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November 15 2005 Issue <<Contents>>

Cover Story 1 Real reason of the MIC’s review of NTT optical fiber tariff The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is now drastically shifting its policy about NTT's subscriber optical fiber.  It turns out that the Ministry has started reviewing the tariff determined in 2001 and the fiber lease obligation.  The shift in the MIC’s policy indicates its intention to vigorously push forward the opticalization and IP-enablement of communication infrastructures. Cover Story 2 Storage Centrex: the management technique that enables all information to be aggregated in a center protects companies System administrators are exposed to increasing pressure to properly control data management systems in the wake of the enforcement of the personal information protection law and preparations for the Japanese version of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX).  The best method that companies should adopt is "Storage Centrex," which aggregates all data in the center. Cover Story 3 Three steps for making full use of charge-free IP telephone "Skype" – the market for products for enterprise use is also suddenly booming The charge-free IP telephone "Skype" is attracting attention for extension use among companies.  Once its features are understood and it is successfully incorporated in your enterprise network, it can help reduce communication costs and be used as simple teleconference software.  This article introduces three steps for utilizing the Skype in companies. Step 1: Control all internal Skype software at one central location Step 2: Improve the operability of Skype Skype's unique user management method "Ubiquitous Skype" will be realized Step 3: Make full use of Skype’s built-in functions

Report

The assignment of numbers starting with 050 may be limited to public wireless LAN service providers

To stop the winning streak of "GyaO," Softbank offers a competing service against it

NTT group shows its strong drive toward laying 30 million optical lines in its technological exhibition

Carriers clash against each other over the status of optical IP telephony in a deregulation assessment conference held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

True aim of DoCoMo version of "Push to Talk" service is to provide a flat-rate voice service while stemming a decrease in ARPU


Eye-catcher/new service
NTT East and NTT West add new services, "Double Channel" and "My Number," to their optical IP telephony services, specifically targeting at medium-small and SOHO users

Microsoft launches an ultra cheap Web conference service "Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005" to expand the service market in Japan

WILLCOM launches its first Windows powered PHS terminals

User frontline

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
The company changes its data communication cards from PHS to 3G to reduce communication costs by 10 percent

Hitachi Information Systems, Ltd.
The company introduces wireless LAN onto all its floors and adopts IEEE 802.11a-enabled devices to avoid radio interference

Editor-in-Chief's Interview

Toru Arakawa
President & CEO, ACCESS CO., LTD.
"We will also play a role of an advisor to overseas carriers."

Latest technology that has stimulated enterprises

Wireless IC tag
Environments are ripe for development, and some companies, especially in the manufacturing industry, are beginning to actually use them

Strategic network study

Gaitame.Com Co., Ltd.
The company will renew its internal network to a robust, state-of-the-art network, including thin clients and quarantine systems.


Serial 1
Core component of wireless broadband that defies the common sense of communications

iBurst (sequel)
The system makes effective use of 5 MHz bandwidth with multiple access and improves security with its own protocol


Serial 2
The fusion - The ideal and reality of broadband

Fusion of communication and finance - Part 1
With DoCoMo and Sumitomo Mitsui marking the beginning of the age of the great fusion of communications and finance, communication carriers are moving toward finance businesses


Serial 3
Theorist networking - Just connecting networks is no longer enough

Part 1 - Business investment and networking (4)
Keep your business going while managing risks that hit networks and surviving system troubles