NTT Com and Partner Carriers Renew Commitment to Delivering Enhanced Global Network Services Worldwide

TOKYO, JAPAN – NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced today that its global telecommunications-carrier partners attending the Arcstar Carrier Forum 2011 in Kobe, Japan from November 15 to 16 committed to enhancing their delivery and operation of NTT Com’s Arcstar™ global network services.

Celebrating its ninth gathering since establishment in 2000, the Arcstar Carrier Forum is an international conference aimed at strengthening the global delivery and operation of Arcstar-brand managed network services. The forum facilitates service-quality improvements and strengthened customer satisfaction by setting goals for partner telecoms that provide delivery of Arcstar services in countries worldwide. Partner telecoms relay NTT Com’s global networks to their home markets and in some cases to other national markets. NTT Com also provides Arcstar services directly in many markets.

The major topic of this year’s Forum was the implementation of customer-oriented operations for comprehensively enhanced service quality. The participants agreed to implement best practices to improve service availability, lower average outage rates, speed up failure recovery, provide customers with real-time information and detailed disclosure of failures and related follow-up, and strictly adhere to service-delivery deadlines.

Arcstar services include IP-VPN, e-VLAN, leased line and Arcstar Universal One, a cloud-optimized network service that securely links closed enterprise networks with global cloud services. NTT Com enables customers to optimize networks on a comprehensive basis through Arcstar services without having to contact different vendors for each aspect of IT infrastructure.

Representatives of various enterprise customers spoke at the Forum to strengthen recognition of the truly beneficial impact that NTT Com partners can have on customer operations through the high-quality delivery of Arcstar services.

“DORMA relies on IT to operate its global business, including high-quality infrastructure to support our growth economically and efficiently,” said Dr. Siegfried Lauer, Director of Group IT, DORMA, an Arcstar customer based in Germany. “NTT Communications, as a strategic partner of DORMA, provides us with a high-quality network. The Arcstar Carrier Forum is an excellent example of their commitment to continuously improving their services and value partnerships.” For more information about DORMA, please visit www.dorma.com/en/company/index.html.

This year’s Forum included four first-time participating carriers, aiming to further strengthen NTT Com’s worldwide ICT platform.

The Forum also featured presentations by NTT Com on the company’s disaster preparedness, which enabled the company to reestablish redundant communications cables just two days after the historic disaster in Japan on March 11.

NTT Com Partner Carriers at the Arcstar Carrier Forum 2011

China:          China Telecom Guangdong Corporation

China:          China Telecommunications Corporation

China:          China United Network Communications Corporation Limited

France:         Orange Business Services

India:          Tata Communications Limited

Indonesia:      PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta

Indonesia:      PT Indosat Tbk

Malaysia:       Telekom Malaysia Berhad

Philippines:    Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company

Singapore:      StarHub Ltd

South Africa:   Internet Solutions

Switzerland:    Swisscom Ltd

Taiwan:         Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Thailand:               CAT Telecom Public Company Limited

UAE:            Etisalat

UK:              Interoute Communications Limited

USA:            Level 3 Communications, Inc.

Vietnam:                Vietnam Data Communication Company

Vietnam:         VNPT Bac Ninh

Vietnam:         VNPT Hanoi

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides a broad range of global networks, management solutions and IT services to customers worldwide. The company is renowned for reliable, high-quality security, hosting, voice, data and IP services, as well as expertise in managed networks and leadership in IPv6 transit technology. NTT Communications’ extensive infrastructure includes Arcstar™ Global IP-VPN and Global e-VLAN, as well as a Tier-1 IP backbone reaching more than 150 countries in partnership with major Internet service providers, and secure data centers in Asia, North America and Europe. NTT Communications 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 www.ntt.com/index-e.html.

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