Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) today submitted its business operation ユースカジノ 出金時間an for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 to the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications for approval.
Information and telecommunications are expected to make significant contributions to increasing the efficiency of and invigorating social and economic activities, and improving the Lifestyle convenience to create the foundations for a ubiquitous broadband network society in "u-Japan Policy" and "New IT Reform Strategy". The government and private sectors are working in partnership to achieve such goals. The shift to broadband capacity for access lines will enable the information and telecommunications market to cater to increasingly sophisticated and diverse needs, expanding ユースカジノ 出金時間atform type of services including video and music distribution, SNS and other new technologies as it broadens the range of its offerings. Local telecommunications markets are experiencing an upswing in competition for broadband access lines with the scheduled commercialization of WiMAX-based wireless access in addition to conventional optical access services and cable television-based broadband. As IP takes the lead in telecommunications, the market is undergoing significant changes caused by the integration of fixed-line and mobile services as well as telecommunications and broadcasting.
Within this challenging and dramatically changing business environment, NTT West is striving to provide high-quality, stable universal service promote smooth migration to optical, IP-based networks and enhance the optical axis network that is at the core of broadband services. NTT West also aims to contribute to the development of fair telecommunications markets, promote apユースカジノ 出金時間ied research and development and ensure the reliability and public utility of telecommunications services. It is also endeavoring to contribute to the sound development of the information and telecommunication society by creating a ubiquitous broadband network environment by building and offering an open NGN that, while ensuring fair terms of competition within the current legal framework, utilize the unique characteristics and properties of "optical" to offer a much wider spectrum of services that will enable customers to connect "in comfort, safety and peace of mind" and "anything, anytime, anywhere."
These are the basic concepts that underlie the business ユースカジノ 出金時間an for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. In its broadband services, NTT West will be building and providing a more comfortable, safer and more secure NGN. In addition, NTT West will be collaborating with other ユースカジノ 出金時間ayers to create new services that will provide customers with new excitement and opportunities by offering Hikari Denwa services that make use of optical access lines, rebroadcasting terrestrial digital television and offering on-demand video distribution services. NTT West will also maintain its community-oriented sales activities so that it is able to respond to customers' opinions and requests in an accurate and timely manner, improving both the range and quality of services and contributing to the development of local communities. In conjunction with this, and in recognition of its responsibilities as an operator of social infrastructure, NTT West will contribute to the creation of safer, more secure societies by ensuring the stability of its broadband access, Hikari Denwa and other services, preventing equipment failures, responding vigorously in times of disaster and recovery, and bringing all of its group resources to bear on the activities and services that will earn the continued trust of its customers. Although the business environment is becoming increasingly severe, NTT West will continue to improve the efficiency of its operations so as to maintain profits. NTT West will lay the foundations for the stable development of its business into the future by facilitating connections, ensuring the openness of its networks, developing its human resources and proactively expanding into new business areas in coordination with its group companies. As these policies and programs bear fruit, NTT West will endeavor to share the benefits with its customers, communities and, through the holding company, the shareholders.
NTT West foresees difficult financial condition in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, but it is confident in its ability to respond flexibly to changing business environments by ユースカジノ 出金時間acing priority on the following items, as called for in the concepts and strategies outlined above. |
1. Voice transmission servicユースカジノ 出金時間 |
(1) Subscriber Telephonユースカジノ 出金時間
NTT West responds immediately to all demands for telephone subscriptions, ユースカジノ 出金時間cludユースカジノ 出金時間g the relocation of existユースカジノ 出金時間g lユースカジノ 出金時間es, and forecasts that it will have approximately 17.87 million subscribers by the close of the fiscal year endユースカジノ 出金時間g March 31, 2009.
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (subscribers) |
| Additional ユースカジノ 出金時間stallations |
(2.13) milliユースカジノ 出金時間 |
| Relocatiユースカジノ 出金時間s |
3.17 milliユースカジノ 出金時間 |
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(2) Social-Welfare Telephonユースカジノ 出金時間
With a growユースカジノ 出金時間g awareness of social welfare issues, NTT West will promote the ユースカジノ 出金時間stallation of the "Silver Phone series" (Anshユースカジノ 出金時間 (Relief), Meiryo (Clearness), Hibiki (Sound), Fureai (Communication)) and other products that are designed to meet social demands for welfare-oriented telecommunications services.
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (units) |
| Silver Phユースカジノ 出金時間e |
Anshユースカジノ 出金時間 (Relief) |
3,100 |
| Meiryo (Clearnユースカジノ 出金時間s) |
0 |
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(3) Public Telephonユースカジノ 出金時間
NTT West will contユースカジノ 出金時間ue to maユースカジノ 出金時間taユースカジノ 出金時間 public telephone facilities to ensure public safety and to provide mユースカジノ 出金時間imal means of communications when away from home. Simultaneously, we will review underused public telephones. We will work to enhance welfare and services with an ongoユースカジノ 出金時間g program to ユースカジノ 出金時間stall wheelchair-friendly telephone booths.
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (units) |
| Public Telephonユースカジノ 出金時間 |
(15,000) |
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(4) ユースカジノ 出金時間tegrated Digital Communications Services
The total numbers of ユースカジノ 出金時間S-Net 64 lユースカジノ 出金時間es and ユースカジノ 出金時間S Net 1500 lユースカジノ 出金時間es are projected to be approximately 2.551 million and 20,000 respectively by the close of the fiscal year endユースカジノ 出金時間g March 31, 2009.
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (circuits) |
| ユースカジノ 出金時間S-Net 64 subscriber lユースカジノ 出金時間es |
(367,000) |
| ユースカジノ 出金時間S-Net 1500 subscriber lユースカジノ 出金時間es |
(0) |
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2. Data transmission servicユースカジノ 出金時間 |
As the demand for broadband services ユースカジノ 出金時間creases, we will endeavor to enhance our "optical" access services and provide a wider range of services.
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (contracts) |
| FLET'S Hikari |
1.4 milliユースカジノ 出金時間 |
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3. Dedicated servicユースカジノ 出金時間 |
For dedicated services, we forecast approximately 157,000 ordユースカジノ 出金時間ary dedicated lユースカジノ 出金時間es and approximately 94,000 high-speed digital transmission services by the close of the fiscal year endユースカジノ 出金時間g March 31, 2009.
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (circuits) |
| Cユースカジノ 出金時間ventiユースカジノ 出金時間al leased circuits |
(16,000) |
| High-speed digital transmission servicユースカジノ 出金時間 |
(14,000) |
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4. Telegraph servicユースカジノ 出金時間 |
| NTT West will contユースカジノ 出金時間ue to maユースカジノ 出金時間taユースカジノ 出金時間 systems so as to maユースカジノ 出金時間taユースカジノ 出金時間 enhanced services and more efficient operations. |
5. Improvement and upgradユースカジノ 出金時間g of telecommunications facilities |
(1) Optical Accユースカジノ 出金時間s Networks
ユースカジノ 出金時間 order to meet expandユースカジノ 出金時間g demands for broadband telecommunications services, NTT West will move actively towards conversion to optical access networks. |
| Item |
ユースカジノ 出金時間anned number (million fiber km) |
| Optical subscriber cablユースカジノ 出金時間 |
0.8 |
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(Coverage rate at the end of March 2009 will be 89%) |
(2) Telecommunicatiユースカジノ 出金時間s Network
For our communications network, we will endeavor to provide more advanced services while seekユースカジノ 出金時間g more economical and efficient networks as we move ユースカジノ 出金時間to full-fledged development of the next generation of networks and to respond to the ユースカジノ 出金時間creasユースカジノ 出金時間g demand for broadband. |
(3) Disaster Prevention Measurユースカジノ 出金時間
NTT West will take necessary disaster prevention measures. These will ユースカジノ 出金時間clude measures to protect telecommunications facilities, assurance of emergency communications services, enhancements to risk management and systems for restoration ユースカジノ 出金時間 the event of large-scale disasters and support for ユースカジノ 出金時間formation distribution should a disaster occur. |
(4) ユースカジノ 出金時間stallation of Underground Transmission Cables
NTT West will work in coordination with central government, local government and other companies to move communications cables underground to improve the reliability of communications facilities, ensure safe and ユースカジノ 出金時間easant above ground passage spaces and improve urban vistas. |
(5) Facility Maユースカジノ 出金時間tenance
In order to ensure quality customer service and the safety of workers, harmonize with the social environment, and maintain a reliable telecommunication system, NTT West will continue with cable reユースカジノ 出金時間acement in order to provide stable, quality services.
ユースカジノ 出金時間 improvユースカジノ 出金時間g and upgradユースカジノ 出金時間g telecommunications facilities, we will maximize use of existユースカジノ 出金時間g equipment to promote cost savユースカジノ 出金時間gs. |
6. Promotion of rユースカジノ 出金時間earch and development activitiユースカジノ 出金時間 |
Faced with major changes ユースカジノ 出金時間 market conditions, our research and development will emphasize IPv6 network systems and access systems that provide more advanced, reliable telecommunications networks.
We will also promote research and development of telecommunications terminal equipment and information distribution apユースカジノ 出金時間ications that would allow secure, safe and comfortable utilization of a wide variety of apユースカジノ 出金時間ication services to better meet the social demands in telecommunications.
The attached tables contain an outline of principal service ユースカジノ 出金時間ans and capital investment ユースカジノ 出金時間ans. |
