• KT provides World’s First Wi-Fi Auto Roaming Service
  • Wi-Fi Auto Roaming is available with one click for KT subscriber in Japan
  • Wi-Fi Auto Roaming service free for 4,000 KT subscribers on a First-come, first-served basis

Those visiting Japan during Korean thanks giving day and business travellers may be able to take advantage of the world’s first commercial Wi-Fi auto roaming service between Korea and Japan and use it for free if they selected for the ‘Wi-Fi auto roaming customer group’ on the 16 of September 2013. KT Chairman, Lee Suk-Chae announced that this would be the World-first Wi-Fi auto roaming service between Korea and Japan.

The world’s first commercially successful Wi-Fi roaming service is provided in cooperation with NTT DOCOMO, INC., a leading Japanese mobile operator, and provides a way to use the Japanese local Wi-Fi network more conveniently with just one click instead of existing ID/PW authentication process.

KT subscribers traveling abroad will be able to use this service to get directions and search for travel information more quickly and conveniently.

This Wi-Fi auto roaming service with Japan has a symbolic meaning as the world’s first cross-country Wi-Fi roaming service and also demonstrates KT’s plans to expand Wi-Fi Auto roaming to other countries gradually based on the partnership.

KT will officially launch Wi-Fi this service early next year and will recruit 4,000 people for the ‘Wi-Fi Auto Roaming customer group’ open until 31st December 2013 through this site: www.olleh.com.

The appointed 4,000 individuals in the customer group who will have access to the free Wi-Fi auto roaming service will be provided with a user guide and be informed of the information on the Wi-Fi coverage available. Wi-Fi KT will also give a prize through a lottery process for subscribers who have left a customer review and image for promoting the Wi-Fi service.

In this year, under the support by NTT DOCOMO – the leading mobile operator in Japan, the coverage will be enlarged with coverage of Japan with approximately 30,000 hotspots covering major Japanese convince stores such as Seven Eleven, Family Mart, Lawson.

Director of KT Product 2 headquarter, Lee, Pil-Jae, states that KT will offer constant support to subscribers using the service

“We are honored to offer KT users the opportunity to experience Japanese high quality Wi-Fi areas with SIM authentication roaming. Through this kind of activity, we would like to contribute to SIM based authentication developments such as NGH in Wi-Fi industry, “ said Mr. Atsuhisa Shirai, Board Director of the WBA from NTT DOCOMO “We believe this technology will improve customer experience and satisfaction which is our first priority. We welcome KT as our chosen partner and their advanced service capability. We will continuously seek our roaming service has the best quality in the industry”

“Our operator members have been working tirelessly to advance global Wi-Fi roaming over the past 12 months and initiatives, such as the Interoperability Compliance Program (ICP), have been pivotal in facilitating seamless roaming between various networks. The news that KT & NTT DOCOMO have come together to launch an international Wi-Fi roaming service with auto-authentication is very encouraging, representing a significant milestone in bringing the Wi-Fi experience more in-line with that of cellular networks,” said Shrikant Shenwai, CEO of the WBA. “Thanks to this joint initiative, we have now the first truly seamless roaming agreement between two operators.”