The five mobile phone carriers (NTT Docomo, KDDI, Okinawa Cellular, Softbank, and Rakuten Mobile) that are members of the Wireless LAN Business Promotion Liaison Committee (Wi-Biz) and the Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) are In order to provide a means of communication in the event of a large-scale telephone communication failure, public wireless LAN services using the unified disaster SSID ”00000 JAPAN (Five Zero Japan)” will be made available free of charge.
In May of this year, Wi-Biz revised its ”Guidelines for Free Opening of Public Wireless LAN in the Event of a Large-Scale Disaster” based on requests from five mobile phone companies regarding the use of ”00000 JAPAN” in the event of a communication failure. .
As a result, “00000 JAPAN” can be made available even in the event of a communication failure, as well as in the event of a natural disaster. Anyone can connect to the Internet with any device that supports wireless LAN, such as a smartphone, tablet, or computer, by connecting to ”00000JAPAN”.