FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1, 1998
NTT Updates Guide to Interconnecting with NTT Networks
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has published a new version of Guidebook
for Interconnection with NTT Networks (June 1998) to help telecommunication carriers
understand the new system for interconnecting their networks and NTT's.
Interconnections were developed previously on the basis of agreements negotiated
individually by NTT and each carrier. Interconnection agreements are now standardized,
however, with the Basic Rules for Interconnection enacted into law and NTT's
interconnection tariffs approved by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
In accordance with the newly introduced rules, NTT will continue taking an active and
positive approach to opening its networks to other telecom carriers.
The guide is as follows:
l Chapter One: Overview of Interconnections with NTT Networks
l Chapter Two: Procedures of Interconnection
l Chapter Three: Outline of Relevant Laws and Interconnection Tariffs
l Chapter Four: Basic Rules for Interconnection and NTT's Approach
The guide can be viewed or obtained at the NTT Information Station on the first floor
of the NTT headquarters, and at the Interconnection Promotion Office of any regional
headquarters. NTT will also send the guide upon request to relevant individuals. In addition,
it can be viewed on the corporation's homepage at http://info.ntt.co.jp/nttopen/guidebook
/index-j.html.
Although the guide is currently available in Japanese only, an English version is to be
published on July 15, as well as released on NTT's homepage at http://info.ntt.co.jp/nttopen
/guidebook/index-e.html.
NTT will also host a seminar to explain the procedures of interconnections, as follows:
Date: July 7
Place: Keio Plaza Hotel
2-2-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo;
Tel: (03) 3244-0111
Fee: None
Application: Fax (03-5359-1528) or e-mail (open@sss.hqs.ntt.co.jp)
your name (and companyname, if any), telephone number,
and facsimile number or e-mail address.
Deadline: Applications must be received by July 3.
Admission: Granted in order of applications received.
Notes: 1) The guide will be distributed at the seminar.
2) On the same day following this seminar, another seminar
entitled "Scheme for Providing Network Functions"
willbe held.
