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May 15 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Osaka Gas starts a mobile centrex project, into which technical know-how for working 6000 wireless IP telephone sets will be condensed At last, a big project that attracts national attention starts in May. Osaka Gas that is celebrating its 100th year in business will deploy the NTT DoCoMo mobile centrex service company-wide. It will attempt to establish ubiquitous business practice style by installing 6000 wireless IP telephone sets. The company foresees a yearly reduction of communications cost of 480 million yen. Not just deploying a large number of N900iL products! Five challenges hoped for the new extension system Cover Story 2 Best choice for phone numbering plan to make operation easier and halve costs IP centrex and mobile centrex are pressing you to review a conventional “phone numbering plan.” If you can develop a good plan, you may be able to make the operation easier and reduce running costs. There are many things to be considered, however. This article examines the points of optimal phone numbering plans. Maximize the effect of deploying IP telephony Shinsei Bank, Limited: dial-in numbers are switched from subscription to 050 numbers Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.: employees are to leave their IP telephone sets when transferred TOKYO GAS Co., Ltd.: phone numbers are fixed to organization units JFE Systems, Inc.: a dial-in numbers is assigned to all terminals ITOKI CO., LTD.: transfer operation is complemented by personal computers Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd.: all incoming calls are answered by the main switchboard and then transferred to respective extension without involving an operator

Report

NTT DoCoMo opens its mouth to tell how it has overcome FOMA/wireless LAN troubles

While countermeasures against unsolicited mail are progressing, “VoIP spam” is appearing

A new system for covering losses incurred in deficit regions of fixed telephony services is to be set into motion

Vodafone attempts to make a comeback with a “dangerous drug” of a flat-rate voice call service

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Seiji Sanda
CEO, Japan Communications Inc.
“ We are selling our wireless service like a dry cell in a box, so our service may be called ‘communication battery.’ We will provide an MVNO service for 3rd-generation cell phones in tandem with Vodafone.”

Latest network that has changed enterprises

Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd.
The company has succeeded in a 40 percent reduction of its network costs by deploying appropriate FLET’S services to all 530 shops. The task of network update was handled by only one staff plus outsourcing.