In addition to the reduction of charges for, out of Inmarsat telephone services, dial calls originated from A, B and M system terminals on board ship, the rate division according to service area will be revised. Together with the reduction of charges mainly for calls to service areas including Japan where there is much demand, the rate division according to service area will be simplified from the existing four-strata division (Japan/Asia, America and Oceania/Europe/Africa) to a three-strata division in the order of traffic volumes used to achieve a more streamlined rate system.

As a result, an average reduction rate is 12.4 %, and the maximum reduction rate 31.6 %, enabling customers to use Inmarsat telephone services more economically.

Details of new charges are as given in Attachment.

[Reference] Outline of Inmarsat systems

	A system	B system	M system
Services available	Telephone Facsimile Telex Data communication	Telephone Facsimile Telex Data communication	Telephone Facsimile Data communication
Speed of datacommunication	Maximum 4,800 bps	Maximum 9,600 bps	Maximum 2,400 bps
Features	Analog system Calls by a credit-card are available	Digital system Less expensive charge than that for A system	Digital system Compared with A/Bsystems, more compact and lightweight Less expensive charge that that for A system

[Revised Inmarsat Telephone Rate System]

New division	Service area (destination)	Dial calls (charges after initial six seconds) Upper: charges applied during normal rate period Lower: charges applied during reduced rate period
		From Inmarsat A system	From Inmarsat B system	From Inmarsat M system
Group 0	Japan Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore	68 yen 50 yen	37 yen 25 yen	52 yen 40 yen
Group 1	U.S.A., Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Saipan, Canada, Mexico, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, France, U.K., Germany, Italy, Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canary Is., Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Russia	72 yen 59 yen	41 yen 34 yen	61 yen 49 yen
Group 2	All areas other than above	83 yen 59 yen	53 yen 34 yen	61 yen 49 yen
To Inmarsat A system		136 yen 118 yen	105 yen 93 yen	120 yen 108 yen
To Inmarsat B system		105 yen 87 yen	74 yen 62 yen	89 yen 77 yen
To Inmarsat C system		120 yen 102 yen	89 yen 77 yen	104 yen 92 yen

(Note 1): Reduced rate time period:
Pacific Ocean Region:	19:00 JST - 5:00 JST of the following day (10:00 UTC - 20:00 UTC)
Indian and Atlantic Ocean Regions:	4.30 JST - 14:30 JST (19:30 UTC - 5:30 UTC of the following day) (JST: Japan Standard Time; UTC: Universal Time Coordinated)
(Note 2): With this rate reduction, charges for calls to other systems on board ship (A/B/M) will also be reduced. (Refer to three columns on the bottom part)