TSUTAYA's smartphone "TONE" and its family monitoring feature "TONE Family" are the first smartphone services to be certified as recommended features in nine prefectures and cities in the Kanto region, including Tokyo.
2017.03.16
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Tone Mobile Co., Ltd.
- First simultaneous recommendation for both "approximately elementary school age" and "approximately junior high school age and above" categories -
Tone Mobile Corporation (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Ishida Hiroki; hereinafter referred to as "Tone Mobile") is pleased to announce that "TONE Family," a family monitoring service for the "TONE" smartphone provided by Tone Mobile, has become the first smartphone feature to be certified as a recommended feature by nine prefectures and cities in the Kanto region, including Tokyo (Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Chiba City, Saitama City, and Sagamihara City).
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government recommends mobile phones and other devices that are designed with the healthy development of young people in mind, as well as functions that can be used on mobile phones, with the aim of preventing harmful information on the Internet for young people and preventing use that disrupts their lifestyles. This certification is the first in about four years, and "TONE Family" is the only recommended smartphone service (as of March 2017) among the services offered by the three major carriers and all other MVNOs. In addition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set recommended standards for the usage period, dividing it into "the period when mobile phones etc. are used solely for contacting parents etc. (roughly elementary school age)" and "the period when children are learning about Internet use (roughly junior high school age and above)." "TONE Family" is the first function to simultaneously meet both recommended standards.
"TONE Family" is a service that allows parents to monitor their children's location and usage of each app, and allows parents and children to discuss and control usage. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Committee for Review of Recommended Mobile Phone Devices, etc. has determined that the various functions of "TONE Family" can "prevent young people from using mobile phone devices, etc. to contact people whom their parents do not want them to contact. ""It has the function of allowing protection or custody by guardians, etc. " " "It is possible to appropriately restrict late-night use of mobile phones by young people according to the situation at home, and to improve the lifestyle habits of young people.
It is possible to prevent the use of mobile phones and other devices that disrupt social interaction and to prevent dependent use of such devices. It was evaluated as meeting all recommended criteria, including:"TONE" is the first MVNO to be certified as a recommended product by the National Children's Association, providing a safe smartphone life to many children and their families.
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1. About the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's recommendation system
Tokyo Metropolitan Government divides the period of use into two categories: "the period when mobile phones etc. are used solely for contacting parents etc. (roughly elementary school age)" and "the period when children are learning about Internet use (roughly junior high school age and above)," and has established recommended standards for each category.
2. Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance on the Healthy Development of Youth (Excerpt)
(Mobile phone devices are recommended)
Article 5-2
The Governor shall use a mobile phone terminal or PHS terminal (hereinafter referred to as "mobile phone terminal, etc."). ) or functions available on mobile phone terminals, etc., which are deemed to take into consideration the healthy development of young people by taking necessary precautions to prevent young people from using the Internet to obtain information that may hinder the healthy development of young people and by meeting other standards set forth in Tokyo Metropolitan Government regulations, may be recommended according to the age of the young person.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Recommended Mobile Phone Terminal Review Committee Member List
| classification | full name | Affiliation |
| Industry insiders | Yoshihiko Fujikawa |
Mobile Content Review and Operation Monitoring Organization (General Incorporated Association) Chief of the Examination and Operational Monitoring Office and Secretary General |
| Yoshida Sho | Director, Internet Safety Planning Department, Policy Planning Division, Corporate Headquarters, Yahoo Japan Corporation | |
| Kazuyasu Hasebe |
Alps System Integration Co., Ltd. Deputy Director of Business Promotion Department |
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| guardian | Yasuko Yoshioka | Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Elementary School PTA Council (General Incorporated Association) |
| Miki Shinkai | Vice Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Junior High School PTA Council | |
| Noriko Takada | Vice President of the Tokyo Metropolitan Public High School PTA Federation | |
| educators | Mutsuo Shigenaga | Vice President of the Tokyo Private Elementary School Association |
| Ayuchi Takahashi | Chairman of Inokashira Gakuen Educational Corporation | |
| academic experts | Akira Sakamoto | Professor, Ochanomizu University |
| Takayo Okubo | Senior Researcher, Internet Association, General Incorporated Foundation | |
| Relevant administrative officials | Kiyotaka Oyagi | Chief of the Youth Development Division, Public Safety Department, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department |
| Sumiko Iwasaki | Chief of the Youth Division, Citizen Life Department, Saitama Prefecture | |
| city officials | Kaoru Inaba | Director of Youth Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Youth and Public Safety Headquarters |
| Ken Kanki | Director of the Guidance Planning Division, Guidance Department, Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education |
As of March 16, 2017
[About "TONE"]
"TONE" is a new smartphone service created through a strategic capital and business alliance between Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masuda Muneaki; hereinafter "CCC") and FreeBit. The service combines FreeBit's internet infrastructure, which operates a vertically integrated business model covering everything from product development to sales based on numerous patents, with CCC's culture infrastructure, which operates TSUTAYA stores with approximately 1,450 stores nationwide and the T Card, Japan's largest shared points card with 61.56 million members (as of the end of January 2017) that can be used at over 590,000 stores nationwide. With simple and easy-to-understand pricing plans, services that are safe even for beginners, collaboration with T-Points, and entertainment content, we are changing the conventional wisdom about smartphones and proposing an unprecedented lifestyle through smartphones to a wide range of age groups and families, from children to seniors in the so-called premium age.
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