April 11, 2016
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TOKAI Holdings CorporationCnKats
suhiko Tokiita, Presideent & CEOO
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kyo Stock Exxchange Firrst Section))(Code No.
To whom itt may conceern

B
Buildinga Safe Coommunitty in Colllaboratioon
wiith Locall Authoriities in Shizuoka
SPrefectuure
Laun
nch of a nuiisance call ffiltering serrvice via thee CATV bussiness
TOKA
AI Cable Nettwork Corporation (Heeadquarterss: Shizuoka City, Shizuuoka; Presid
dent &CEO: Yasu
uhiro Fukudda; “TCN”), a wholly ow
wned subsid
diary of TOK
KAI Holdin
ngs Corporattion thathandles thhe Group’s CATV
Cbusiness, has lau
unched “Tobbila Phone” service fromm Monday, AprilA11,
2016 in colllaboration with Yaizu City and Fu
uji City in Shizuoka
SPrrefecture, aas a part of its
icontributioon to the com
mmunity.
1. Current Situation ofo the Cablee Television (CATV) BuusinessApproximately 29
9,070 thousand househholds, or 51.5% of all hoouseholds inn Japan use
e CATV
services.1
years have passed sincce CATV serrvices were first introd
duced in Jap
pan. Today, in addition
Sixty yto multi-chhannel broa
adcasts, loca
al independeent broadca
asts, VOD anda other viideo-related
d services,
CATV serv
vices includee telecommunications services succh as Intern
net and IP ttelephone seervices.
CATV prov
viders play an important regional role by providing compprehensive public commmunicationnbases and media via thesetservices.
1

As of Septem
mber 30, 2015 (from(the Minisstry of Internall Affairs and Co
ommunication, Information anand Communica
ations Bureau,Regional Broa
adcasting Officee)

ues in Collab
boration with Local Au
uthorities2. Helping to Solve Reegional and Social Issu
OKAI Grou
up operates CATV busin
ness coverin
ng five prefe
ectures in JJapan, withh a total ofThe TO
700 thousa
and customeers: 500 thoousand custtomers for itts broadcasting servicees, and 200 thousand
customers for its commmunications services.
80 thousandd customerss in Shizuok
ka Prefecturre.
The Group has 38
authorities have decide
ed to use th
he Tobila Ph
hone service provided byy TCN in a model locall
Local ainitiative ffor commun
nity development, such as preventiing consumer harm thaat results frrom
malicious bbusiness opperators.2 Th
he Tobila Phhone service
e is the firstt collaborattion in Japaan between
local authoorities and a CATV bussiness.

2For details regarding this service, please refer to the April 11, 2016 release by TCN titled ‘Automatically Block
Suspicious Calls: Tobila Phone launched on Monday, April 11.’”

Under the TLC (Total Life Concierge) vision, TOKAI Group comprehensively proposes various
lifestyle services, including energy, information and communication, and CATV services. Currently
around 2,550 thousand customers use its services. The Group will work to improve customer
satisfaction, and actively offer services and products that contribute to solving challenges of local
communities and society, in addition to Tobila Phone service.
3. Impact on Earnings
No changes have been made to the most recent consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2016.

April 11, 2016
6TOK
KAI Cable Network Corporation
CnTo whom itt may conceern

Autommatically Block Su
uspiciouss Calls!
Tobiila Phone laaunched on Monday,MAprril 11TOKAAI Cable Network Corrporation (HHeadquarte
ers: Shizuooka City, ShShizuoka; President
P&CEO: Yassuhiro Fuku
uda; “the Company”) hhas launcheed Tobila Ph
hone servicee on Monda
ay, April 11,,2016.
1. Outline
Consuumer issues related to telephone-bt
based scamss are increas
sing annuallly. In Shizu
uoka
Prefecturre alone, in 2016 damages caused by money transfer frau
ud increased
d by 228,24
40 thousand
dyen from the previou
us year to 337,240 thouusand yen.1tby determining
dg whether a call fromThe Toobila Phonee service hellps prevent consumer trouble
an unknoown numberr is from a nuisancencaaller, based on a list of nuisance caall numberss2 updated
daily usin
ng informattion provide
ed by police,, the Consu
umer Affairss Agency, loccal governmments, etc.
1

Frrom the homee page of the Shizuoka
S
Preffectural Policce Departmennt (as of April 7)

2Th
he nuisance caller number database is p
provided and managed by Tobila Systemms, Inc. (Headdquarters:Naaka-ku, Nagooya City, Aichii; President & CEO: Atsusshi Akita).

2. Collaborration with Local Authorities
The Coompany is activelyaworrking with llocal govern
nments to prrovide the TTobila Phonne service innorder to p
prevent consumer trouble, allowinng it to contribute to loccal communnities and society.
>bthee Company and local authorities in FY2016>><<Colllaboration between◇Yaizu Ciity, Shizuok
ka Prefecturre
As parrt of the “FYY2016 Yaizu
u City Cons umer Harmm Prevention
n Initiativee” aimed at preventing
harm to iits residentss such as from bank tr ansfer fraud, Yaizu Citty is offerin
ng 100 Tobila
a Phonedevices foor free to hoouseholds wishing
wto u se the Tobilla Phone service.3
The Coompany has entered in
nto an opera
ating agreem
ment with Yaizu
YCity tto provide th
he TobiraPhone serrvice, and tot handle th
he process frrom applica
ations from householdss to installattion of thedevices inn 100 homes.
◇Fuji Cityy, Shizuoka Prefecture
As parrt of the “Fuuji City Mallicious Calliing Preventtion System
m Model Inittiative” aim
med atpreventin
ng harm to its
i residentts such as frrom bank trransfer frau
ud, Fuji Cityy is offeringg 100 TobilaaPhone devices for free to households wishing to use the Tobila Phone service.3
The Company has entered into an operating agreement with Fuji City to provide the Tobira
Phone service, and to handle the process from applications from households to installation of thedevices in 100 homes.
3 The Tobila Phone device will be provided for free, and there are no monthly usage fees for the service until
March 2017, for both Yaizu City and Fuji City.

<Details of Tobila Phone Service in Yaizu City and Fuji City>◇Yaizu City
■ Number of households: 100 households. If more than 100 households apply, priority will be given
to households with elderly people (65 years old or older). If more than
100 households with elderly people apply, 100 households will be chosen■ Terms:at random.
(1) Must be a resident of Yaizu City (one device per household)(2) Home phones must have caller ID (such as number display)■ Contact:(3) Application deadline: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Yaizu City, Civil Division, Lifestyle Security Section, Civil Enquiries
TEL: 054-626-1131◇Fuji City
■ Contact:

Fuji City, Civil Division, Civil Security Section, Security and Transport
SafetyTEL: 0545-55-2831

3. Service for Areas Outside of Yaizu City and Fuji City
The Company will offer the Tobila Phone service in the following 16 cities.
The Company plans to work with local authorities as a locally connected company to contributeto the security and revitalization of local communities.
[Service Areas]
Gotemba City, Susono City, Numazu City, Mishima City, Izu City, Izunokuni City, Fuji City,Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka City, Yaizu City, Fujieda City, Shimada City, Nagaizumi, Shimizu,Kannami, Oyama
For standard fees and service details please see the following link.
http://www.thn.ne.jp/Tobilaphone/[For inquiries regarding the service]
TOKAI Cable Network Corporation
TEL: 0120-696-942 (Toll free number within Japan only, 9:30–18:30 JST)

Referencebila Phone>><About Tob
Block Nuisan
nce Calls!

Tobila Phonee■ Image oof the device
The Tobila Phoone is dessigned tohelp

protect

customerrs

fromwasting time aand threatss to theirmassetts associatted with malicious
nuisa
ance calls aand telesaless.

AAllowRefus■ Featurees(1)

nce Calls!
Bllock Nuisan
Thhe technology that is designed
dto p
prevent nuiisance calls determiness whether callscaresu
uspicious, an
nd enables rejection off unknown nuisancenca
aller numberrs. ※ Therre arecuurrently 25 thousand registered nu
uisance calller numbers.

(2)

Siimple Installlation
Siimply conneect it to you
ur existing ttelephone annd the Tobilla Phone is ready for use.
uPower outleet

Telephone line

(3)

Customer’s phone

ation: See howhsafe an incoming call is at a glance
Siimple Opera

Color-codded LED ligghts on the phonepindiccate how saffe a caller number
nis att a glance!

Flashing ggreen lightFlashing yyellow lightFlashingg red light

When a call is received frrom a

When a calll is received frrom a

When a calll is received fromfannumber thatt you have reg
gistered,

payphone, oor a number that is not on

undisclosedd number (whhether by

the LED flasshes green, inndicating

the nuisancce caller numbber list, theregistrationn or because thet call isthat the call is safe.

LED flashess yellow, indiccating thatfrom outsidde the notifica
ation system

the safety off the call is unknown.

area), or froom a numberr that is on
the nuisancce caller num
mber list, theLED flashees red, indicatting that thecall is poten
ntially dangerous.

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In orderr to use this service, it is neecessary to reegister for thee caller ID notification servvice provided
d by yourtelephon
ne company.

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This serrvice does nott provide a wa
arning for all unwanted calls.