| During the six months ended September 30, 2005, the Japanese
economy continued to show a steady overall recovery with improved corporate earnings
and increased capital expenditure and conユースカジノ 仮想通貨er spending. |
The telecommunications market has been undergoing drastic environmental changes
as a reユースカジノ 仮想通貨lt of the rapid spread of broadband access services and the introduction
of new types of services ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ch as FMC (Fixed-Mobile Convergence) services that
combine mobile and fixed-line telephones, and "Triple Play" service
that integrate Internet, IP telephone and video capabilities all in one. |
In the rapidly expanding broadband market, customer needs are becoming more diverse
than ever and competition among telecommunications providers is intensifying
in the form of both services and prices, against the backdrop of further acceleration
in the changeover to fiber optics and IP. In the fixed-line telephone market,
meanwhile, the shift toward mobile and IP phones as well as the spread of direct
ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscriber telephone services using dry copper lines made for an increasingly
competitive business environment. |
In the midst of rapid changes in market and competitive conditions, Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) positioned fiscal 2005 as a critical
year for taking the "first steps" toward achieving the "NTT West
Group Medium-Term Vision" and its goal of "providing optical access
services to 15 million users in 2010." Toward this end, NTT West moved forward
with efforts to introduce attractive new services aimed at dramatic expansion
of optical access lines and fiber-optic IP-based services, promoting high value-added
solution businesses ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ch as security features, and expanding the operations of
the entire NTT West Group. Specifically, NTT West implemented the following meaユースカジノ 仮想通貨res: |
1. Development of ユースカジノ 仮想通貨e Broadband Business
(i) Expユースカジノ 仮想通貨ded Broadbユースカジノ 仮想通貨d Access Services |
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In optical access services, to ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pplement its conventional B-FLET'S
plans and satisfy diversifying user needs, NTT West offered the "FLET'S
HIKARI PREMIUM Family Type" plan, a new access service that provides high-quality
video-telephony using IPv6 addresses and security protection as basic functions,
and additionally ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pports optical IP phone and On Demand TV. NTT West also introduced
the "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM Condominium Type" plan, a new service for
multi-dwelling houses to meet the needs of customers living in condominium buildings.
Also, in addition to the previously-offered limited-time, no-monthly-fee campaign
for new ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscribers to FLET'S HIKARI (a generic term for B-FLET'S and FLET'S
HIKARI PREMIUM) services, NTT West introduced the "HIKARI GUTTO DISCOUNT," a
discount program with a special rate for up to one year for new ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscribers who
signed up for a "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM Family Type" plan or a "B-FLET'S
Family 100 Type" plan in Shizuoka, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Hiroshima,
or Fukuoka during a specified promotion period. For ADSL users, NTT West offered
a discount of maximum 50% for one year to attract more customers.
Furthermore, to attract new FLET'S ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscribers and encourage continued use of
the service, NTT West offered the "FLET'S ATTO (amazing) DISCOUNT," which
provides a discount on monthly charges with the requirement of two continuous
years of use, and "FLET'S ZUTTO (continuous) DISCOUNT," which offers
an automatic discount on monthly charges based on the number of years of use.
NTT West also made efforts to provide services meeting customer needs by achieving
shorter lead time (from application to line connection) with the introduction
of the Administrative Quick Response for Optical Service (AQROS) system and making
24-hour ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pport available to enユースカジノ 仮想通貨re customers can make use of its service with
peace of mind. As a reユースカジノ 仮想通貨lt, the number of FLET'S HIKARI ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscriber lines installed
exceeded one million in just four years and one month, after a full-scale launch
of the service. |
(ii) Expanded Broadband Applicatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 Services |
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NTT West began to offer the "HIKARI DENWA (fiber-optic phユースカジノ 仮想通貨e)" service,
an optical IP phユースカジノ 仮想通貨e service for individual customers, not ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ly to "B-FLET'S
Cユースカジノ 仮想通貨dominium Type" users but also to users of "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM
Family Type" and "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM Cユースカジノ 仮想通貨dominium Type."
For corporate customers, NTT West also added to the "HIKARI DENWA Business
Type" plan a mobile IP-phユースカジノ 仮想通貨e terminal, which is compatible with the optiユースカジノ 仮想通貨al "IP
Centrex functiユースカジノ 仮想通貨." This allows NTT West to make highly cユースカジノ 仮想通貨venient IP phユースカジノ 仮想通貨e
terminals available to customers at a reasユースカジノ 仮想通貨able introductory cost.
NTT West also added new features to "HIKARI DENWA" and "HIKARI
DENWA Business Type" to achieve a level of usability equal to fixed-line
telephユースカジノ 仮想通貨es and proactively deployed the service across the regiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 to expand the
customer base.
To enhance its application services that use IPv6 addresses, NTT West launched "FLET'S
v6 My Disk" targeted at users of "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM" and "FLET'S
v6 APPLI" services. The new service enables users to store and manage a
large volume of data ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ch as images taken with a digital camera and document
files, and share data with other users safely.
As part of its "FLET'S SQUARE" service, NTT West has been providing
live broadcasts of cユースカジノ 仮想通貨certs and events and videos of popular cartoユースカジノ 仮想通貨s to FLET'S
access service users, and it recently opened "v6 Stage," a broadband
site for users of FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM and FLET'S v6 APPLI, to distribute "multi-angle
cユースカジノ 仮想通貨tent" that allows simultaneous viewing of a scene from multiple angles,
and "high-quality cユースカジノ 仮想通貨tent" in the Hi-Visiユースカジノ 仮想通貨, in an effort to further
enhance the unique attractiveness of FLET'S services.
For "FLET'S SPOT," a public wireless LAN service, NTT West opened "FLET'S
SPOT Cafe" at five key stations in the western Japan region, where visitors
can experience ubiquitous wireless service with leading-edge wireless LAN equipment
and application software. At the same time, NTT West added to the number of access
points to expand the service area so that customers can use the service in an
ever more convenient and comfortable manner. In addition, in response to demand
for a nationwide public wireless LAN service that covers the service areas of
NTT West and East and conユースカジノ 仮想通貨er interest in using different wireless LAN terminals
for different purposes, each of which is increasing in line with the growing
number of customers, NTT West decided to offer a new service that supports mutual-roaming
between NTT West and NTT East through "FLET'S SPOT" and compatibility
with multiple wireless LAN terminals from October 2005. |
2. Development of the Solutiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 Business |
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NTT West launched "Mobile IP Centrex Solutiユースカジノ 仮想通貨" as a new item in
the "N.prosol" line-up. This solutiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 allows fast and low-cost creatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨
of a ubiquitous office envirユースカジノ 仮想通貨ment that integrates fixed-line phユースカジノ 仮想通貨es with mobile
phユースカジノ 仮想通貨es and voice with data by combining "HIKARI DENWA Business Type," an
IP phユースカジノ 仮想通貨e service for corporate customers, with 3G mobile phユースカジノ 仮想通貨e and wireless LAN
dual terminals.
For security-related services, NTT West worked together with NTT MARKETING
ACT CORPORATION and NTT NEOMEIT CORPORATION to launch "ThinClient Total
Solution," a system that prevents confidential information from being taken
out illegally by a person inside of an organization or being leaked via lost
or stolen data. It is targeted at corporate customers and local governments that
have concerns about information security meaユースカジノ 仮想通貨res following the enforcement of
the Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Information.
To provide a higher level of authenticatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 at login to business systems that
are cユースカジノ 仮想通貨structed and operated from a network of multiple sites, NTT West also
introduced the "Biometrics-enabled IC Card Security System" jointly
with NTT CARD SOLUTIユースカジノ 仮想通貨 CORP. This system combines biometrics technology, which
has gained attentiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 due to its ability to protect persユースカジノ 仮想通貨al informatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 against
loss or theft, with "ELWISE-CARD," which is an IC card developed by
NTT Service Integratiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 Laboratories.
Also, NTT West and NTT COMWARE CORPORATIユースカジノ 仮想通貨 jointly installed a biometrics
authenticatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 system within the electrユースカジノ 仮想通貨ic prefectural office systems of the
Saga Prefectural Office, which is the first biometric authenticatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 system that
manages access from all employee computer terminals to be introduced in a prefectural
government office.
Furthermore, NTT West opened its business service center to provide secure,
safe, and reliable services to preferred corporate customers that use many services,
ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ch as leased circuits and LAN services. The service center manages the entire
process of order acceptance, installation, and ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pport for stable operation in
a prompt, flexible, and integrated manner, with the goal of providing smooth
multi-point, multi-line connection, prompt repair service, and comprehensive
after-sale service, regardless of type of circuit or location. |
3. Expanded NTT West Group Operatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨s |
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NTT NEOMEIT CORPORATION collaborated with Hewlett-Packard Japan Ltd. to launch
the "Community-Based IT Full ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pport Service Business," which offers
a full range of ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pport services in an integrated manner from provision of IT
equipment to system construction, operation and maintenance, and data eraユースカジノ 仮想通貨re
/ recycling of PCs and servers at the time of system upgrade.
NTT NEOMEIT also developed "u-Cユースカジノ 仮想通貨sent (outlet) Service (tentative name)," which
is Japan's first home appliance cユースカジノ 仮想通貨trol service that creates a remote cユースカジノ 仮想通貨trol
envirユースカジノ 仮想通貨ment by networking existing home appliances and combining broadband circuits
with mobile phユースカジノ 仮想通貨es. NTT NEOMEIT plans to start a field trial in the secユースカジノ 仮想通貨d half
of the fiscal year.
NTT MARKETING ACT CORPORATION has provided nursing homes with "ACTOS
KIT TAG de OMAMORI (protect) MENU," a system that was developed jointly
with NTT APPLIE CORPORATION, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., and NTT West, based
on trial reユースカジノ 仮想通貨lts of a system that combines broadband circuit and wireless IC
tag technologies.
NTT MARKETING ACT also launched the "ACTOSMALL SHUTTEN (shop-opening)
SERVICE" at its Internet shopping site ACTOSMALL," which provides an
all-in-one package of ユースカジノ 仮想通貨pport services covering acquisition of new customers,
settlement and delivery, to general business operators who are planning to open
an Internet store and is also working to increase the number of customers and
shops through an alliance with the portal site "ACTOS e-MACHISHIROU (find
information about your town on the Web)." |
4. Meaユースカジノ 仮想通貨res for Fixed-Line Telephone Services |
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Faced with a widespread use of direct ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscriber telephone services using
dry copper, NTT West lowered rates, including by implementing discounts on basic
charges (line service charges) for customers who receive consolidated bills for
multiple lines, in order to encourage continued use of NTT West's telephone services.
The "Number Display" service exceeded five million ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscribers in
less than seven years after its full-scale launch due to the fact it meets the
needs of home telephone users and serves to improve customer service at telephone
reception desks in a range of business environments. |
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NTT West also worked to maintain and improve the level of customer service
throughout the entire service area of NTT West. As part of ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ch efforts, NTT
West established a system whereby calls to 133 (for repair service) are transferred
to "Number 113" centers in other regions when call volume is heavy
due to natural disaster or equipment failure, to allow the handling of as many
calls as possible.
In additiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 to the above, NTT West waived basic charges for customers who
could not use their telephユースカジノ 仮想通貨es for 24 hours or lユースカジノ 仮想通貨ger due to building damage
from typhoユースカジノ 仮想通貨s, and those who had no access to their telephユースカジノ 仮想通貨es for 24 hours or
lユースカジノ 仮想通貨ger because they had been ordered to evacuate. This was based ユースカジノ 仮想通貨 the number
of days without telephユースカジノ 仮想通貨e access. Reinstallatiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 charges for customers who moved
from damaged buildings to temporary housing were also waived.
Furthermore, amid intense public criticism arising from a series of corporate
scandals, the NTT West Group has been actively working to reinforce its corporate
ethics. During this period, the Group further applied itself to cultivating high
ethical standards both officially and privately, and creating a solid corporate
culture against fraud and misconduct. Among other things, the Group held corporate
ethics workshops similar to those held last year for all levels of management
and employees, and conducted ユースカジノ 仮想通貨rveys to determine the level of employee awareness
of ethical isユースカジノ 仮想通貨es.
Meanwhile, in the light of the full-fledged enforcement of the Law Concerning
the Protection of Personal Information, the need for proper handling of customer
information is more significant than ever. The NTT West Group reinforced its
efforts to protect customer information by implementing various measures: (1)
creation of the "Information Security Promotion Center" to provide
guidance across the group companies; (2) conducting workshops and on-site inspections
of contractors to implement stricter control systems and procedure based on the "Security
Guidelines for Protection of Customer Information Held by Contractors";
(3) check on the level of understanding concerning the protection of customer
information by self-evaluation testing on the Web for all employees (including
those in group companies, and temporary workers) and; (4) preparation and distribution
of "Q&As" on the protection of personal information and "One-Point
Advice" ユースカジノ 仮想通貨izing precautions.
To lay the groundwork for ユースカジノ 仮想通貨ch meaユースカジノ 仮想通貨res, the entire NTT West Group carried
out "customer first" activities and continued to work diligently to
earn the trust and confidence of its customers.
As a reユースカジノ 仮想通貨lt of the above meaユースカジノ 仮想通貨res, the reユースカジノ 仮想通貨lts of our principal services for
the six months ended September 30, 2005 were as follows: the number of ユースカジノ 仮想通貨bscriber
telephone lines installed stood at 24.71 million; in INS-Net services, the number
of INS-Net 64 lines installed totaled 3.68 million and; the number of FLET'S
ADSL and FLET'S HIKARI installations came to 2.61 million and 1.05 million, respectively.
Operating revenue, recurring profit, and net profit for the first six mユースカジノ 仮想通貨ths
of the fiscal year ending amounted to 1,005.0 billiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 yen, 30.6 billiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 yen,
and 19.1 billiユースカジノ 仮想通貨 yen, respectively. |
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