Basic runs 1,600 yen per month. The success, after only 7-months of availability, meets projections the MSO had set for five years in the market. One of the vendors includes ADC, which submitted its network for testing in February. Cogeco will conduct tests with 60 subs. Under the current agreement, the MSO partners have the option to exit the venture.
Sprint plans to keep itself on course despite losses.
Known as MediaOne Digital Telephone Service, the offering is available via three packages. Each package includes 500 minutes of free local toll calls each month, number portability and free installation. MediaOne is also offering discounted long distance connectivity. MediaOne plans to expand the service to pass more than 254,000 homes by the end of the year. In the U.K., Comtel is planning to introduce telephony services over its systems in Coventry and Swindon.