rtokens: One of the local firms will operate in west Japan and the other in east Japan , he added .
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tokens: One of the three new companies will be a long-distance operator and the other two will be local-call operators , Horinouchi said .
ltokens: Earlier , Posts and Telecommunications Minister Hisao Horinouchi told a news conference the government plans to split NTT into three firms under a holding company , but did not specify when the restructuring would likely take effect .