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Use an au IC-Card-compatible mobile phone in Japan.

* New subscribers to au can begin using GLOBAL PASSPORT GSM abroad two days after the first call is made within Japan.

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1 Purchase a GSM mobile phone for overseas use before departure.

Illust: Purchase a GSM mobile phone for overseas use before departure.
2 Insert your au IC-Card into the GSM mobile phone and go abroad.

All you need to do is just remove the au IC-Card from your phone and insert it into the purchased GSM mobile phone.
Illust: Insert your au IC-Card into the GSM mobile phone and go abroad.
3 Your current phone number can be used abroad.

You can make calls using your current phone number on the GSM network covering about 180 countries around the world.
Illust: Your current phone number can be used abroad.
4 Insert the au IC-Card back into your usual mobile phone after returning to Japan.

To use your usual phone in Japan, just reinsert the au IC-Card. Charges for calls made abroad are billed together with au monthly domestic calling charges.

* No special procedures are required, such as switching to the Japan mode.
Illust: Insert the au IC-Card back into your usual mobile phone after returning to Japan.


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