JUSA Sets Up Free Cloud Phones Across Kumamoto Quake Shelters
The deployment extends JUSA's cloud PBX disaster support model, and this time adding municipal networks to satellite lines cut on-site setup time and let the phones reach shelters across a wider area.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
JUSA installed free cloud-based fixed phones at evacuation shelters across Yatsushiro City and Hikawa Town in Kumamoto Prefecture after the July 2026 Kumamoto earthquake. The phones run on cloud PBX and carry local fixed numbers, connected through satellite and municipal networks. Evacuees use them to reach family, and municipal staff use them to contact city hall. Seven member companies split network, equipment, and dispatch duties.
JUSA's support for the July 2026 Kumamoto earthquake follows the model it ran after the January 2024 Noto quake: cloud PBX phones that need no copper or fiber lines. This time the access lines combined satellite with networks held by the two municipalities, which the association says cut on-site infrastructure time and let it cover shelters across a wide area. CC Architect's system also allows remote line checks and terminal changes after installation. The member companies below split the work.
- Adjust One: cloud voice network and fixed phone network provision
- Eligitel: overall project management, regulatory compliance, and government coordination
- Enjoy: dispatch to the disaster area
- KDDI Web Communications: dispatch to the disaster area
- Cost Reduction Group: fixed phone handsets for on-site installation, dispatch to the disaster area
- CC Architect: cloud PBX and fixed phones, network construction, dispatch to the disaster area
- SoftBank: cloud voice network and fixed phone network provision, transport of support equipment and supplies
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.