TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's eAccess Ltd, a broadband Internet and wireless data services provider, said on Monday it will offer a mobile phone service with no basic monthly fee. eAccess, one of three companies granted new wireless licenses in 2005, will start voice services in March, and its move could further exacerbate a price war in Japan's tight mobile market, where NTT DoCoMo Inc, KDDI Corp and Softbank Corp are locked in a fierce competition.


eAccess said it would charge users of its service 18 yen ($0.16) for every 30 seconds of call time.

The firm also said it would provide 24-hour free calls to other users of its mobile phone service for a monthly charge of 980 yen ($9.12).

eAccess shares were up 2.1 percent at 68,400 yen by late trade, underperforming a 3 percent gain in the benchmark Nikkei share average

(Reporting by Mayumi Negishi)
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