A banana for the gorilla
ONCE again, Japanese consumers find themselves grateful to the Americans for prising lower prices out of their own government. This time, the promise is of cheaper telephone calls. After a week of intense haggling, trade officials from the two countries at last agreed to settle their long-standing row over the fees that Japan's dominant carrier, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), charges rival telephone companies for accessing its local network.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “A banana for the gorilla”
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