As charities and the world leaders are providing every possible help to the earthquake-struck Japan, United States telephone carriers are offering free calls to Japan in response to the unfolding crisis, along with some cable providers.
AT&T is offering free calls and texts to Japan for both wireless and wired customers between March 11 and March 31.
Furthermore, text messages to Japan, originating from a U.S. wireless number, will also be free through the end of the month.
Comcast announced it will automatically cover the cost of calls to Japanese cell phones and landlines between March 11 and April 10 for its Xfinity voice customers.
Sprint will do the same for calls and text messages for the same dates.
Verizon Wireless and landline customers will also get those free services for the same one-month period. The company also offered free calls to Japan using prepaid phone cards.
Subscribers to Verizon's FiOS TV can watch TV Japan for news from the country on channel 1770 until March 25 for no charge.
The wireless providers also offered free texting for donations to charities responding to the crisis.
Even IT Giants like Apple set up a special donation page [iTunes link] where users can donate money to the Red Cross, Google quickly set up an online crisis center, and Microsoft offered to donate up to $100,000 for earthquake victims provided users retweet its message about the disaster.
AT&T is offering free calls and texts to Japan for both wireless and wired customers between March 11 and March 31.
Furthermore, text messages to Japan, originating from a U.S. wireless number, will also be free through the end of the month.
Comcast announced it will automatically cover the cost of calls to Japanese cell phones and landlines between March 11 and April 10 for its Xfinity voice customers.
Sprint will do the same for calls and text messages for the same dates.
Verizon Wireless and landline customers will also get those free services for the same one-month period. The company also offered free calls to Japan using prepaid phone cards.
Subscribers to Verizon's FiOS TV can watch TV Japan for news from the country on channel 1770 until March 25 for no charge.
The wireless providers also offered free texting for donations to charities responding to the crisis.
Even IT Giants like Apple set up a special donation page [iTunes link] where users can donate money to the Red Cross, Google quickly set up an online crisis center, and Microsoft offered to donate up to $100,000 for earthquake victims provided users retweet its message about the disaster.
