FOR INFORMATION
June 19, 1998
NTT Submits Revised Articles of Interconnection
Agreement to MPT Minister for Authorization
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) today submitted for
authorization by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications a plan
to revise the corporation's Articles of Agreement Concerning
Interconnection to Designated Telecommunications Facilities.
NTT has been promoting interconnection with other carriers by drafting
the new Articles concerning procedures, charges and technical
requirements based on the Basic Rules for Interconnection, which were
incorporated into the revised Telecommunications Business Law enacted
in November 1997. The corporation submitted a plan for initial revision
of the Articles in January, which was approved in March.
The latest revisions cover new interconnection conditions to be introduced
this October, which NTT developed to meet the needs of other
telecommunication carriers,including:
- Interconnections with PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System) carriers, via
long-distance carriers, at NTT's local switches.
- Interconnections between cable television carriers and other carriers
via NTT's tandem switches.
- Interconnections that establish points of interface (POIs) at other
telecommunicationcarriers' buildings.
NTT plans to implement the new revisions soon after receiving the
Minister's authorization.
NTT also submitted for the minister's authorization a plan to revise the
corporation's Articles of Agreement Concerning Interconnection to
Non-Designated Telecommunications Facilities.
