Amazon intends on rolling out a new pre-paid SIM card used for 4G/LTE data, helping you get the most out of your tablets. Amazon is partnering with Japan’s NTT Docomo’s LTE network and are offering 500 MB of data for $25. Other companies in Japan charge around $50 to $60 a month for data contracts, so Amazon is poised to do well.
This is the first time Amazon is brokering data and it will be released to consumers a few months before the new Amazon Kindle debuts in Japan. The Kindle Touch 3G will be launching there this July and costs around $220 US.
In North America, disposable SIM cards have never been a viable option, but in Europe they are quite the rage. This might be a savvy move on Amazon’s part to develop relationships with existing telecoms to offer network coverage.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
