Two New Members to Join MYLINE Carriers Association

Carriers Association of Dialing Parity

(short name: MYLINE Carriers Association)

MYLINE Carriers Association is proud to announce that two new carriers will become members: K.K. Teleglobe Japan and Deutsche Telekom Japan K.K.

The MYLINE Carriers Association is an association headed by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION and composed of carriers (telephone companies) that will participate in the MYLINE Carrier Selection Service (abbreviated as "MYLINE"), which will begin providing services on May 1, 2001. Thus, eleven carriers, as listed on the attachment, are slated to participate in MYLINE Carriers Association from May 2001.

K.K. Teleglobe Japan (Teleglobe) is the Japanese subsidiary of the Teleglobe Inc. Group, a Canada-based international carrier that has been providing international telecommunication services for almost 50 years. Its access code is 0031, and the service area in which customers may register for MYLINE is the Kanto region, including Tokyo, the surrounding six prefectures (Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, and Kanagawa), Yamanashi Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture(east of the Fujigawa River), excluding the outlying islands.

Deutsche Telekom Japan K.K. (Deutsche Telekom) is the Japanese subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's largest telecommunications firm esteblished in 1995 after the privatization of the state-run Deutsche Bundespost Telekom. It's access code is 0080, and the service area in which customers may register for MYLINE is nationwide.

Business Outline of the New Members

Company name: K.K. Teleglobe Japan (Teleglobe)
Address: 1-1-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 107-0062
Date established: August 5, 1997
Paid-in capital: ¥10 million
Access code: 0031
Call Category: international
Service area (permissible registration area): the Kanto region, including Tokyo, the surrounding six prefectures (Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, and Kanagawa), Yamanashi Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture(east of the Fujigawa River), excluding the outlying islands.
Inquiries: 0120-50-1802 (Weekdays 10:00-17:00) http://www.teleglobe.co.jp

Company name: Deutsche Telekom Japan K.K. (Deutsche Telekom)
Address: Bancho House, 29-1, Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 102-0082
Date established: December 20, 1999
Paid-in capital: ¥120 million
Access code: 0080
Call category: international
Service area(permissible registration area): nationwide
Inquiries: 0120-668-666 (24 hours daily, year-round)   http://www.telekom.co.jp

MYLINE Carrier Selection Service is being introduced with the objectives of improving customer convenience while at the same time ensuring fair competitive conditions in the telecommunications area. With MYLINE, subscribers register at an exchange operated by NTT East or NTT West. After registering, they no longer will need to dial the access code of whatever carrier they use when they make calls. This will enhance customer convenience. At the same time, the other players in the telecommunications area will move to the same footing as NTT East, NTT West, and NTT Communications, which always have been accessible without first dialing an access code prefix. This will enhance the fairness of dialing procedures among all competitors in the telecommunications area. In addition, the presence of MYLINE service will ensure conformance with the telecommunications systems prevailing abroad, as similar systems have been introduced in foreign countries. With the introduction of MYLINE, all competitors in Japan's telecommunications area will be equal in terms of dialing methods and the number of digits in dialing prefixes. Fair competition among the players will invigorate the telecommunications market, setting the stage for even better services in the future.

 

Members of the MYLINE Carriers Association (as of June 16, 2000)

Note 1: Covers all prefectures in Kyushu; does not include Okinawa Prefecture and outlying islands.

Note 2: Eastern Japan includes Tokyo, the surrounding six prefectures (Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, and Kanagawa), Yamanashi prefecture, and Shizuoka prefecture (as well as the area east of Fuji-River); does not include outlying islands of the above prefectures.

Note 3: Covers the Hokkaido, Tohoku and Kanto regions as well as Niigata, Yamanashi and Nagano Prefectures.

Note 4: Covers the Hokuriku, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu regions as well as Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi and Mie Prefectures.

* DDI and KDD are currently undertaking preparations to merge in October of this year.

* Members as of April 2000. Other carriers might join/drop in the future.