December 21, 2001

New Members Join MYLINE Carriers Association

MYLINE Carriers Association

MYLINE Carriers Association, the association of providers of MYLINE services, which successfully began operation on May 1, 2001, is pleased to announce that two telephone companies, HEISEI DENDEN CO., LTD. and MEDiA K.K., have joined the Association.

MYLINE Carriers Association now consists of 14 member telephone companies (carriers), as indicated in the list at the end of this document.

HEISEI DENDEN CO., LTD. acquired a Class 1 Telecommunications Carrier License in April 2001. Its access code is 0083. Customers may select HEISEI DENDEN in all four MYLINE calling categories: local calls, in-prefecture long-distance calls (long-distance calls within the same prefecture), out-of-prefecture long-distance calls (long-distance calls to different prefectures), and international calls. HEISEI DENDEN will launch MYLINE services on December 25, 2001. HEISEI DENDEN customers may register for MYLINE services in nine regions, including Hokkaido*, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Osaka, Hyogo Prefecture, and Fukuoka Prefecture. Nationwide service is planned to commence from March 2002.
(* In Hokkaido, service will start in April 2002 for international calls.)

MEDiA K.K. acquired permission for a Class 1 Telecommunications Carrier License in March 2001. Its access code is 0060. Customers may select MEDiA in all four MYLINE calling categories: local calls, in-prefecture long-distance calls, out-of-prefecture long-distance calls, and international calls. MYLINE services will begin on January 30, 2002. MEDiA customers may register for MYLINE services in Tokyo as well as Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama Prefectures (excluding certain islands).

Profile of the New Members

Announcement to Customers Regarding New Applications (for Registrations/Changes)

Customers who make new applications (for registration and/or changes) to MYLINE will be charged a MYLINE Registration Fee of ¥800 (not including tax) for each application per telephone line. As an example, if a customer prepares one application per calling category for one telephone line, thereby submitting multiple applications, that customer will need to pay a MYLINE Registration Fee for each application. In addition, a customer will need to pay a MYLINE Registration Fee for a switch from MYLINE to MYLINE PLUS and vice-versa.

Charges for the MYLINE Registration Fee will be included with bills from NTT East or NTT West. Bills for calls dialed will come from the telephone companies used by the customer.

Customers Whose Registration Processing Has Not Yet Been Completed

Customers who applied but have not yet been notified that their MYLINE registration has been completed are requested to first dial the telephone company's access code when they want to use the telephone company/companies they selected in their applications. This dialing procedure will be only temporary until their MYLINE services begin.

• To make a domestic call, the dialing order is:
  00XY (the access code of the telephone company you want to use) + area code + city prefix
  + subscriber number (the last four digits)
  
  
• To make an international call, the dialing order is:
  00XY (the access code of the telephone company you want to use) + 010 + country code
  + local telephone number (this usually consists of area code + telephone number)
  
  

  * Customers whose MYLINE registration processing procedures have been completed will be notified by post card at a later date (see the pamphlet "Guide to MYLINE Registration").

When telephone users who have not applied for MYLINE registration and customers whose registration has not yet been completed dial without prefixing a telephone company's access code, their calls will be handled in one of two ways:

1. If their telephone uses ACR, they will be connected via the telephone company they have been using.



2. If their telephone does not use ACR, their local calls and in-prefecture long-distance calls (long-distance calls within the same prefecture) will be carried via NTT East or NTT West, and their out-of-prefecture long-distance calls (long-distance calls to different prefectures) will be carried via NTT Communications.
   
   

Members of the MYLINE Carriers Association
and Telephone Numbers for Inquiries as of December 21, 2001