postpaid customers will similarly not be charged for international long distance use from the United States and Puerto Rico to Japan, or for MMS or SMS messages, either.
Additionally, U-Verse customers will, just as with Verizon's FIOS TV, have free access to TV Japan. On U-Verse it is channel 3680 and, just as with Verizon, that free service will run through March 17.
The nation's third largest carrier, Sprint, has also announced free calls and text messaging to Japan. As with its CDMA rival, Verizon, Sprint's program will run from March 11 to April 10.
Japan continues to suffer through what is being called the country's worst crisis since World War II. Not only was it hammered by both an earthquake and tsunami, some of its nuclear reactors are teetering on the verge of a nuclear meltdown, two of them have exploded after hydrogen built up, and an official said that 22 people have been confirmed to have suffered radiation contamination and up to 190 may have been exposed.
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