SOFTBANK BB Corp. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masayoshi Son) and Yahoo Japan Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masahiro Inoue; Security Code: 4689) will jointly launch Yahoo! BB hikari, a new comprehensive broadband service using optical fiber. Yahoo! BB hikari includes Yahoo! BB hikari home and Yahoo! BB hikari mansion(*).. Applications will be accepted from October 5, 2004.
Yahoo! BB comprehensive broadband service jointly provided by SOFTBANK BB Corp. and Yahoo Japan Corporation using ADSL technology started commercial operation in September 2001. This is the largest comprehensive broadband service in Japan, encompassing 4,426,000 subscribers as of the end of August 2004.
In providing Yahoo! BB hikari, we made it possible to offer the world’s fastest giga-level network together with the backbone of SOFTBANK BB Corp. that boasts a maximum speed of 60 Gbps. The network uses optical fiber with a maximum speed of 1 Gbps in an access line from NTT’s station premises to the user’s premises. In this way, we will be providing a high-quality, more stable Yahoo! BB hikari service that will accommodate the different needs of customers as well as the existing ADSL service.
An outline of the Yahoo! BB hikari service is as follows:
Under this service, an access line from NTT’s station premises to the user’s premises is created using optical fiber with a maximum speed of 1 Gbps that is shared by up to 32 users.
It became possible to provide this access line when SOFTBANK BB installed facilities that can accommodate 1 Gbps in NTT’s station premises and built the GE-PON(*) system. We are now able to provide a high-quality, more stable communication environment compared to the existing services of other companies that sharing access lines with a maximum speed of 100 Mbps. (Depending on the equipment in the premises, the maximum speed per user will be at 100 Mbps.)
October 5
City designated in the ordinance
December 1
The service of the existing Yahoo! BB users had changed.
Starting with the city designated in the ordinance, the sales area will be expanded until the service is available nationwide.
Yahoo! JAPAN, mass retailers and sales agents
Yahoo! BB hikari home, no monthly charges for up to two months The initial cost of 2000 yen (2100 yen including tax) is abolished.(For customers who subscribe from October 5 to November 30)
SOFTBANK BB Corp. has been providing an optical fiber service to apartment and condominium complexes partially on a trial basis since November 2003. The service will soon be provided as a full-scale commercial service for new and existing apartment and condominium complexes.
Under this service, optical fiber for subscribers is laid in the common part of a housing complex. Initially, it is provided as an optical fiber with a maximum speed of 100 Mbps, but it is scheduled to provide optical fiber with a maximum speed of 1 Gbps, like Yahoo! BB hikari home, early in 2005.
The service is provided using two methods depending on the structure in housing complex. Type V uses existing telephone lines and Type E involves installing new LAN cable.
In both Yahoo! BB hikari home and Yahoo! BB hikari mansion, services equivalent to the Yahoo! BB ADSL service will be provided at standard.
BB Phone is available in both Yahoo! BB hikari home and Yahoo! BB hikari mansion.
In both Yahoo! BB hikari home and Yahoo! BB hikari mansion, the Yahoo! BB Wireless LAN Pack is available as an option.
Both Yahoo! BB hikari home and Yahoo! BB hikari mansion is scheduled to be made available within the year.
The SOFTBANK Group wishes to make a social contribution by providing innovative broadband telecommunications infrastructure and services that enrich the means of human communication.
| Yahoo! BB hikari home and Yahoo! BB hikari home with BB Phone |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Cost | Administrative fee for installation of the optical line | 2,000 yen (2,100 yen including tax) | |
| Fee for installation of the optical line | Standard installation fee *1 | Borne by us *2 | |
| Fee for nonstandard additional installation | Estimated separately | ||
| Holiday surcharge for additional installation | 20,000 yen (21,000 yen including tax) | ||
| Yahoo! BB hikari home | Yahoo! BB hikari home with BB Phone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Usage Charge | Basic charge for Optical home | 4,200 yen (4,410 yen including tax) | 4,580 yen (4,809 yen including tax) |
| Set usage fee*3 for the optical terminal | 1,000 yen (1,050 yen including tax) | ||
| ISP service fee | 1,290 yen (1,354 yen including tax) | ||
| Rental fee for hikari BB unit T1 | 400 yen (420 yen including tax) | ||
| Call charges for BB Phone | - | Metered rate | |
| Subtotal | 6,890 yen (7,234 yen including tax) | 7,270 yen (7,633 yen including tax) | |
| Fee | ||
|---|---|---|
| Initial cost | Administrative fee for subscription | 5,000 yen (5,250 yen including tax) |
| Basic installation fee | 15,000 yen (15,750 yen including tax) | |
| Type V | Fee | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription by 8 to 15 households | Subscription by 16 households or more | ||
| Monthly Charge | Monthly usage charge | 3,700 yen (3,885 yen including tax) | 3,500 yen (3,675 yen including tax) |
| VDSL modem rental fee | 800 yen (840 yen including tax) | ||
| Rental fee for hikari BB unit *4 | |||
| Call charges for BB phone | Metered rate | ||
| Type E | Fee | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription by 8 to 15 households | Subscription by 16 households or more | ||
| Monthly Charge | Monthly usage charge | 3,700 yen (3,885 yen including tax) | 3,500 yen (3,675 yen including tax) |
| Rental fee for hikari BB unit *5 (optional) |
400 yen (420 yen including tax) | ||
| Call charges for BB phone | Metered rate | ||
