Mobile VoIP phone planned by J-Com

Japan Communications Inc, the Japanese wireless data communications provider, is planning to launch Internet mobile phones, and they could be available by July 2008.

It is believed that the phones will be offered with a fixed monthly rate and that VoIP calls and data traffic would be unlimited.

The company was founded as a mobile telecommunications service provider for enterprises in Tokyo in 1996 and began to offer data communications cards and one-year unlimited wireless Internet use in 2001.

Japan has a saturated mobile phone market, with competitors slashing prices in a fierce battle for market share.