October 20th, 2000


Announcement of New Participants in the Informational Activities of the
MYLINE Carriers Association


Carriers Association of Dialing Parity

(short name: MYLINE Carriers Association)


MYLINE Carriers Association (an association headed by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION) announces that two new members - Global One and Fusion Communications Corp. - will henceforth participate in MYLINE informational activities. As a result of this change, thirteen carriers, as listed on the following table, are slated to participate in MYLINE Carriers Association.

MYLINE Carriers Association is composed of carriers (telephone companies) that will participate in the MYLINE Carrier Selection Service (abbreviated as "MYLINE"), which will begin providing MYLINE services from May 1st, 2001.

Global One Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of France Telecom, is the Japanese subsidiary of Global One Communications World Holding B.V., which provides voice and data telecommunications services worldwide. Its MYLINE calling category is the international category. Global One's access number is 009123, and its service area will be nationwide.

Fusion Communications Corporation was established this spring to provide consolidated voice, data, Internet, and other telecommunications services over its exclusive IP network. Its MYLINE calling categories are in-prefecture long-distance and out-of-prefecture long-distance. Fusion Communications Corp.'s access number is 0038, and its service area will be nationwide.

 

Business Profile of the New Members Participating in Informational Activities

Company name (abbreviation): Global One Communications, Inc. (Global One)
Address: Roppongi First Building, 1-9-9, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 106-0032
Date established: February 1st, 1996
Paid-in capital: ¥2.4 billion
Access code: 009123
Calling category: International calls
Service area (permissible registration area): Nationwide
Inquiries: 03-5561-1912 (10:00-17:00 weekdays) http://www.globalone.co.jp


Company name (abbreviation):Fusion Communications Corporation (Fusion Communications Corp.)
Address: Urban Net Otemachi Building, 2-2-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 100-0004
Date established: March 13th, 2000
Paid-in capital: ¥400 million (as of October 1, 2000)
Access code: 0038
Call categories: In-prefecture long-distance calls and out-of-prefecture long-distance calls
Service area (permissible registration area): Nationwide
Inquiries: 0120-380-747 (09:30-17:00 weekdays) http://www.fusioncom.co.jp
Comment: Fusion Communications' services are scheduled to begin after April 2001.

 

Name of Carrier Abbreviated name Access code Call category Service area
NTT Communications Corporation NTT Communications 0033 Out-of-prefecture long-distance,
international
 Nationwide
MCI WorldCom Japan Ltd. WorldCom Japan 0071 International Nationwide
Kyushu Telecommunication
Network Co., Inc. 		Kyushu Telephone 0086 Local,
in-prefecture long distance,
out-of-prefecture long-distance
 		Kyushu
(see note 1)
Global One Communications, Inc. Global One 009123 International Nationwide
Cable & Wireless
IDC Inc. *1 		Cable & Wireless IDC 0061 In-prefecture long distance,
out-of-prefecture long-distance,
international 		Nationwide
DDI CORPORATION *2 KDDI 0077
001
(international)

Local,
in-prefecture long distance,
out-of-prefecture long-distance,
international

Nationwide
K.K.Teleglobe Japan. *3 Teleglobe 0031 International

Kanto region
(see note 2)

Deutsche Telekom Japan K.K. Deutsche Telekom 0080 International Nationwide
Tokyo Telecommunication
Network Company,
Incorporated 		TTNet 0081
0082
(international) 		Local,
in-prefecture long distance,
out-of-prefecture long-distance,
international 		Kanto region
(see note 2)
JAPAN TELECOM
CO., LTD. *4 		Japan Telecom 0088
0041
(international) 		Local,
in-prefecture long distance,
out-of-prefecture long-distance,
international 		Nationwide
Fusion Communications
Corporation *5 		Fusion Communications
Corp. 		0038 In-prefecture long distance,
out-of-prefecture long-distance 		Nationwide
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE EAST
CORPORATION 		NTT East 0036 Local,
in-prefecture long distance 		Eastern Japan
(see note 3)
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE WEST
CORPORATION 		NTT West 0039 Local,
in-prefecture long distance 		Western Japan
(see note 4)

DDI and KDD merged in October 2000 to form DDI CORPORATION (KDDI).

Note 1: Covers all prefectures in Kyushu; does not include Okinawa Prefecture and outlying islands.
Note 2: Kanto region 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 the 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.

*1 Cable & Wireless IDC Inc. will start service for in-prefecture long distance and out-of-prefecture long-distance calls in or around December 2000.
*2 KDDI will begin providing local call service in certain areas from May 2001. This service will eventually be expanded nationwide.
*3 Teleglobe is planning to start service from January 2001.
*4 Japan Telecom will begin providing local call service in certain areas from May 2001. This service will eventually be expanded nationwide.
*5 Fusion Communications Corp. is planning to start service after April 2001.

Note that the above list indicates the members of MYLINE Carriers Association at present; the list of members may change in the future.

[Reference]

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 (telephone company) they use when making 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 other advanced foreign countries.

With the introduction of MYLINE, all competitors in Japan's telecommunications area will be equal in terms of dialing procedure 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.