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November 15, 2006	KDDI and CATV suddenly get closer: will they be able to orchestrate opposition against NTT in the triple play services?
November 01, 2006	High-speed PLC products first emerge in Japan: A full array of products from 20 companies appear at CEATEC
October 15, 2006	No time to waste in preparing for Japanese SOX act: Prices of security products and services indispensable for internal control
October 01, 2006	What else stops NTT but government policy that has already started off for 30 million B FLET’S subscribers ahead of the pack and is overwhelming its rivals in marketing and construction?
September 15, 2006	Optical broadband - driver of rapid growth in Wide-area Ethernet and Internet VPN - sweeps enterprise networks
September 01, 2006	Impact of vPro and true value of Windows Vista - They can rescue users from the hell of managing clients
August 15, 2006	Let's check five categories of bargain network products and services to find out to what an extent they are useful
August 01, 2006	True colors of NGN - NTT's greatest gambit in its history
July 15, 2006	Do as many as 70 percent of companies prohibit their employees from taking out PC? - Remote access building techniques that will not be undermined by information leakage
July 01, 2006	Overturn common ideas in thin clients - It is already history that IP telephony and applications cannot be used in thin clients
June 15, 2006	Information leakage through Winny cannot be prevented: The only countermeasure suggested by affected companies is to "isolate home PCs"
June 01, 2006	Trends of enterprise networks can be seen in the courses that 30 industrial leading companies are taking
May 15, 2006	A new concept of connecting services - A wave called "SOA" is rushing to enterprise networks
May 01, 2006	No more LAN that is just fast: "LAN on demand" is starting up
April 15, 2006	New linchpins of enterprise networks: Break down three barriers with application-oriented networks
April 01, 2006	"One-segment service," launched out of undercooked discussion, holds potential "bombs" for pressed cellular operators
March 15, 2006	The whole picture of "WiBro," Korean version of mobile WiMAX: The world's first commercial service will start in June
March 01, 2006	Impact of"Asterisk," open source IP-PBX software, that exceeds the status of PBX alternative and creates a new voice market
February 15, 2006	IPMobile, maverick company in the cell telephony, is making a bet - It is joining the market with "mobile ADSL" starting at a monthly price of 3000 yen
February 01, 2006	"FTTR," hybrid of optical and DSL technologies, will start as early as this summer as an additional option for broadband
January 15, 2006	Competition in winning frequency band allocation heats up: NTT DoCoMo decides to join the battle with WiMAX!
January 01, 2006	A great prediction for networks in 2006: futuristic views of communications
December 15, 2005	NTT beset with both internal and external troubles involved in restructuring their business operations
December 01, 2005	The first analysis of KDDI wireless LAN mobile terminals - Disclosing of the specifications is the trump card for catching up with NTT DoCoMo
November 15, 2005	Real reason of the MIC’s review of NTT optical fiber tariff
November 01, 2005	The direct type of fixed telephony services, driven to the wall, tries to find a means of survival in enterprise extension networks, armed with "a flat rate for unlimited calls"
October 15, 2005	Crises lurking in public wireless LAN services
October 01, 2005	Ripples caused by alliance between TEPCO and KDDI
September 15, 2005	Cellular carriers start a countdown for a new competitive age - Softbank applies for the license ahead of other companies
September 01, 2005	Commercially inviable power line communications: reasons why neither proponents nor opponents make concessions
August 15, 2005	Three barriers stand up against healthy B FLET’S
August 01, 2005	A disaster strikes, but business still must go on: 3 “NOT" lessons learned from stricken companies
July 15 , 2005	Cover every corner of large cities: Surface expansion of wireless LAN starts on a world scale
July 01 , 2005	Cover Story for the 20th anniversary
June 15 , 2005	Now is the time to make a suggestion on radio wave policies adopted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications when frequencies are running out
June 01 , 2005	Major offensive launched by new WILLCOM Inc. that makes a reverse L-shape recovery after breaking away from KDDI
May 15 , 2005	Osaka Gas starts a mobile centrex project, into which technical know-how for working 6000 wireless IP telephone sets will be condensed
May 01 , 2005	“FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence)” frontline: revolutionary change of communication services is under way in the world
April 15 , 2005	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
April 01 , 2005	This year will see megabit class speeds and 3000 yen monthly prices: Wireless broadband services will become “faster, cheaper, and more ubiquitous”
March 15 , 2005	Non-NTT carriers are required to lay their own optical fiber: reliance on the resources of NTT East and NTT West is reviewed and adjusted
March 01 , 2005	Softbank vs. MIC: Disputes over entering the cellular market between Softbank and the MIC leave the possibility of sowing seeds of future problems, which may flare up at any time
February 15 , 2005	Second dynamic test on wireless IP telephony: It faces the barrier of “affinity”
February 01 , 2005	Nine shrewd experts support Son, President & CEO of Softbank, behind the scenes
January 15 , 2005	“This is how to dispose of existing telephony networks”; cases of British Telecom and KDDI trying to transform their trunk networks into IP-enabled ones
January 01 , 2005	Nikkei Communications 20th Anniversary Special
December 15 , 2004	A great decision in its 100-year history: NTT’s ambitions put in a new optical IP infrastructure
December 01 , 2004	Direct interview with the first mobile centrex users of NTT DoCoMo and KDDI about their struggles along the way up to the night before the launch of the services
November 15 , 2004	New idea of selecting phone numbers: this is why we selected the “050-prefix number system”
November 01 , 2004	Unravel the mystery of a new type of fixed telephony service that JAPAN TELECOM CO., LTD. will start: Real intentions of selecting not IP but circuit exchange method
October 15 , 2004	Dynamic test on wireless IP telephony: A test to measure the time necessary for switching APs and the number of terminals that can be simultaneously connected to one AP
October 01 , 2004	Threats approach client personal computers: Fight against phishing and spyware attacks that jeopardize personal information
September 15 , 2004	Most extensive survey on the actual situation of enterprise networks that Japan has ever seen
September 01 , 2004	Reduce the cost of cellular phones that insidiously swells communication costs for enterprises
August 15, 2004	Dawn of the “Fiber Optic NTT Telephony” age: The leader NTT decides to enter IP telephony market in August!
August 01, 2004	Get to the inside details of two big cellular user countries to which the world pays close attention: China with 0.3 billion users and Korea that sees the video craze
July 15 , 2004	Broadband video service that aspires to become a “TV” now faces a new challenge-the scenario of a successful triple play is verified
June 28 , 2004	Three signs indicating the collapse of Internet
June 14 , 2004	Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. challenges Japan's first "IP telephony revolution" by transforming its working style and producing 10 billion yen annually.
May 24, 2004	Blind spot in NTT DoCoMo, company with 1 trillion-yen profit: Voice that worries about "Big Company Disease" erupted from within its group companies
May 10, 2004	Search for truth in KDDI’s movement where spinning off of a corporate marketing division is planned with a scale of 400-billion yen annual sales to start in October 2004 at the earliest
April 26, 2004	Here are the first Mobile Centrex users!
April 12, 2004	What in the world is "RENA"? Is it just a videophone or a savior of NTT?
March 22, 2004	Gain an insight into really effective IP telephony investment so as not to be misled by false cost reductions
March 08, 2004	Softbank Corp. pulls out all stops to enter the 8 trillion yen mobile market
February 23, 2004	Carrier shakeup drama in, 2004 staged by Ripplewood Holdings LLC
February 09, 2004	IP telephony interconnection is on the very edge
January 26, 2004	“Is it necessary to regulate IP telephony services?”
January 12, 2004	Five forks dictate the telecommunications industry in Japan: which do you choose?