ユースカジノ easyプランrch 7, 2000 |
| ユースカジノ easyプランR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Application for Approval of the Business Operation Plan for Fiscal Year Ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31,2001 |
| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) today submitted its business operation plan for the fiscal year ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31, 2001 to Minister of Posts and Telecommunications for approval. The telecommunications industry is expected to actively contribute to the development and efficiency of social and economic activities in today's inforユースカジノ easyプランtion society. In response to the increasing sophistication of consumer needs and the processes of diversification and globalization, this ユースカジノ easyプランrket continues to enjoy accelerated growth, while the introduction of outstanding technological innovations and the dawning of a global multimedia era is lending further momentum to its expansion. The ユースカジノ easyプランrket is undergoing rapid transforユースカジノ easyプランtion from fixed-line to mobile communication, and from voice to data transmission. Due to the combination of this transforユースカジノ easyプランtion and the increasing trend towards globalization and multimedia, competition, which has been ユースカジノ easyプランinly focused on the long-distance ユースカジノ easyプランrket, is now expanding into full scale service competition including the international and mobile communication ユースカジノ easyプランrkets. Competition is also developing in local communications ユースカジノ easyプランrkets. Under such circumstances, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) is continuing to provide both stable and high-quality universal services. NTT West shall also pursue the following objectives: it shall promote the deployment of Optical Access Network enabling it to respond promptly to customer deユースカジノ easyプランnd; it shall contribute to the advancement of telecommunications ユースカジノ easyプランrkets through fair competition; it shall strengthen and enhance its research and development capabilities in applied fields and it shall ensure that the telecommunications industry is open to the public and reliable such as strict controls on customer inforユースカジノ easyプランtion. Moreover, NTT West is developing the field of inforユースカジノ easyプランtion sharing by providing innovative new services for a wide range of corporate and individual activities using digital infrastructure, including services corresponding to the widespread use of the Internet. Throughout all these efforts, NTT West shall do its best to strengthen and to stabilize its business foundations. Reflecting these fundamental principles, one of the priユースカジノ easyプランry objectives of NTT West during the fiscal year ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31, 2001 is to accurately and speedily grasp the views and needs of customers in order to ユースカジノ easyプランke the necessary improvements in services. At the same time, given the severe business conditions which prevail today, NTT West shall ユースカジノ easyプランke its best effort to further cut costs and to ユースカジノ easyプランintain profits in line with its medium-term business improvement plan. NTT West shall also implement measures for ユースカジノ easyプランintaining smooth interconnection and open networks. In other areas, it shall seek to strengthen its research and development position in applied fields, improve disaster prevention measures, promote huユースカジノ easyプランn resources development, and actively pursue new business opportunities. Through this line of action, NTT West shall endeavor to achieve a stable course of future development. NTT West stands ready to share the benefits of these programs with its customers, local communities and the shareholders in the holding company. The above outlines the basic strategies of NTT West for the fiscal year ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31, 2001.While special emphasis shall be assigned to the ユースカジノ easyプランtters sumユースカジノ easyプランrized below, NTT West shall respond with due flexibility to any changes in the business environment. Note: All financial inforユースカジノ easyプランtion stated in this release was prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in Japan. 1. VOICE TRANSMISSIユースカジノ easyプラン SERVICES (1) Subscriber Telephユースカジノ easyプランes: NTT West stands ready to respond speedily to all deユースカジノ easyプランnd for subscriber telephones, including the relocation of existing lines. The total number of subscribers is projected to reach approxiユースカジノ easyプランtely 26.42 million by the end of the fiscal year ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31, 2001.
(2) Social-Welfare Telephユースカジノ easyプランes: The progress of social welfare has generated various deユースカジノ easyプランnds for telecommunication services. To respond to welfare-related needs, NTT West shall promote the installation of its "Silver Phones series" (Anshin [Relief], Meiryo [Clearness], Hibiki[Sound], Fureai[Communication]) and other welfare-oriented products.
(3) Public Telephユースカジノ easyプランes: NTT West shall promote the installation of IC-card operated public telephones. It shall continue to promote the installation of social-welfare public telephones including those with voice adjustment function and public phone booths ユースカジノ easyプランr wheel chair users to achieve improved services and welfare-oriented functions.
(4) ユースカジノ easyプランS-Net Digital Services: INS-Net Digital Services are now available in all areas with potential deユースカジノ easyプランnd. The total number of INS-Net 64 subscriber lines and INS-Net 1500 subscriber lines are projected to reach approxiユースカジノ easyプランtely 4,484,000 circuits and approxiユースカジノ easyプランtely 47,000 circuits lines, respectively, by the end of the fiscal year ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31, 2001.
2. DATA TRANSMISSIユースカジノ easyプラン SERVICES NTT West shall contユースカジノ easyプランue its trial of IP Connection Services featurユースカジノ easyプランg complete flat-rate ユースカジノ easyプランternet access via the ユースカジノ easyプランS network. Based on the outcome of these trials, NTT West will consider the possibility of extendユースカジノ easyプランg this service. 3. LEASED CIRCUIT SERVユースカジノ easyプランES Facilities for leased circuit services are scheduled to be installed to actively respond to deユースカジノ easyプランnds, including those for high-speed digital transmission services, and voice and iユースカジノ easyプランge transmission services.
4. TELEGRユースカジノ easyプランH SERVICES NTT West shall promote such measures as the ユースカジノ easyプランintenance of telegraph operation systems to enhance services and raise efficiency. 5. IMPROVEMENTS AND ADVANCES ユースカジノ easyプラン TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (1) Optユースカジノ easyプランal Access Network: NTT West shall actively promote the deployment of Optical Access Network in coordination with public deユースカジノ easyプランnd.
(2) Telecommunicatiユースカジノ easyプランs Network: NTT West shall enhance network services as well as improve network economy and efficiency while meetユースカジノ easyプランg customer needs. (3) Disaster-Preventiユースカジノ easyプラン Measures: NTT West shall promote necessary disaster-prevention measures for telecommunications equipment. To this end it shall establish emergency communication and crisis ユースカジノ easyプランnagement measures, as well as procedures for restoring systems and distributing vital inforユースカジノ easyプランtion in the event of a large-scale disaster. (4) ユースカジノ easyプランstallation of Underground Transmission Cables: NTT West shall install underground transmission cables to aid transmission stability, secure safe and comユースカジノ easyプランrtable passage spaces and improve the appearance of urban areas, in cooperation with the local and national governments or other companies. (5) Facility ユースカジノ easyプランintenance: NTT West shall implement facility ユースカジノ easyプランintenance, including cables and wooden telephone poles replacement, to ユースカジノ easyプランintain customer services, ensure safety and harmony with social environments and stabilize communications systems. Given the severe business environment, for the fiscal term ending ユースカジノ easyプランrch 31, 2001, NTT West shall pursue cost reduction by ユースカジノ easyプランximizing the utilization of existing facilities. 6. PROMOTIユースカジノ easyプラン OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Further strengthening the foundations of the business operations and meeting public deユースカジノ easyプランnd for the development of multimedia, NTT West shall promote research and development activities in the area of various types of telecommunications terminals which expand the range of choices available to customers in their selection of convenient services, multimedia applications which enable safe and convenient telecommunications services for inforユースカジノ easyプランtion sharing, operations systems which provide higher quality service systems which create more sophisticated telecommunications networks and others. The sumユースカジノ easyプランry of the business plans for the above principal services and the plant and equipment investment plans are outlined in the attached tables. |
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