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East Japan, Central Japan, and West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "NEXCO3 company") are currently cooperating with SoftBank Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo) in service areas (SA) and parking areas (PA). Regarding the public wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) service deployed in the facility, we decided to provide new services sequentially from March 1, 2017 to further improve convenience. I will.

Until now, it was necessary to obtain an account for each Wi-Fi service of each Expressway company when using the service, but with the new service it is possible to use it for all NEXCO 3 companies with one registration I will.

In addition, in order to make it more comfortable to use, the usage restrictions up to now (15 minutes per time, up to 3 times a day) have been abolished. It will be available in Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

Furthermore, in order to make it available to more customers, we will introduce a procedure by telephone authentication (acquiring a password by using a dedicated telephone) in addition to the registration procedure* by email.

The account you are currently using will not be available due to the new service transition, so you need to register a new account.

NEXCO3 will continue to improve the convenience of customers visiting SA/PA and further improve the service.

• Registration is limited to emails provided by domestic mobile phone carriers. (Detail is Attachment [PDF: 784KB] reference)

Features of the new service

1. NEXCO3's Wi-Fi service will be available with one account
   About "E-NEXCO Wi-Fi SPOT", "C-NEXCO Free Wi-Fi" and "W-NEXCO Free Wi-Fi" provided by each company in SA / PA operated by NEXCO3 companies, so far It was necessary to acquire an account for each service, but in the future it will be possible to use the same Wi-Fi service of NEXCO 3 companies with one account.
2. Abolish usage restrictions
   The new service will be available for an unlimited number of times and for an unlimited number of times, with the terms of use used to be 3 times a day for up to 15 minutes each time.
3. The usage screen becomes multilingual
   The screen used when logging in to the Wi-Fi service, which previously supported only Japanese and English, can now support five languages: Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese (simplified), and Chinese (traditional). Become. (The language of the usage screen changes depending on the language setting on the communication device terminal used by the customer)
   For foreign visitors to Japan, you can continue to use the free Wi-Fi service "FREE Wi-Fi PASSPORT (SSID: .FREE_Wi-Fi_PASSPORT)" provided by SoftBank Corp. for foreign visitors to Japan.
   (For "FREE Wi-Fi PASSPORT", see the following site provided by SOFTBANK CORP.
   http://www.softbank.jp/mobile/network/wifispot/wifi-router/freewifi/)
4. 電話認証によるアカウント登録手続きを開始します
   　携帯電話から専用電話番号に電話していただき、アカウント登録のためのパスワードを取得することができるようになります。
   【専用電話番号 022-207-8181】
   • Call charges for password acquisition will depend on your contract. (Free for customers who subscribe to an unlimited call plan)
5. Other
   • Available devices: PCs, smartphones, tablets, etc. equipped with Wi-Fi function
   • How to use: ID and password issuance procedures are required for the first use. ( Attachment [PDF: 784KB] reference)
   • Usage fee: Free
   • SSID: NEXCO_FREE_Wi-Fi
   • Service name/logo: The service name/logo currently used by each company will continue.

• One of the above stickers is attached to the available SA/PA.
  Please see each company's service introduction page below for available locations.

Service start time

From March 1, 2017, each SA/PA will switch to the new service in sequence. We will inform you on the website of each company about the places where the switching has been completed. In addition, we plan to complete the switching of all locations by the end of March 2017.

Notes on using the service

Service introduction page

• NEXCO EAST
• NEXCO CENTRAL
• NEXCO WEST