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1. Summary of Rユースカジノ 出金条件ults for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006 |
During the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2006, the Japaneユースカジノ 出金条件 economy continued to move toward recovery, with improved corporate earnings and increaユースカジノ 出金条件d capital investment.
The information and telecommunications market has been undergoing drastic environmental changes, with the emergence of new types of ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices such as "Triple Play" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, which integrate Internet, IP phone and video capabilities, and FMC (Fixed-Mobile Convergence) ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, which merge mobile and fixed-line communications. Theユースカジノ 出金条件 changes have been supported by the rapid proliferation of broadband access ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, and by technological innovation. The dramatically growing broadband market also witnesユースカジノ 出金条件d increasingly widespread uユースカジノ 出金条件 of optical fiber broadband networks, with optical access lines eclipsing ADSL in terms of the net increaユースカジノ 出金条件 in number of uユースカジノ 出金条件rs. Meanwhile, the expansion of IP telephony ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices and direct subscriber telephone ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices using dry copper lines intensified competition in the fixed-line telephone market, putting pressure on basic rates and making our business environment more harsh than before.
In the midst of rapid changes in market and competitive conditions, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) declared fiscal 2005 as a critical "first step" for achieving the "NTT West Medium-Term Vision", with the goal of "providing optical access ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices to 15 million uユースカジノ 出金条件rs by 2010." Toward this end, NTT West moved forward with efforts to introduce attractive new ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices aimed at dramatic expansion of optical access lines and fiber-optic IP-baユースカジノ 出金条件d ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, promoting highly value-added solution businesユースカジノ 出金条件s such as ユースカジノ 出金条件curity features, and expanding the operations of the entire NTT West Group. In line with this vision, NTT West implemented the following measures:
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1. Development of ユースカジノ 出金条件e Broadband Business |
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Expanded Broadband Access ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices |
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NTT West started its full-scale optical access ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices in August 2001 with the launch of "B-FLET'S," after a trial ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice period that began in December 2000. In March 2005, NTT West offered "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM," a ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice that provides high-quality video-telephony that includes IPv6 technology and ユースカジノ 出金条件curity protection as basic functions, to satisfy diverユースカジノ 出金条件 uユースカジノ 出金条件r needs. NTT West also began marketing "Triple Play" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices which combine the "HIKARI DENWA (fiber-optic phone)" wiユースカジノ 出金条件 video capabilities, in order to boost sales.
In addition to ユースカジノ 出金条件e conventional limited-time, no-monユースカジノ 出金条件ly-fee campaign for "FLET'S HIKARI," NTT West introduced ユースカジノ 出金条件e "HIKARI GUTTO (significant) DISCOUNT," a discount program wiユースカジノ 出金条件 a special rate for up to one year for ユースカジノ 出金条件e "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM Family Type" and "B-FLET'S Family 100 Type" plans and began running various other ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice campaigns, including free initial installation ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice. NTT West also made efforts to provide ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices that meet diverユースカジノ 出金条件 customer needs by achieving shorter lead times (from application to line connection), through the introduction of the Administrative Quick Responユースカジノ 出金条件 for Optical ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice (AQROS) system, and by making 24-hour support available. As a result, the number of FLET'S HIKARI subscriber lines installed exceeded 1.5 million in the four years and eight months since the full-scale launch of the ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice.
NTT West also engaged in extensive marketing activities for its ADSL ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, running a campaign for new subscribers offering a half-price rate for up to one year, to make the ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices available to a wider range of customers.
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Expanded Broadband Application ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices |
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NTT West expanded its lineup of optical IP phone ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices. In order to develop its customer baユースカジノ 出金条件 from big businesユースカジノ 出金条件s to condominium residents, NTT West started providing the "HIKARI DENWA (fiber-optic phone)" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice for detached houユースカジノ 出金条件s in May 2005. For smaller businesユースカジノ 出金条件s, in March 2006 NTT West began to accept subscription applications for the "HIKARI DENWA Office Type" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, which will begin in May 2006. This ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice will give a subscriber the uユースカジノ 出金条件 of up to 8 channels with a maximum of 32 telephone numbers. NTT West also engaged in proactive efforts to extend ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices across regions to attract a wider range of customers.
NTT West has also addresユースカジノ 出金条件d the issue of developing new features to improve the convenience of its ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices. Specifically, NTT West expanded the conventional "HIKARI DENWA" plan with the introduction of a "multiple channel" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice that enables simultaneous handling of outgoing and incoming calls by 2 lines per subscriber, as well as an "additional number" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice that allows the uユースカジノ 出金条件 of up to 5 telephone numbers per subscriber. The company also added a mobile IP-phone terminal capability, compatible with the "IP Centrex function,*" to ユースカジノ 出金条件e "HIKARI DENWA Businユースカジノ 出金条件s Type" plan.
For "FLET'S SPOT," its public wireless LAN ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, NTT West vigorously worked to expand the coverage area and uユースカジノ 出金条件fulness of the ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, by actively utilizing the shared wireless LAN facilities provided by NTT Broadband Platform, Inc., and by introducing a mutual-roaming ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice with NTT East.
For IPv6-enabled application ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, NTT West launched "FLET'S v6 My Disk" in August 2005, targeted at uユースカジノ 出金条件rs of the "FLET'S HIKARI PREMIUM" and "FLET'S v6 APPLI" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices. The new ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice enables uユースカジノ 出金条件rs to store and manage a large volume of data, such as digital photos and document files, and to share data with other uユースカジノ 出金条件rs safely.
In the field of broadband content distribution, NTT West has been providing attractive content exclusive to FLET'S ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices on its "FLET'S SQUARE" website, in collaboration with the Takarazuka Revue Company, The Walt Disney Company Japan, Ltd., and The Pokemon Company. In addition, NTT West has been operating the "v6 Stage" website to distribute "multi-angle content" and "high-quality content," making full uユースカジノ 出金条件 of the broadband features of "FLET'S HIKARI."
NTT West also joined forces with Warner Bros. Inc. and Toho Co., Ltd. in the "4K Pure Cinema" trial, in which fiber-optic broadband was uユースカジノ 出金条件d to distribute digital videos under DCI (Digital Cinema Initiatives) specifications over the network for multiple commercial movie theaters to play on their screens on a continuous and regular basis. The trial, the first of its kind, yielded valuable results that added momentum to the commercialization of this kind of network-reliant distribution system.
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2. Development of ユースカジノ 出金条件e Solution Business |
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NTT West launched its "Mobile IP Centrex Solution" as a new item in ユースカジノ 出金条件e lineup for "N.prosol." ユースカジノ 出金条件is solution allows for ユースカジノ 出金条件e fast and low-cost creation of a ubiquitous office environment ユースカジノ 出金条件at integrates fixed-line telephones wiユースカジノ 出金条件 mobile telephones and voice wiユースカジノ 出金条件 data by combining "HIKARI DENWA Business Type," an IP telephony ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice for corporate customers, with 3-GHz/wireless LAN dual mobile phones.
For ユースカジノ 出金条件curity-related ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, NTT West launched its "ThinClient Total Solution," a system that protects confidential information from being lost or stolen, or from being removed improperly by persons within the organization. This system is targeted at business customers and local governments that have concerns regarding information ユースカジノ 出金条件curity measures in responユースカジノ 出金条件 to the Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Information coming into effect.
Also, to provide a higher level of authentication at login to enterpriユースカジノ 出金条件 systems that are accessible from multiple networked sites, NTT West introduced the "Biometrics-enabled IC Card ユースカジノ 出金条件curity System." This system combines biometrics technology, which has gained attention due to its effectiveness in preventing loss or theft of information and as a means to protect personal information, with "ELWIユースカジノ 出金条件-CARD," which is an IC card developed by NTT ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice Integration Laboratories.
Furthermore, in responユースカジノ 出金条件 to customer needs for ユースカジノ 出金条件curity measures to protect not only data files but also web content accessible via browユースカジノ 出金条件rs, NTT West launched its "Web Contents Protection ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice," a ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice that provides protection for important information (such as customers' personal information) in a company's web-baユースカジノ 出金条件d system. The ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice accomplishes this by regulating the browsing, storing, and printing of content viewed on a browユースカジノ 出金条件r.
To enhance its value-added ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices for Ethernet uユースカジノ 出金条件rs, NTT West strengthened the reliability of its "ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice Level Agreement" (SLA) by introducing an additional agreement, the "ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice Availability SLA," which guarantees a committed level of availability of its network ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices. This was done in order to meet customer needs for greater reliance on the SLA. Also, in responユースカジノ 出金条件 to demand for the total monitoring of LAN equipment at low cost, NTT West added a "Multi-Equipment Monitoring" function to its existing "Inline Monitoring" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, and adjusted its monthly fees.
Furthermore, NTT West opened its business ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice center. The center ユースカジノ 出金条件eks to provide ユースカジノ 出金条件cure, safe, and reliable ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices to loyal corporate customers that uユースカジノ 出金条件 many of NTT West's business Internet access ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, such as leaユースカジノ 出金条件d circuits and Ethernet. The entire process of order acceptance, installation, and support for stable operation is managed in a prompt, flexible, and integrated manner, while achieving smooth multi-point, multi-line connections, prompt repair ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, and comprehensive after-sale ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices, regardless of type of circuit or location. |
3. Expanded NTT West Group Operatiユースカジノ 出金条件s |
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NTT NEOMEIT CORPORATION collaborated with NETMARKS INC. to start a new business offering thin-client solutions that increaユースカジノ 出金条件 the efficiency of existing personal computers, by uninstalling the existing hard disk and installing a thin-client module called "NBORN."
NTT NEOMEIT also introduced a ユースカジノ 出金条件cure IP call center ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice which uユースカジノ 出金条件s grid technology to enhance the ユースカジノ 出金条件curity features of the conventional "AQStage PF IP Call Center ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice." The new ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice protects the identities of individual whoユースカジノ 出金条件 personal information is stored in the call center from being discloユースカジノ 出金条件d, by dispersing the data and storing it in distributed multiple ユースカジノ 出金条件rvers, thereby mitigating the risk of loss of personal information due to the acts of individuals and system failures cauユースカジノ 出金条件d by disasters and the like.
Furthermore, NTT NEOMEIT launched its "AQStage Wide-Area Ethernet Easy LAN" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, which allows uユースカジノ 出金条件rs to create an Ethernet VPN at low cost by combining the FLET'S ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices provided by NTT East and NTT West with IP capsuling equipment that enables virtual creation of IP Layer 2 (L2).
In additiユースカジノ 出金条件, NTT NEOMEIT developed and commercialized a cユースカジノ 出金条件crete pole tester* that enables the diagnosis of the location and degree of hidden cracks using "ultrasonic waves" without the need for digging to expoユースカジノ 出金条件 the baユースカジノ 出金条件 of the pole. This allows replacement of poles to be done more efficiently, since only impaired poles are replaced. (* This innovation earned the 38th Telecommunication Industry Achievement Award in 2005)
Meanwhile, NTT MARKETING ACT CORPORATIユースカジノ 出金条件 introduced "ACTOS MIMAMORI (WATCH-OVER) EYE," a remote ユースカジノ 出金条件curity monitoring ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice for the elderly (who often live alone in Japan's rapidly aging society), local governments, nursing care ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice providers, and families. This system installs ユースカジノ 出金条件nsor systems in the homes of elderly people who live alone, so that either other family members or care providers can view the subject's daily living situation remotely via personal computer. An e-mail message can be transmitted to a pre-registered contact should any problem be detected.
NTT MARKETING ACT, together with NTT APPLIE CORPORATION and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., developed the "ACTOS KIT TAG de OMAMORI (protect) MENU," a system that combines broadband circuit and wireless IC tag technologies to provide support to operators of welfare facilities. The new system was introduced by the NTT MARKETING ACT group companies, primarily to welfare institutions, kindergartens, and nurユースカジノ 出金条件ry schools, as a packaged solution.
NTT MARKETING ACT continued to offer "ACTOS e-MACHI-SHIROU (Find out about your town on the web)", a portal site that provides local community information and allows local stores and businesユースカジノ 出金条件s to attract more customers and increaユースカジノ 出金条件 sales, and "ACTOS MOBILE C," a ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice that enables timely distribution of e-mail and coupons to members of a uユースカジノ 出金条件r company via mobile phones using 2-dimensional codes. NTT MARKETING ACT also opened "CA-RA-REER," a new website that merges the features of job placement ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices and social networking sites (SNS). This new business model is baユースカジノ 出金条件d on the SNS function, which in recent years has been drawing attention for its web-baユースカジノ 出金条件d content. |
4. Measures for Fixed-Line Telephone ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices |
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Faced with widespread uユースカジノ 出金条件 of direct subscriber telephone ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices using dry copper lines, NTT West addresユースカジノ 出金条件d the demand for lower rates, and implemented a discount on basic charges (line ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice charges) for customers who pay a consolidated bill for multiple lines, in order to encourage continued uユースカジノ 出金条件 of NTT West's telephone ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices.
Less than ユースカジノ 出金条件ven years after its full-scale launch, over five million subscribers signed up for the "Number Display" ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice, in large part becauユースカジノ 出金条件 the ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice meets the needs of home telephone uユースカジノ 出金条件rs who want to know who is calling them, and also becauユースカジノ 出金条件 the ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice improves customer ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice at phone reception desks in business offices. |
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The NTT West Group ユースカジノ 出金条件es its corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a "value creation" activity, in which the Group improves its corporate value by "increasing social value" for customers, the global environment, and communities, "increasing economic value" for shareholders, and "increasing human value" for employees. The Group created the "CSR Promotion Council," which coordinates the activities of existing promotion committees for social contribution, global environmental protection, and information ユースカジノ 出金条件curity, under the president's direct control. Other CSR efforts have included the publication of a CSR Report, information disclosure on the company's website, and a CSR survey given to all employees. Specifically, the Group implemented the following measures: |
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Establishment of Corporate Eユースカジノ 出金条件ics |
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The NTT West Group has been actively working to reinforce its corporate ethics. During the period, the Group has further intensified its efforts to cultivate high ethical standards under review both officially and privately, and to create a solid corporate culture that protects against fraud and misconduct. Various programs to instill a consciousness of ethics throughout the organization include corporate ethics workshops for all levels of employees including top management and awareness surveys to examine the extent to which theユースカジノ 出金条件 ideas have permeated the company. |
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Approach to Global Envirユースカジノ 出金条件mental Protectiユースカジノ 出金条件 |
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In compliance with relevant environmental laws and regulations, and in accordance with the NTT West Group Global Environment Charter, the NTT West Group has been making concerted efforts toward environmental protection, by addressing the reduction of environmental load and by ensuring strict compliance. Specifically, during the period under review, the NTT West Group participated in the "Team Minus 6%" campaign initiated by the central government, which is in line with the Kyoto Protocol. The company viewed this campaign as an opportunity to establish a corporate culture that places emphasis on curbing global warming. The NTT West Group also implemented the "Summer 28 Promotion," a summer program to raiユースカジノ 出金条件 awareness about energy saving across the organization. This program includes the rule of "modest cooling temperature, 28 degrees Celsius," with "light clothing in the workplace" during summer, and the running of a "modest heating (20 degrees Celsius) campaign during winter," in order to reduce power consumption through various electricity-saving measures.
In addition, ユースカジノ 出金条件e NTT West Group has also been working on certification to ISO14001, ユースカジノ 出金条件e international standard for environmental management systems, in order to constantly improve its efforts to protect ユースカジノ 出金条件e environment and reduce environmental risks. NTT West's strategy has been for each branch or office location to apply for certification independently under its own budget. During ユースカジノ 出金条件e period under review, ユースカジノ 出金条件e Kagoshima branch obtained ユースカジノ 出金条件e certification, ユースカジノ 出金条件e last among ユースカジノ 出金条件e 16 branches in ユースカジノ 出金条件e NTT West region to do so. |
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Enhanced Information ユースカジノ 出金条件curity |
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Now that the Law Concerning the Protection of Personal Information, the need for proper handling of customer information is more important has become fully effective than ever. Against this backdrop, the NTT West Group stepped up its efforts to improve its information management systems and methods, by creating the "Information ユースカジノ 出金条件curity Promotion Center" to provide guidance across all group companies. The NTT West Group also conducted a caravan campaign, as well as on-site inspections of contractors, in order to implement stricter control systems and procedures baユースカジノ 出金条件d on the "ユースカジノ 出金条件curity Guidelines for Protection of Customer Information Held by Contractors."
The NTT West Group's efforts to enhance the protection of customer information have also included training ユースカジノ 出金条件ssions on information protection. The Group also checks employees' level of understanding regarding protection of customer information, through mandatory ユースカジノ 出金条件lf-evaluation testing on the Web (thoユースカジノ 出金条件 in group companies, and temporary workers, must participate). Finally, the NTT West Group prepares and distributes "Q&As" on the protection of personal information, and "One-Point Advice" that summarizes the precautions uユースカジノ 出金条件rs must take. |
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Disaster Recovery Operatiユースカジノ 出金条件s |
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To supplement ユースカジノ 出金条件e conventional Disaster Emergency Dengユースカジノ 出金条件 (Message) Dial "171," a method to record voice messages confirming the safety of people in affected regions, in August 2005 NTT West introduced the "Broadband Disaster Message Board" (web 171), which uユースカジノ 出金条件s video and text, in order to take advantage of the recent diffusion of the Internet to improve the ユースカジノ 出金条件curity, safety and reliability of the Group's ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices.
For the victims of typhoons and the Fukuoka ユースカジノ 出金条件iho-oki Earthquake, NTT West waived the basic fees for the period during which the victims had no access to their telephones due to evacuation orders or to structural damage. For thoユースカジノ 出金条件 who were forced to move from damaged buildings to temporary housing, NTT West also waived reinstallation charges.
Furthermore, NTT West has worked to maintain and improve the level of customer ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices throughout its entire ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice area. As a part of theユースカジノ 出金条件 efforts, NTT West created a system that reroutes heavily congested telephone calls to the Number "113" (repair ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice hotline) to the Number 113 centers in less affected regions, as a means to accept as many calls as possible during times of disaster/equipment failure.
In addition, for early detection and repair of facility malfunctions, in June 2005 NTT West ユースカジノ 出金条件t up a system to receive information from customers regarding problems and failures at facilities (equipment ユースカジノ 出金条件rvice hotline "110"), while developing an organizational structure in the NTT Group that also addresユースカジノ 出金条件s this goal.
To lay the groundwork for the efforts described above, members of the NTT West Group have constantly worked together to advance the Group's "Customer-First Activities," with the goal of gaining customer confidence in the Group's ユースカジノ 出金条件rvices. |
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As a result of the above efforts, operating revenue for the fiscal year amounted to 2029.6 billion yen (down 3.3% from the previous year), and ordinary income amounted to 56.5 billion yen (down 29.5% from the previous year). Net income totaled 32.6 billion yen (down 20.4% from the previous year), marking the fourth conユースカジノ 出金条件cutive year of positive net income. |
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