Press Release

Year

Enhancements to Parking Lot Search

Tokyo, Japan - March 25, 2010

Service available on: navitime_icon_32.gifNAVITIME (Japanese version), EZ Navi for passenger seat

Area: japan_32.gifJapan

 

Services under the brand name "NAVITIME", operated by NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd. ("NAVITIME JAPAN"), and "EZ Navi for passenger seat", jointly run by NAVITIME JAPAN and KDDI CORPORATION ("KDDI"), have made enhancements to the parking lot search feature, effective March 25, 2010.

 

Previously only keyword and address search was available. Now, parking lots can be searched based on criteria such as real-time availability information*1; 24 hour operation; credit card acceptance; number of parking spaces; receipt issuance; height restrictions; bathroom availability; and handicap accessibility.

 

*1 Real-time availability information is for subscribers of the NAVITIME Pro and Drive Supporter courses.

 

 

Images

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Service availability

 

March 25, 2010

 

Overview of services and prices (tax included)

 

NAVITIME (Service in Japanese covering Japan)

 

1. Monthly subscription types: Free, 210 JPY, and 315 JPY/month

 

2. Where to get the NAVITIME application

  1) Applications for mobile phones sold in Japan can be downloaded from the following operator-branded services:

i-mode (NTT Docomo), Yahoo!Keitai (Softbank), EMOBILE, CLUB AIR-EDGE (Willcom),

  2) Applications for Smartphone are available on our website. Please visit

  http://www.navitime.jp/smartphone/index.jsp. (Payment is by credit card; Free and 315 JPY/month) 

 

 

PC-NAVITIME

 ttp://www.navitime.co.jp/

 

 EZ Navi for passenger seat

1. Monthly subscription types: Free, 157 JPY/day and 315 JPY/month

2. Where to get the EZ Navi for passenger seat application

  Press the application key on your mobile phone and select EZ Navi for passenger seat

 

 

DISCLAIMERS

 

" EZ Navi for passenger seat" is a registered trademark of KDDI CORPORATION.

"docomo" is a registered trademark of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

"SoftBank" is a registered trademark of SOFTBANK CORP.

"WILLCOM" is a registered trademark of WILLCOM Inc.

"Yahoo!" is a registered trademark of Yahoo!Inc.

"i-mode" is a registered trademark of NTT DOCOMO, INC

"EMOBILE" is a registered trademark of EMOBILE Ltd

"CLUB AIR-EDGE" is a registered trademark of WILLCOM, Inc

navitime.gif"NAVITIME"  are registered trademarks of NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd.


For inquiries, please contact:

Mari Sekine, Ryoko Arika

Corporate Communications

NAVITIME JAPAN

pr_n@navitime.co.jp