Japan, U.S. resume NTT interconnection fee talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and U.S. officials on July 10 resume talks in Tokyo on telecommunications deregulation in a bid to resolve their longstanding dispute over Japan's telephone interconnection rates before the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in Okinawa Prefecture. The two countries are at odds over how to reduce the hookup fees that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. charges its competitors for use of its local networks. The previous round of talks was held in March.

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