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Through NTT reorganization and thoroughgoing network opening, the conditions for fair and open competition that have already been achieved are second to those in no other country. (See Attachment 9 and 10) |
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NTT reorganization |
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NTT has been divided into East and West regional service companies and a long-distance company, all under a holding company. |
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Network opening |
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Provision of dark fiber (local and trunk) (December 2000) |
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Full-scale provision of dry copper and line sharing (December 2000) |
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Introduction of carrier selection system (MYLINE) (May 2001)
*Note: Introduced also for local calls, unlike the U.S. |
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Further opening of poles, ducts, and conduits (April 2001) |
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Provision of leased circuit carrier's rate (February 2001) |
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Opening of OSS (DSL: December 2000; optical fiber: May 2001; address information: February 1999; MYLINE : January 2001; number information database: July 2001) |
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Introduction of number portability (March 2001) Etc. |
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Introduction of long-run incremental costing (LRIC) to interconnection charges (April 2000) |
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Whereas the U.S. applies this only to local calls, in Japan it is applied to all calls. |
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Additional efforts are being made toward network opening in the Internet and optical fiber services fields, where market invigoration from competition is expected to lead to growth. (See Attachment 11) |
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DSL services |
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OSS opening: Publicizing on the Web, etc., the suitability for DSL of individual metallic lines (November 2001 and after) |
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Keeping the same number when switching from ISDN to analog service (aiming for summer 2002) |
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Implementing better firewall measures from a sales standpoint with regard to applications for DSL service (currently negotiating with providers) |
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Optical fiber services |
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OSS opening: Addition of information disclosure items for optical fiber equipment (September 2001, etc.), shortening the disclosed information update time, and enabling electronic application for use (November 2001 and after). |
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Taking into consideration the requirements of other carriers in facilities construction plans (fiscal 2002) |
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Additional network unbundling (unbundled fiber subloop, collocation in RT) (to be implemented in response to individual requests) |
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Other services |
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Opening of L-mode service (access points, backbone, etc.) (to be implemented in response to requests by other providers) |
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Regular publicizing of interconnection and collocation status, and of the status of granting use of poles, ducts, and conduits (aiming for fiscal 2001) |
