FOR INFORMATION
April 20, 1998
NTT Announces Number of Subscriber Telephone Lines, Etc.,
for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1998
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has announced the number of subscriber
telephone lines, etc., for the fiscal year ending March 31,1998 as follows.
All of the numbers for the fiscal year 1998 are provisional.
(1) Number of Subscriber Telephone Lines (unit: 1,000)
|
Fiscal 1998 | Fiscal 1997 | Annual change |
| 60,380 | 61,460 | Down 1,080 |
(2) Number of ISDN Lines*1 (unit: 1,000)
|
Fiscal 1998 | Fiscal 1997 | Annual change |
| 2,622 | 1,253 | Up 1,369 |
*1 Calculated as INS-Net 64 lines (i.e., one INS-Net 1500 line equals 10 INS-Net 64 lines)
Breakdown of ISDN Lines
| |
Fiscal 1998 | Fiscal 1997 | Annual change |
INS-Net 64
(unit: 1,000) | 2,286 | 1,037 | Up 1,248 |
INS-Net 1500
(unit: 100) | 336 | 216 | Up 120 |
(3) Number of Open Computer Network Lines*2 (unit: 1,000)
|
Fiscal 1998 | Fiscal 1997 | Annual change |
| 159 | 1 | Up 157 |
*2 Service began December 1996
