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April 15 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Read a scenario of “perfect victory” of their fixed telephony service that NTT envisions behind soaring interconnection fees and competition against the direct-subscription type of fixed telephony services and IP telephony services Something unusual is happening in the fixed telephony market. Only NTT Communications is substantially increasing the number of “My Line” contracts. Driven from the fixed telephony market, competitors are increasingly shifting their focus onto the direct-subscription type of fixed telephony services and/or IP telephony services. In the very market, however, NTT East and NTT West, which have just completed a full lineup of their optical IP telephony services, are about to launch a full-scale offensive. NTT Communications outdistances the rest of the carriers in the number of My Line contracts Soaring interconnection fees: Rising for three consecutive years; a new tariff system to be introduced in FY2005 Systematic deficiency in interconnection fees will bring the subscription telephony business to an end Cover Story 2 Seven questions about N900iL that baffle pioneer users Users who initially installed a mobile centrex mechanism that uses FOMA/wireless LAN dual terminals are faced with a number of questions. In fact, many of those questions inherently come from the specifications of N900iL, the only terminal for this purpose. For example, it has functional differences resulting from unique extension of the standard SIP. This article gives answers to a number of questions that pioneer users have had, from the coverage fields. Question about phone numbers: Can we be assigned 050 numbers? Question about operability: Can we use it like a multifunctional telephone? Question about SIP: Can we use it on any SIP server? Question about wireless LAN: Can we combine it with any wireless LAN device that we choose? Question about terminal: Can we buy it without signing up for FOMA? Question about presence: What can we apply it to? Question about number of terminals: Can we deploy it in a small-scale site?

Report

Fake calling numbers are found as expected—the blind spot in incoming calls from overseas

NTT East and NTT West plunge into all-out war in the corporate IP telephony services

CeBIT 2005 presents one of the advanced forms of cellular phones; fusion with AV devices is accelerated

KDDI is to introduce a flat rate for “PC Site Viewer” that enables users to view PC-based Web sites in their cellular phones while making a separate effort to enhance EZweb

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Yoichiro Yatsurugi
President, WILLCOM Inc.
“ Our fixed-rate voice service will generate profits with a monthly charge of as low as 2900 yen. We are considering a fixed-rate plan for calls with the direct-subscription type of fixed telephony service.”

Latest network that has changed enterprises

Shin-Idemitsu Co., Ltd.
The company has renewed its internal network by taking full advantage of broadband lines, seeking all of their benefits, such as low costs, speed, and reliability