05.02.2003

japantoday > technology

Nova to offer lessons at home via fiber-optic network

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at 09:30 JST
OSAKA — Foreign-language school operator Nova Co said Tuesday it will begin using a fiber-optic network next Monday in classes for students taking lessons at home.

The new service will use the fiber-optic network run by K-Opticom Corp, a telecom subsidiary of Kansai Electric Power Co, and Internet protocol videophones provided by Gingnet Corp.

The network covers the Kansai region with Osaka at the center.

While Nova currently offers such lessons via the integrated services digital network, the fiber-optic network will make lessons closer to reality, company officials said.

Nova has some 360,000 students across Japan and about 100,000 of them take lessons at home. (Kyodo News)

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