On the contrary, one of our great advantages is that we don’t have any hidden fees, which are often seen in other service providers.A telecommunication company with its own communication infrastructure, such as Docomo, Au, and Softbank, is called an MNO (Mobile Network Operator), while a company which rents an MNO’s resources to provide network services is called an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). Virtual Numbers in Japan can be used with our advanced cloud-based phone system, offering full PBX features such as voice menus, call recording, voice mail, call center and conferencing. Sakura Mobile offers a special discount call service called “Sakura691”. Some of them do sell phones too but just as an additional option. We have to say that their high prices are as a result of their strategy for bigger profits by selling the latest phones in the market and adding various optional functions such as voice mail, unlimited calling, call waiting and call transferring. A Japanese resident card with your Japanese address registered on it is required for a Voice SIM contract. International calling is available, too, but you have to pay for it.One interesting feature you get with Google Voice is transcribed calls, meaning that you can read your voicemail instead of listen to it. Plus, in the near future, we are planning to officially start providing phones as well.If your plan includes calls, then yes! Sakura Mobile are enabled to accept mobile number portability. Calling a Japanese phone number from overseas. Sakura Mobile can offer this capability through our partnership with Docomo, with English-speaking support.No, there aren’t.

Prepaid cell phones (often called "burner phones") are also an easy option for a temporary number, as well as temporary SIM cards. You can also port your "real" phone number to the Google Voice service.However, you can get free phone numbers without engagement and monthly bills. MVNOs often offer cheaper plans than the main mobile carriers.Reach an international audience today.It depends if your plan offers roaming abroad or not. BNESIM (www.bnesim.com) will give it to you for free. *And if that’s with Sakura Mobile — well, let’s just say you’ve made a pretty good choice.With Sakura Mobile, the speed ranges from 2 to 30 Mbps, depending on the time and place. Please try again.There are lots of apps you can use to make free internet phone calls. Some people just make or receive phone calls and do not need much data. How a company can create a local or international brand with a 1800 number. About 90 percent of the mobile phone users in Japan are under these conventional contracts.Yes. After that, you dial the country code. Google Voice lets you make free local calls within the U.S. to any phone number, like businesses, other cell phones, and home phones.