Some of the renowned companies offering free calls and texts to Japan include Verizon, AT&T and Time Warner. The option is especially free for the residential and pre-paid wireless customers.

Verizon has extended the date of the free offer, for prepaid customers and wireless users to April 10. Till Sunday, users can send text and multimedia messages to Japan, without any charge.

As per the information provided by a news release, residential landlines will also be free of cost during this span.

According to Wirefly, the pre-orders for the device will be taken from 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday, while the shipments are all set to commence on Thursday.

Though complete specifications and other information related to ThunderBolt have been published on the site of Wirefly, the special discounted price of the device offered by the retailer is yet to be disclosed.

The new data plans will come into effect from mid summer, and will be ‘data usage’ based plans.

It means, the more you stream video or download music on your phone, the more you pay. Sadly, this new data usage plan will coincide with the iPhone 5’s probable launch date.

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