June 8, 2004 NTT Com and UEFA to Launch Premium Japanese Version of uefa2004.com for UEFA EURO 2004 TM TOKYO, JAPAN - NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced that together with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) it will launch a new UEFA EURO 2004TM Premium Site-jppremium.euro2004.com-a fee-based Japanese version of the UEFA EURO 2004TM official website (www.euro2004.com). The site, available for viewing on a membership basis, will be operated from June 9 to December 15. Users will be able to access up to 2 Mb of high-quality streaming content at low cost, including all video contents of UEFA EURO 2004 TM, which will take place from June 12 to July 4. NTT Com expects the new premium site to enjoy strong popularity as a result of the Japanese market's increasing interest in European football. Three fixed-fee packages will be offered (see below). No start-up fee will be required and customers of NTT Com's OCN ISP service can receive a discount if they pay the monthly membership fee via their OCN bill using the OCN Pay On service (see below). UEFA EURO Archives Package 1,575 yen/month (via OCN Pay On: 1,417 yen) Highlights of past UEFA EURO competitions from 1960 to 2000, including golden moments and scenes of popular players. UEFA EURO 2004 TM Package 2,625 yen/month (via OCN Pay On: 2,362 yen) All UEFA EURO 2004TM highlights. UEFA EURO Full Package 3,150 yen/month (via OCN Pay On: 2,835 yen) All content available on website. NTT Com is already leveraging its content-distribution expertise to operate UEFA's official global website (www.uefa.com), a major European football portal attracting up to seven million page views per day. NTT Com and UEFA also jointly operate other sites that enable Japanese users to obtain the latest information about European football in general. This includes free (jp.uefa.com) and fee-based, premium (jppremium.euro2004.com) versions of the UEFA official website, the latter based on content developed in Japan. In addition, NTT Com launched an official UEFA site for i-mode mobile-Internet services (i-mode.uefa.com) in April. NTT Com has introduced a Japanese version of the UEFA online shopping site selling UEFA Champions League goods and other UEFA items since May, 2004. The site, which is currently operating with a limited variety of goods, is another example of NTT Com's total-web-solutions service business and is expected to start full-scale service this summer. About NTT Communications NTT Communications is the long-distance and international communications subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. The NTT Com group is recognized as one of the top IP service providers worldwide, offering world-class IP services under the NTT/VERIO brand together with Verio Inc., its U.S.-based wholly-owned subsidiary. NTT Com also offers Arcstar-brand global services for managed data and multimedia services. The company has garnered several awards for outstanding performance and customer service, including "Best Carrier - Asia Pacific" in 2002. For more information, please visit www.ntt.com. About UEFA UEFA - the Union of European Football Associations - is the governing body of football on the European continent. The core mission of UEFA is to safeguard the development of European football at every level of the game and to promote the principles of unity and solidarity. UEFA organizes 16 club and national competitions, including the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup, and UEFA EURO 2004TM. The UEFA EURO 2004TM is this year's holding of a competition that takes place every four years. This year's competition, to be held in Portugal, will start on June 12 and end on July 4. The association, which is headed by Lennart Johansson, is based in Nyon, Switzerland. The official website of UEFA, www.uefa.com, is accessible in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese.

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