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From Inmarsat-A mobile terminals, it is possible to use not only telephone and telex but also facsimile and data communications (all operating at a speed of approx. 4800 bps).

Usage
The procedure for using KDDI Inmarsat service from Inmarsat-A mobile terminals is as follows:

1.  Switch on the power, and point the antenna towards the Ocean Region satellite serving your location.
2.  Dial "03#", the KDDI LES (Land Earth Station) Code.
3.  Dial "00", the code for Automatic Dialing.
4.  Then dial either the telephone number or telex number beginning with the appropriate country code. When making a transmission to other Inmarsat mobile terminals, dial the Ocean Region code and the equipment ID number.
5.  Finally dial "#".

KDDI LES (Land Earth Station) Code
Ocean Region
Atlantic-West
Atlantic-East
Indian
Pacific
LES Code
03
03
03
03

Ocean Region Code
Ocean Region
All Ocean Region
Atlantic-West
Atlantic-East
Indian
Pacific
Telephone, Facsimile
870
874
871
873
872
Telex
-
584
581
583
582

"Auto-Routing" functionality now enables users to have communications automatically routed to any ocean region by simply selecting the Universal Ocean Region Code "870" and determine the ocean region where the destination terminal is located.

This function is unavailable for communication to Inmarsat-A mobile terminal.

When sending a facsimile transmission to an Inmarsat-A mobile terminal, please dial "81" between the Ocean Region code and ID number.

In addition to the Automatic Dialing Code (00), various other services can be used by using the following codes.

Code
Service Content
Answering Party/Terminal
00 (telephone, telex)
Automatic connection (Continue entry of other party's number)
Telephone or telex terminal of dialed party
11 (telephone, telex)
International operator assistance
KDDI Operator (Telex is Only POR & IOR)
12 (telephone, telex)
Information
KDDI operator
32 (telephone, telex)
Medical advice
Medical institution
33 (telephone, telex)
Technical assistance
KDDI operator (technician)
34 (only telephone)
Person-to-person call
KDDI operator
35 (only telephone)
Collect call
KDDI operator
36 (only telephone)
Credit card call
KDDI operator
37 (only telephone)
Communication charge information
KDDI operator (Only POR & IOR)
38 (telephone, telex)
Medical assistance
Medical institution

Charges

Charges from Inmarsat-A (Telephone)
As of Jun. 1, 2004
(tax exemption)

Group
Country
Rate Hours
From Japanese Terminals
From Foreign Terminals
Telephone (yen)
Telephone (US$)
Direct dialing Calls
Every 6 sec.
Group 0
Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore
Standard
68
0.58
Off peak
50
0.43
Group 1
U.S.A. (Mainland), Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Canada, Mexico, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, Saipan, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Canary Is.
Standard
72
0.62
Off peak
59
0.50
Group 2
Others
Standard
83
0.71
Off peak
59
0.50
To Inmarsat-A
Standard
136
1.16
Off peak
118
1.01
To Inmarsat-B
Standard
105
0.89
Off peak
87
0.74
To Inmarsat-Fleet
Standard
93
0.78
Off peak
74
0.63
To Inmarsat-M
Standard
120
1.02
Off peak
102
0.87
To Inmarsat-Mini-M & M4
Standard
92
0.78
Off peak
74
0.63
To Thuraya Satellite Mobile Phone
Standard
107
0.92
Off peak
89
0.76
To Iridium Satellite Mobile Phone
Standard
122
1.05
Off peak
104
0.89

Charges from Inmarsat-A (Telex)
As of Apr. 1, 2004
(tax exemption)

Country
Rate Hours
From Japanese Terminals
From Foreign Terminals
Telex (yen)
Telex (US$)
Automatic Calls
Every 1 min.
To Japan
All Day
500
4.31
To Asia, America, Oceania
All Day
890
7.68
To Europe
All Day
1,150
9.93
To Africa
All Day
1,200
10.36
To Inmarsat-A
All Day
1,000
8.62
To Inmarsat-B
All Day
940
8.11
To Inmarsat-C
All Day
875
7.55

KDDI Land Earth Station (LES) can be used from the all four ocean regions (POR, IOR, AOR-W ,and AOR-E) by entering LES code "03" The rates are the same forcalls from all these ocean regions.
Station-to-station calls and person-to-person calls can be used from only the POR, IOR Regions.
Discount rate periods for each ocean regions are as follows:
Pacific Ocean Region 22:00-02:00 (following morning) JST (13:00-17:00 UTC)
Indian Ocean Region 07:00-11:00 JST (22:00-02:00 (following morning) UTC)
Atlantic-East Ocean Region 10:30-14:30 JST (01:30-05:30 UTC)
Atlantic-West Ocean Region 08:30-12:30 JST (23:30-03:30 (following morning) UTC)
For Asia, America and Oceania, the following countries are included.
Afghanistan (Operator Call only), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor (Operator Call only), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Korea (Demo People's Rep. of), Korea (Rep. of), Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam, Yemen (Former Yemen Arab Rep.)
Alaska, American Virgin Is., Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Is., Canada, Cayman Is., Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Rep., Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Christopher & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Pierre & Miquelon, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Is., Uruguay, U.S.A. (Mainland), Venezuela
American Samoa, Australia, Christmas Is., Cocos Keeling Is., Cook Is., Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Marshall Is., Micronesia, Midway (Operator-assisted call only), Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Is., Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saipan, Solomon Is., Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Is. (Operator-assisted call only), Western Samoa
For Europe, the following countries are included.
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Azores Is., Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Is., Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (Hellenic Rep.), Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovak, Slovenia, Spain, Spanish North Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Yugoslavia
For Africa, the following countries are included.
Algeria, Angola, Ascension, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,Diego Garcia (Telex only), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea (Operator-assisted call only), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (Operator-assisted call only), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Reunion, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Operator-assisted call only), South Africa, St. Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara (Operator-assisted call only), Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Please note that the actual amount billed may vary from the sum of the individual charges including tax because the tax payable is calculated from the sum of the individual charges excluding tax.
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