NTT Com to Extend Global IP-VPN Service to Melbourne
TOKYO, JAPAN - NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced today that the company will establish a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) node in Melbourne, Australia, for the purpose of launching NTT Com Arcstar Global IP-VPN service on May 7, 2007.
NTT Com has been providing global IP-VPN service in Australia since the launch of its first MPLS node in Sydney in May 2001. The carrier will be the first from Japan to offer the service in Melbourne, enhancing its support to Japanese and other multinational companies in need of a single source for economical, secure and high-quality communications solutions.
With its new Arcstar Global IP-VPN service in Melbourne, NTT Com will cover Australia's two largest business centers. The nation is attracting U.S., European and, more recently, Asian companies seeking to take advantage of its multicultural human resource and other benefits by establishing regional headquarters and call centers, a development that is raising demand for stable IP-VPN services. Gartner forecasts a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.6% for international MPLS-based IP-VPN services in Australia between 2005 and 2010*.
* Gartner, "Market Trends: International Data Services, Asia/Pacific, 2005-2010", To Chee Eng, Puneeth Punja, Kenshi Tazaki, July 5, 2006
About NTT Com
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) provides information and communications technology (ICT) solutions worldwide with dedicated professionals stationed in 21 countries. Renowned as an IPv6 technology pioneer and managed service expert, NTT Com offers diverse high-quality IP, Web-based, and managed network solutions combining network management, security, ubiquitous, Web portals/engines, and global services. Its world-class Tier 1 Internet backbone and secure closed networks with over 98,000 MPLS ports, combined with the networks of partner companies around the world, connect more than 200 countries. The company earned non-consolidated revenues exceeding one trillion yen (about US$1.2 billion) in fiscal 2005 ended March 31, 2006. NTT Com started as a long-distance phone company in 1999 after the reorganization of the NTT Group, and is the wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. NTT is listed on the Japan, London and New York stock exchanges. Please visit www.ntt.com.
