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5. Major initiatives by other group companies

NTT DATA Provision of "FairCast", which allows schools to contact families all at once through e-mail, telephone and/or fax, for free to schools in the affected areas.
Provision of a free system for visualizing information collected by each of the municipalities relating to damage and recovery on a map and utilizing it within the municipality and releasing it to the residents.
Provision of a free social networking service (SNS) exclusive to the local government staff for sharing know-how and useful information on recovery from disasters.
Provision of free cloud service for local governments in the affected areas that enables the use of business applications.
Provision of personnel support for "sinsai.info", a website aimed to provide logistic support for local rescue by the local volunteers, Japan Self-Defense Forces, rescue teams from other countries and others.
NTT Resonant Commencement of donation collection through "goo donation" to support those affected by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake.
Launch of a webpage that provides a list of earthquake-related information, such as assistance for affected people, created using a Q&A service called "PinQA", which works in coordination with location information.
Provision of "goo messages from evacuation shelters" through which information on the safety of people affected by the earthquake can be searched by inputting their names and mobile phone numbers.
NTT Plala For customers who were actually unable to use services due to the earthquake, waiver of basic charges for the periods when the services were not available.
Provision of Internet connection service "Plala" and video distribution service "Hikari TV" at the free Internet connection stations provided by NTT East at evacuation shelters.
Commencement of donation collection through "Plala" and "Hikari TV" to support those affected by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake.
NTT PC Communications For customers who were actually unable to use services due to the earthquake, waiver of basic charges for the periods when the services were not available.
Provision of "InfoSphere mobile connection service" for free to affected corporations. Provision of "WebARENA hosting service" for free to corporations and groups that support those who were affected. Provision of mobile service for free to affected corporations that use IP-VPN service.
NTT SmartTrade Commencement of donation collection using electronic money called "Chocom".
NTT NaviSpace Commencement of accepting point donations through a word-of-mouth ranking site called "Potara".
NTT IT Provision of a web conference system, "Meeting Plaza", free of charge for a limited time.
NTT-ME For customers who were actually unable to use services due to the earthquake, waiver of basic charges for the periods when the services were not available.
NTT CARD SOLUTION Collection of donations using electronic money "NET CASH" started.
NTT Group Provision of free public wireless LAN service in the affected areas.
Reporting capability to provide 43 company residences (approx. 3,000 houses) and 4 gymnasia as living space for affected people upon the government's request.
Donation of 1 billion yen.