Number of NTT's ISDN lines

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Number of NTT's ISDN lines tops 300,000 in early June


The number of NTT's ISDN (integrated services digital network)
lines topped 300,000 in early June, increasing by 50% over the
last year. ISDN service has been used in a growing number of
different ways, including multimedia, corporate teleconferencing
systems and POS (point-of-sale) systems geared toward
convenience stores, delivery by local ward offices of copies of
family registers, and page layout work at newspaper companies.
ISDN has also been used for PC communications services targeting
individuals. Even karaoke pubs have found a way to use ISDN
lines. With a new "karaoke data communications" service, data for
requested songs are immediately received over the lines.


clip from Japan - Telecom News Briefs 06/24/94