Telecommunications infrastructure As broadband services drive us toward ubiquitous connectivity, we are seeing telecommunications technologies diversify and advance, with the integration of fixed and mobile infrastructure and telecommunications and broadcasting and growth in new Internet-based communications services. We are drawing on years of accumulating info-communications network construction technologies to provide all carriers with comprehensive facilities construction services, from planning and design to operations and maintenance. [NTT Group Engineering] We build and maintain telecommunications facilities for NTT Group companies. Access engineering: We lay optical fiber and copper cable between phone exchanges and homes and offices and provide construction and maintenance services. Network engineering: We install switches and routers/servers at exchanges and construct and maintain related electrical facilities. Mobile engineering: We design, construct, test frequencies, and maintain mobile base stations and in-building mobile communication systems. In fiscal 2008, the number of access engineering projects decreased as growth in optical fiber service users slowed. Network engineering work rose, however, on the strength of next-generation networks, or NGNs and facilities upgrade projects. Mobile engineering work was solid, reflecting upgrade assignments and projects for changing frequency bands. The year saw steady completions of projects carried over from fiscal 2007. Category sales thus climbed 2.0%, to ¥187.6 billion.    In fiscal 2009, we look for network engineering operations to benefit from ongoing investments in NGNs. At the same time, we expect access engineering infrastructure projects to decline, with mobile engineering work dropping because projects to alter frequency bands have run their course. Category sales should therefore decrease 5.0%, to ¥177.5 billion. [Non-NTT telecom engineering] Designing, constructing, and maintaining telecommunications facilities for new common carriers, government agencies, cable television companies, railway companies, and other customers Network integration services for constructing Internet environments, LANs, and WANs In fiscal 2008, our network integration services suffered from lower corporate investment in information technology in reaction to the recession. Work for new common carriers expanded steadily, however, and non-NTT engineering projects went well. Category sales therefore rose 5.0%, to ¥58.9 billion.    In fiscal 2009, we aim to expand work for new common carriers, cultivating infrastructural projects for local government bodies and securing work for digital terrestrial broadcasting. Category sales should thus jump 8.0%, to ¥63.5 billion. Environmental and social infrastructure We were swift to use limited natural resources efficiently and contribute to recycling. These efforts enabled us to build an environmental services business that covers everything from plant construction to facilities operations and management. The electrical and civil engineering technologies that we have gathered over the years have empowered us to play a major role in creating social infrastructure and helping enhance lifestyles. Designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water and waste treatment plants. Constructing electrical and air-conditioning facilities for office buildings and plants. Eliminating utility poles by laying electrical and telecommunications cable in underground conduits. In fiscal 2008, category sales fell 12.0%, to ¥28.4 billion, as we concentrated on profitable projects and experienced a downturn in private-sector work in light of the recession.    For fiscal 2009, we aim to boost sales 7.0%, to ¥30.5 billion, on the strength of work to stimulate the economy and our focus on profitable projects, particularly for urban infrastructure.