User's Guide Part 2

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Overseas Use
Overview of International
Roaming (WORLD WING)
International roaming (WORLD WING) is a service
that allows you to make/receive calls or use i-mode
through the network of roaming service operator
overseas.
z You can use the FOMA SO706i within the roaming
area of DOCOMO overseas. For details on the
service area and charge, see the DOCOMO
“International Services Website”.
z There are 3 international networks: 3G network,
GPRS network and GSM network.
• 3G network is the 3rd generation mobile network
compliant with the 3GPP
*1
global standard.
• The GPRS
*2
network is a 2.5th-generation
mobile communication network enabling high-
speed packet communications by GPRS on the
GSM network.
• The GSM
*3
network is a 2nd-generation digital-
type mobile communication network most
popular throughout the world.
*1: 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)
A regional standardization body established to develop
commonly applied technical specifications for 3rd-
generation mobile communications systems (IMT-2000).
*2: GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
Implements high-speed GSM and facilitates data
communications including packet communications.
*3: GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)
A 2nd-generation digital-type mobile communication
network most popular throughout the world.
■Country codes of main countries
Enter the following country codes when using
international call or setting “Country code” in “Int’l dial
assistance”.
(as of May, 2008)
* For other country codes and details, see the DOCOMO
“international Services Website”.
Area Code Area Code
Australia 61 Korea 82
Austria 43 Macau 853
Belgium 32 Malaysia 60
Brazil 55 Maldives 960
Canada 1 New Caledonia 687
China 86 New Zealand 64
Czech 420 Norway 47
Egypt 20 Peru 51
Fiji 679 Philippines 63
Finland 358 Russia 7
France 33 Singapore 65
French Polynesia 689 Spain 34
Germany 49 Sweden 46
Greece 30 Switzerland 41
Holland 31 Taiwan 886
Hong Kong 852 Thailand 66
Hungary 36 Turkey 90
India 91 United Kingdom 44
Indonesia 62 United States of
America
1
Italy 39
Japan 81 Vietnam 84