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The second phase experimental service is going on and will continue until the beginning of commercial service. As a result of function enhancement and information enrichment, most subscribers, as well as information providers, have evaluated the CAPTAIN experimental system highly. In addition, connection with external computers became possible in May, 1982. External computers provide information services of stock price, vacant rooms of hotels, vacant seats of air lines and hobby. The commercial service is scheduled to start in November, 1984. The development of the commercial system is being pushed forward. Information providers, users and terminal manufacturers are looking forward to the beginning of CAPTAIN commercial service, considering and expecting a bright future for it as a new interactive visual medium. Keeping abreast of the development of a commercial system, the design of the next generation of CAPTAIN, the DIGITAL CAPTAIN, has already been started. An experimental service is scheduled to begin in 1984 with 64 kbit/s and 8 kbit/s transmission bit rates. The DIGITAL CAPTAIN is expected to make the VIDEOTEX service more attractive because of its various new functions.