OSAKA, Jul 23 (News On Japan) –
NTT West introduced that it’ll finish its ‘Town Page’ cellphone listing and ‘104’ cellphone inquiry companies in March 2026.
The ‘Town Page’, first issued by NTT in 1890 because the ‘Telephone Subscriber Directory’, has been a well-known useful resource for over 130 years, identified for its yellow cowl and used to lookup cellphone numbers by title and handle.
The ‘104’ service, which gives cellphone quantity info for people and companies at a price, has additionally been extensively used. However, attributable to elevated consciousness of private info privateness and the unfold of the web, the variety of customers has declined, resulting in the choice to terminate each companies.
While ‘Town Page’ and ‘104’ will finish in March 2026, the braille cellphone listing and the net model ‘iTown Page’ will proceed.
Source: YOMIURI