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NTT Communications to Expand OCN Hosting Service
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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) today announced that it will start provisioning of hosting service OCN Mail & Web this June in Japan, through cooperation with Verio Inc. (Nasdaq: VRIO) This service will be appropriate for small- and medium-size businesses and SOHOs, whose need for information technology (IT) is rising rapidly. Verio is the world's largest web hosting company and a leading provider of comprehensive e-business solutions.
NTT Com has been providing hosting services, such as Original Domain Web, to subscribers of its OCN Internet connection service. With the introduction of Verio’s superb hosting technology, dubbed Powered by Verio Program*1, OCN Mail & Web realizes low-cost, high-function hosting service. NTT Com also enhanced functions of its existing OCN Original Domain Mail, which has been renamed as PowerMail, to provide comprehensive IT support for small- to medium-sized offices. In the future, NTT Com will seek to further expand OCN’s hosting services by using Verio’s global, wide-range, latest web-solution technology. NTT Com today applied to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications to commence the service starting in June. NTT Com announced on May 17 that it started to make a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Verio Inc.. Following the acquisition, the two firms’ services would be integrated to further enrich outsourcing data center services that support corporate e-business, such as e-commerce platform, enhanced content delivery, and today’s hosting services. Service Characteristics OCN Web & Mail service is a low-cost, high-functioning hosting service that supports IT environments for small- to medium-size businesses and SOHOs, by using Verio’s service platform. SOHOs and small- to medium-size businesses, by outsourcing their server maintenance and management, can obtain a web site and email addresses with an original domain name at low cost. Also, cost reduction and business expansion is possible with the use of effective IT. The service also helps firms that already possess an original domain name, web site, or email address to lower their costs and enhance the quality and efficiency of their IT networks. Service Outline Using the cutting-edge hosting technology of Powered by Verio Program, three types of services are provided. OCN Mail & Web offers web hosting and mail hosting for SOHOs and small- to medium-size offices. Three plans are available under the OCN Mail & Web and customers can choose them according to their usage patterns. Also, Entry 7, a homepage construction tool for entry-level users is available. Domain Alias, a domain transfer service, is available for customers with multiple domains or newly changed domain names. The existing Original Domain Mail, which is provided only for users of OCN Economy and other services, will be renamed PowerMail and given expanded functions for a full-scale email environment, at lower costs. 1. OCN Mail & Web (Basic Plan) • Contents OCN Mail & Web is a low-cost, multi-function hosting service. The following three plans, which are useful for business and include everything from web hosting to mail hosting, are available:
With the available disk volume of each plan, users may freely distribute volume between email and the web according to their needs. • Charges  *: In case the data transfer space exceeds the maximum amount allowed for each plan, 10 yen per 1 MB will be charged. • Functions
2. PowerMail (High-Quality Email Service) • Content This high-quality service secures disk space solely for email. It provides the same function as Mail ON*2, a popular function of the OCN service. PowerMail allows all of its users, access to Original Domain Mail, which was previously limited only to OCN Economy users. Also, the number of available email accounts has been expand to a maximum of 100. • Charges  • Functions
3. Entry 7 (Simple Homepage Construction Service) • Content This service allows computer novices to easily construct an Internet website of seven pages in length by using a template and answering a questionnaire. • Charges  *: In case the data transfer space exceeds the maximum amount allowed for each plan, 10 yen per 1 MB will be charged. 4. Domain Alias (Domain Transfer Service) • Contents This service enables transfer of customer email and URLs. This service is appropriate when the customer would like end-users to access the same homepage with multiple domain names, or when the customer want end-users to access both domains even after a change of domain. • Charges  5. Other (Options) As an option, the number of email accounts and disk space can be increased for OCN Mail & Web, Entry 7 and Domain Alias.  Notes: *1 Powered by Verio Program: Under this program, customers are supplied with Verio’s leading web hosting service platform, thereby allowing them to in turn provide services to their customers. *2 Mail ON function: Email option function provided for the OCN service. It enables email transmission and reception while outside the office, wherever Internet connection is available. Filtering email by subject or sender, and automatic transfer are also possible, as is downloading, sending and receiving email via NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode system. |
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