To find out more about cheap international calls and local calls on Japan mobile phones and land lines, please look over the questions below and click to see the answers. We think we've covered everything about our discount calling service here, but if there's something else then please contact us.
We focus on the service and we reduce costs wherever we can, always with the goal of reducing rates. Marketing only on the internet also helps... and the fact that we don't have big corporate buildings like NTT and KDDI!
KDDI and NTT Docomo are huge companies with high rates. Sometimes their rates are low, but you have to register for special plans, call at certain hours, and generally jump through a lot of hoops. With A'lpha1 you can call anytime at the same cheap phone rates, and all you have to do is register your phone number once.
Yes. You can make cheap calls in Japan to other mobile phones, PHS, and land lines (normal telephones). The best thing is when you call using A'lpha1 you only pay our discount telephone rates, and not NTT, KDDI, Softbank, etc.
It's excellent. Our fiber-optic telephone lines offer the best sound quality. Have you ever used internet phone service? Then you know about the dropouts, the echo, and the strange noises that IP systems can have. A'lpha1's service is crystal clear.
No, all you need is your phone.
No, you only pay A'lpha1's cheap mobile rates. It's as if you never used your mobile because the call goes through our system instead of your usual mobile service provider. If you use A'lpha1 all the time you can pay a lot less to your mobile company.
Not at all. No monthly fees, no minimum fees, no charge for itemized statements, nothing.
Yes, it's the only form of payment we accept.
Calling is easy: Just add our 4-digit prefix to the number you want. This works for international calls and local / long distance calls.
No problem. As long as you enter our 4-digit prefix when you call you'll be using A'lpha1. (See the next question too.)
A'lpha1 works with many IP phones but not with KDDI Metal Plus or NTT Hikari.
No, sorry.
A'lpha1 works with most cable phones.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
No.