Hikari Telephone Services

A number of optional telephone services are available to Flet's Hikari Subscribers. You may choose any, all, or none of these services:

1. Hikari Denwa: Digital telephone service provided by NTT West and NTT East.
2. Dot Phone: IP Phone service provided by OCN.
3. POTS: ("Plain Old Telephone Service)

If you already have a regular "POTS" phone line, you can have it converted to Hikari Denwa and keep your current phone number.

Note that, with or without any of the above telephone services, you can still make and receive calls using Skype and other similar IP telephony services.

Hikari Denwa

The following Hikari Denwa Services are available:

• Regular Hikari Denwa: ¥525 per month. Includes a regular NTT landline phone number. If you have NTT telephone service now, you may convert that service to Hikari Denwa and keep the number you have now.
• Hikari Denwa "Ace" ¥1,575/month. The above Regular Hikari Denwa service with the following services added:
1. Number Display (displays number of incoming caller)
2. Number Request (recording to ask callers to redial with their number displayed)
3. Email Advisory (email to mobile when calls are received at home.
4. Catch phone (put current call on hold to answer a 2nd call)
5. Voice warp (call forwarding)
6. Call blocking (blocking of calls from certain numbers)

Advisory: Certain types of fax machines will not function properly on Hikari Denwa lines. These are not common machines but are used by some large businesses. If fax functionality is critical to your situation (e.g., business), then a regular analog (POTS) phone line is recommended.

Connection charge for Hikari Denwa

New connections

If you do not have NTT telephone service now and request Hikari Denwa with your new Flet's Hikari connection, you will have the following connection charges:

East Japan: No charge
West Japan: ¥1050

Conversion to Hikari Denwa

If you do have NTT telephone service now and request conversion to Hikari Denwa with your new Flet's Hikari service, the connection charge for the telephone servicve will depend on whether you own an NTT Telephone Subscription Right (commonly called "owning a phone line") or the service is Lite Plan (commonly called "renting a line") you will have the following connection charges:

East Japan

• Have Right: ¥3,150
• Lite Plan: ¥2,100
  

West Japan

• Have Right: ¥4,200
• Lite Plan: ¥3,150

Hikari Denwa Conversion Notes:

1. You keep your current NTT phone number when converting to Hikari Denwa.
2. If your telephone is "owned" but you are not the owner (e.g., it's provided by your employer) then conversion must be approved by the owner.

OCN Telephone Service

"DotPhone" (IP phone) ¥315-¥399/month. Advantages: Calling rate is lowest of standard services (basically, all domestic calls are either 'local' or free*). You get an '050' number which your associates may use to get a lower rate when calling you.

*Calls placed over DotPhone to other DotPhone users are free.

Official NTT Information

For complete official info and price details, see the NTT Official English Site for your area:

Eastern Japan (areas with landline numbers starting with 01 to 04)
Western Japan (areas with landline numbers starting with 05 to 09)

POTS Service

Rates for NTT "Plain Old Telephone" range from ¥1,522.5 to ¥2,047.5 per month for residential landline service, depending on the type of line and population of the local calling area. Includes a regular NTT landline phone number.

For more info on POTS service, see the NTT Telephone Page.

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