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Ericsson enhances user experience and affordability with next-generation mobile broadband module
today unveiled its most advanced mobile broadband module, uniquely designed with innovative features to provide a richer and cost-effective internet experience for all. The next-generation module marks the latest milestone for Ericsson, furthering the company’s vision of enabling communication for all.
Ericsson’s F3607gw mobile-broadband module for HSPA/GPRS/EDGE networks, to be released in June, will provide enhanced functionality and convenience through its innovative features, reduced power consumption, prolonged battery life and an increased level of integration, reducing the number of necessary components and therefore cost. The new module will also provide built-in mobile broadband support for Microsoft Windows 7.
Mats Norin, Vice President of Ericsson Mobile Broadband Modules, says: „The combination of leading technology and innovative design in the next-generation module is key to delivering a superior user experience at an affordable price. This module release confirms Ericsson’s commitment to making the benefits of connectivity available to everyone.”
An important facet of the F3607gw is the unique wake-on wireless feature. By remaining connected while a notebook or netbook is in sleep mode, the module’s wake-on wireless feature enables users to remotely wake up the device. This innovative technology will allow a new set of applications to be built into the computer to further enhance security and instant-on functionalities, such as the ability to disable the computer in case of theft, or instant distribution of important messages and security updates.
Operators can also combine the wake-on wireless feature and embedded GPS functionality to create a range of differentiating services for consumers and the enterprise market, including remote manageability, security updates, asset protection and tracking and geo-fencing. The module can also be used for content push services, such as podcasts, public warnings, traffic updates and database updates.
Specifically, the wake-on wireless feature supports security solutions based on Intel’s Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology. An anti-theft management service in the network can send a message via SMS to the mobile-broadband module inside the notebook, which securely transfers the message to Intel’s Anti-Theft function inside the processor platform. This takes appropriate actions, such as completely locking the computer and making it unusable. When the notebook is located and recovered, an unlock message can be sent to the notebook that makes the data accessible again.
NTT Com Asia’s 10th Anniversary and
the Grand Opening of Hong Kong Data Centre
(Hong Kong, March 24, 2009) NTT Com Asia, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, announced today the grand opening of the group’s new data centre building located in Tai Po, Hong Kong. The opening of the data centre marks a new chapter for NTT Com Asia, which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary in town. Under the theme “A new decade. A new perspective of space”, the ceremony held at the data centre was officiated by Mr. Chan Yuk Tak, Eddy, JP, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Innovation and Technology Commission, Mr. Daisuke Matsunaga, Deputy Consulate General, Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong and Dr. Samson Tam, Member of Legislative Council (Information Technology).
Since its establishment in Hong Kong in 1999, NTT Com Asia has been offering world-class telecommunications services to enterprises in Hong Kong and Greater China, and dedicated to fostering ICT industry in the region. Mr. Masaaki Moribayashi, President & CEO, NTT Com Asia Ltd. remarked at the ceremony, “Looking back over the past 10 years, I am deeply impressed by the support of our customers and our people, which is the solid foundation NTT Com Asia built upon and the reason for our continued development. In the days ahead, NTT Com Asia is committed to offering high quality ICT services by investing in developing innovative solutions and staff training to help enhance customers’ business operations and growth.”
“The new NTT Communications Hong Kong Data Centre is the embodiment of the company’s resolution to explore business in Greater China; it also demonstrates our philosophy of perfection and innovation. We made every effort to ensure excellence in the infrastructure design, facility management and operations of the data centre; and we are determined to be a leader in this arena and to be a frontrunner ushering in the new ICT generation.” Mr Moribayashi added.
The main theme of the Opening Ceremony —- “Space”, highlights one of the most outstanding aspects of the data centre. The 7-storey building has a gross area of up to 212,100 square feet, providing more than 3,000 racks after fully equipped to meet the fast growing needs. Initially, in 2007, NTT Com Asia built a data centre on the first floor of the building, which was then owned by APTT. To accommodate customer demands, NTT Communications made a bold step at the end of 2008 to acquire APTT for 161 million HK dollars, and to upgrade the entire building into the current dedicated data centre.
NTT Communications Hong Kong Data Centre has been built to achieve the Tier III+ infrastructure level. Every aspect of its facilities, including power, cooling, and telecommunications systems are fully redundant to avoid single point of failure and to ensure business continuity. Just one year after its “soft launch”, the data centre has successfully acquired the ISO27001:2005 Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification, which is a testament to NTT Com Asia’s professionalism in managing the safety of customers’ data and equipment.
Apart from the data centre, in the first half of this year NTT Com Asia will launch a series of virtualization solutions ranging from virtual hosting to virtual infrastructure. The solutions will be capable to optimize the utility of servers, power and space to achieve cost effective and environmental friendly purpose.
For more information, please email to: marketing@ntt.com.hk
NTT Com and Digital Forest to Develop Web Analytics Solutions
TOKYO, JAPAN – NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that it will wholly acquire Digital Forest Inc, Japan’s leading provider of total web marketing ROI solutions, to develop Web-marketing analytics solutions for enterprise customers.
NTT Com will acquire all 12,134 shares of Digital Forest’s outstanding common stock for 2,426,800,000 yen.
The new offerings will combine Digital Forest’s groundbreaking Visionalist Web-marketing analytics tool with Web-marketing consultation and total marketing system solutions, such as customer relationship management (CRM), contact centers, Web/EC solution, billing and settlements, digital signage, mobile applications, security, hosting and data centers.
NTT Com and Digital Forest also will develop Web-marketing services that incorporate related systems for recommendation or search, e-mail marketing, multivariate testing and consumer-generated-media (CGM) analytics for improved return on investment in marketing. Services focused specifically on advertising will incorporate behavioral-targeting or search-listing ads designed to attract customers efficiently and effectively.
Through the partnership, NTT Com expects to introduce marketing analytics solutions that enable enterprises to better understand and react to their customers’ preferences. NTT Com will fully leverage the expertise it has acquired through its „OCN” and „Plala” Internet-access and „goo” portal businesses for individual customers.
The market for enterprise marketing analytics is envisioned growing rapidly as companies increasingly leverage their websites as marketing landing points. Web marketing analytics solutions have become important tools for the automatic management of marketing processes and the construction of total marketing platforms. Specific applications include measuring, analyzing and evaluating marketing data, making strategic decisions and connecting Websites to external systems, such as Web advertisements, or internal systems for CRM, inventory management or payments.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services, and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
About Digital Forest Inc.
Digital Forest, a leading company in the web analytics field in Japan for more than 10 years, provides its in-house developed web analytics solution Visionalist, net marketing system development and consulting services to its customers. Initially starting from web marketing analysis and visualization, Digital Forest is now leveraging the accumulated experience and knowledge to SFA, CRM or Sales data in order to enhance business activities and increase profit.
Since its establishment in 1998, more than 2,500 client accounts, including large Japanese corporations such as NTT Resonant, NEC Biglobe have entrust Visionalist web analytics solution and its related services to optimize their online presence and improve their visitors’ online experience.
More information available at: http://www.digitalforest.co.jp/english
NTT Com to Offer IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack Corporate VPN
TOKYO, JAPAN – NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that it will launch an Internet-protocol (IP) virtual private network (VPN) service that supports both conventional IPv4 and next-generation IPv6 protocols for enterprise customers in Japan, beginning March 23.
This will be the country’s first commercial IPv6-compatible IP-VPN service based on Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
The IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack connectivity will be available as an option for Arcstar™ IP-VPN services. It will enable both IPv4 and IPv6 to be used on a single network, allowing enterprise customers to continue using IPv4 while introducing IPv6 for a relatively low cost.
With IP addresses nearing exhaustion in the IPv4 world, there is a growing need for enterprise network services that are compatible with IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol that offers a massive capacity for new addresses as well as enhanced network security.
NTT Com began providing Arcstar IP-VPN with IPv6 connectivity on a trial basis in September 2007. It will now apply the know-how and experience gained during the trial toward its commercial dual-stack service.
Arcstar IP-VPN have been Japan’s most popular corporate IP-VPN service for seven consecutive years, according to a survey conducted by Nikkei Communications magazine in September 2008.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services, and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
NTT America Highlights Today’s Applications at IPv6 Implementors Conference
New York, NY – NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a global IP network services provider, today announced Cody Christman, NTT America’s Director of Product Engineering, will discuss how to enhance existing networks to support both IPv6 and IPv4 as well as how to leverage the benefits IPv6 brings to current and emerging applications at the IPv6 Implementors Conference. The conference, which will be held March 19 and 20, 2009 in Mountain View, CA, will focus on addressing and sharing IPv6 implementation experience, advice and associated research.
IPv6 is the successor to IPv4, the current protocol used on the Internet. Implementing IPv6 offers a variety of benefits including an almost infinite address space, scalability, better security, lower capital and operational expense and a number of enhancements for multicast and quality of service support.
“We have seen a growing interest in IPv6, particularly in how to smoothly make the transition from a company’s current network infrastructure,” said Cody Christman, Director of Product Engineering, NTT America. “We have also had successful implementations of emerging applications such as IPTV and earthquake monitoring systems that really show the benefits of using IPv6 today.”
Both network engineers and business professionals will need to understand IPv6 capabilities and learn how to optimally use the dramatically larger and more flexible address space, automatic “plug and play” features, better end-to-end security, and broader support for mobile devices. The accelerated pace of IPv6 deployment internationally means that companies need to start to test and roll out content to the IPv6 side of the Web in the near term. With the IPv6 technology in place, business can take advantage of features that lower cost and complexity of peer to peer communication, improve network mobility for wireless devices and allow devices to self configure, creating new business opportunities for content and commerce on the Web.
NTT America has been an advocate for the advancement of IPv6 for more than a decade. The company has just launched a microsite to provide a forum for those interested in all aspects of IPv6 education and deployment to share information, questions and insights. The IPv6 microsite can be found here: http://www.v6atwork.com. In January 2008 and again in 2009, NTT America was selected by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC) to demonstrate NTT Com’s IPv6 Internet-based Earthquake Early Warning System and an implementation of IPTV over IPv6. The company also spoke at this year’s International CES about consumer-based IPv6 applications.
About NTT America
NTT America is North America’s natural gateway to the Asia-Pacific region, with strong capabilities in the U.S. market. NTT America is the U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, the global data and IP services arm of the Fortune Global 500 telecom leader: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT). NTT America provides world-class Enterprise Hosting, managed network, and IP networking services for enterprise customers and service providers worldwide. For additional information on NTT America, visit us on the Web at http://www.nttamerica.com.
U.S. product information regarding the NTT Communications Global IP Network and its award winning IPv6 transit services may be found at http://www.us.ntt.net/, by calling 877-8NTT-NET (868-8638), or by emailing sales@us.ntt.net.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services,
and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
NTT Com Global Service to Host Virtual Offices
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that on April 1 it will launch a global hosting service that creates office PC environments which are securely accessible from anywhere using a USB key.
The service, named Virtual Office Hosting, will be provided under NTT Com’s BizCITY® model for enterprise services that customers access securely from anyplace at anytime.
The new service will enable employees to safely replicate their office computer’s desktop environment at home, in a domestic or remote office, or a shared PC in a hotel business center. Users will simply insert a personalized „MagicConnect” USB key into their remote PC to access office e-mail and run office applications and groupware on a virtual PC hosted with VMware Infrastructure 3 virtualization technology at NTT Com’s robust data center in Hong Kong. All information will be secure because no data will be stored in the remote PC.
Virtual Office Hosting will be available initially in Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Expansion into other regions is envisioned. Support will be provided in Japanese between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on business days, and in English and Chinese on a 24/7 basis.
NTT Com to Launch Premium Data Center in Vietnam
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that Global Data Services JSC (GDS), its joint venture with Vietnam Posts & Telecommunications Group (VNPT), the largest telecom in Vietnam, will open a Tier 3-equivalent premium data center in Hanoi on April 12, 2009.
The Thang Long Data Center, the first in Vietnam to be designed and developed with advanced Japanese technology, will satisfy the needs of multinational companies by leveraging VNPT’s ample domestic network and NTT Com’s extensive, high-quality international network, as well as its expertise in designing and operating global data centers.
The new center fully complies with NTT Com’s high standards for uniform, world-class data-center services, facilities and operations. The standards, which cover a wide range of conditions amounting to some 130 items, are closely aligned with those of globally recognized organizations, including the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) , The Uptime Institute, Inc. (TUI) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE).
The expanding business of multinationals in Vietnam has sharply raised the need for local back-up facilities, such as data centers, to retain business continuity. At the same time, the increasing penetration of the Internet in Vietnam has intensified the demand for data centers as communication platforms for stable Internet business.
The Thang Long Data Center will provide wide-ranging services, including server co-location, mail hosting, web hosting and other offerings tailored to specific needs, enabling customers to streamline operations and reduce IT costs. Customer support will be provided in English, Japanese and Vietnamese.
The Tier 3-level data center has extensive redundancy for commercial power supply, air conditioning, UPS, and electricity generation and distribution, with no single point of failure. Stable power supply and air conditioning are ensured during power outages, which occasionally occur in Vietnam.
Safety measures cover natural disasters and fire, and security measures include a facility access management system, surveillance cameras and rack-key management. Network equipment and servers are fully monitored, and power and air-conditioning systems are checked regularly for maintenance.
The Thang Long Data Center’s reliable communication services will be backed by redundant backbone and access lines, as well as connectivity for multiple carriers and Internet service providers as required by customers.
For systems that incorporate data centers as one element, NTT Communications (Vietnam) Ltd., NTT Com’s local wholly owned subsidiary, will collaborate with GDS to offer comprehensive planning, design, maintenance and consultation covering total system integration and solutions.
GDS is also preparing to launch a data center in Ho Chi Minh City.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services, and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
Application Begins for HOTSPOT WLAN Service on Bullet Trains
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that it has begun accepting applications for HOTSPOT™ Express, a wireless local area network (WLAN) service aboard N700 Series cars of the Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, which will start March 14. The service will also be introduced in waiting lounges of all 17 stations along the route.
This will be the first wireless Internet access service on any Shinkansen line in Japan.
HOTSPOT Express will offer maximum downlinks of 2Mbps per each 16-coach bullet train for any IEEE 802.11b/g-compatible PC, smartphone or other mobile device. The monthly charge will be 819 yen (including tax).
HOTSPOT Express subscribers may also use NTT Com’s other HOTSPOT service area, covering more than 4,000 fixed locations nationwide, on a temporary basis without subscription for 315 yen (tax included) per day.
Customers who subscribe to HOTSPOT Express within the month of March will have their startup fee of 1,575 yen (including tax) waived and will be charged just 390 yen (including tax) per month until the end of September.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services, and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
New WLAN Service Feeds Location Data to Mobile Devices
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) launched today a free push-type service that feeds information about nearby places of interest to iPod® touch and iPhone™ 3G (Ver. 2.2 or higher) owners when they use HOTSPOT, NTT Com’s monthly flat-rate service for wireless local area network (WLAN) access in Japan. NTT Com operates more than 4,000 HOTSPOT locations nationwide.
The new service, named Cocotan! (from Japanese koko „here” and tan „search”), automatically provides a list of recommended restaurants, tourism spots , etc. when a user visits a HOTSPOT access point. Recommendations, far from being random, are carefully selected based on computer-based analysis of consumer-generated content, including blogs and Web reviews. The user simply clicks on an item of interest to view details.
The information is provided with the cooperation of i.JTB Corp. and NTT Resonant Inc.
Cocotan! identifies the user’s current location based on the WLAN access point they have logged into.
Owners of the iPod® touch and iPhone™ 3G are expected to use Cocotan! as a practical means of quickly and easily learning about nearby places of interest via HOTSPOT access points located conveniently throughout the country. The service is provided in Japanese only.
The application, which is available for free download on Apple’s online App Store, was co-developed by NTT Com and Koozyt, Inc.
Cocotan! also allows the user to collect a visitor stamp in a virtual travel log when they use a HOTSPOT access point. In addition to providing the user with a stamp-based travel record, a Japanese tradition, proprietors can organize loyalty programs and other user benefits based on the virtual stamps.
The Cocotan! service is available to individuals subscribing to HOTSPOT, OPEN Plan or Open Plan Light, as well as people using temporary HOTSPOT login IDs won during an i.JTB Corp. campaign between February 17 and March 3.
As a special introductory campaign, 100 users who collect stamps from 5 HOTSPOT access points between March 9 and 22 and then answer a survey will be randomly selected to each receive a 5,000 yen travel coupon from JTB Corporation.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services, and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
NTT Com Enhances „Spot Media” Digital-Signage Solution
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that Spot Media®, its total solution for the delivery of advertisements and other communication content to digital signage, newly offers cost-saving features including a universal platform for all customers and outsourcing, as well as extended compatibility, effective immediately.
As with the original Spot Media, the new solution offers a complete package of hardware and delivers content to digital signs either directly or via a broadband network.
Spot Media now enables digital signage systems to be established quickly and for relatively low cost, thanks to a universal platform usable by all customers. Previously, a separate platform had to be constructed for each customer.
In addition, all operations can be outsourced to NTT Com, including content delivery scheduling, content registration and delivery management, representing additional savings to the customer.
NTT Com estimates that the average cost of launching and operating a Spot Media digital signage system will be about one fourth of previous cost levels.
The new Spot Media is compatible with WILLCOM, Inc.’s ultra-mobile D4 handheld computer, providing a compact, wireless solution for digital-signage communications in locations where hard wiring or large screens are not possible, such as small display racks in stores.
Spot Media also is newly compatible with NTT Com’s „Kaori Tsushin” (fragrance communication) service, a new communication and marketing tool that instructs Web-connected devices to emit aromas according to a set schedule to gain the attention of passers-by and enhance the impact of promotional content.
Customers in the Tokyo area who subscribe to Spot Media with Kaori Tsushin until the end of March will be offered a special three-month starter package, including 10 D4 display devices, 10 aroma-emitting devices, fragrances and necessary hardware, including data lines, all for just 990,000 yen(excluding tax).
NTT Com will demonstrate Spot Media at Retail Tech JAPAN 2009, which will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition complex from March 3 to 6.
Going forward, NTT Com expects to adapt Spot Media for use with public wireless local area networks (WLANs) and services for emergency warning and surveillance.
About NTT Communications Corporation
NTT Com delivers high-quality voice, data and IP services to customers around the world. The company is renowned for its diverse information and communication services, expertise in managed networks, hosting and IP networking services, and industry leadership in IPv6 transit technology. The company’s extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar™ private networks and a Tier 1 IP backbone (connected with major ISPs worldwide), both reaching more than 150 countries, as well as secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Com is the wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world’s largest telecoms with listings on the Tokyo, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit http://www.ntt.com.
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