NTT Com and Akamai to Launch Content Delivery Service in Japan
TOKYO, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — June 17, 2003 — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) to collaborate in the field of content delivery networks (CDN) and launch in Japan, at the end of June, a broadband content delivery service, called Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai. This partnership will enable NTT Com to provide customers with the ability to extend their Web infrastructure through a scalable, distributed platform to optimize the speed, performance and reliability of delivering Web content and applications on demand.
Offered as a new CDN service of NTT Com, Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai will be seamlessly interconnected with Akamai's global network. NTT Com will install content-delivery servers at existing points of interconnection (POIs) between broadband access networks and NTT Com's IP backbone, which will enable content to be delivered from servers near the end-user and thereby reduce network congestion. The interconnection of Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai with Akamai's existing global network of more than 15,000 servers will enable Japanese enterprises to use servers near their end-users to deliver content with low latency worldwide.
Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai will support web-content solutions for e-commerce, including interactive applications such as online reservations, and will enable enterprises to reduce content-delivery equipment and network costs.
According to the agreement, Akamai will manage and operate the content delivery servers and provide marketing and technical support.
Japanese automaker Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Subaru), the first enterprise to trial the new service for a corporate website, is using Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai to deliver catalog content and video clips to promote its new Subaru Legacy touring wagon. Please see www.subaru.co.jp.
"We were looking for a scalable, reliable, competitive, and comprehensive solution to meet the widespread use of broadband in Japan, which is well ahead of most countries in this respect," said Dr. Masayuki Nomura, senior vice president and general manager of the Broadband IP Services Business Division at NTT Com. "Partnering with Akamai to develop our own content delivery network provides NTT Com with the best-of-breed technology, as well as a cost-effective solution, to provide world-class services for delivering content, streaming media and applications."
"Leveraging the Akamai platform, NTT Com is creating a strong competitive advantage through its ability to introduce content delivery capabilities as part of its overall offering," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "NTT Com's strong presence and brand recognition in Japan will help to channel this new capability to today's leading e-businesses."
"Broadband CDN powered by Akamai has given us the scalability we need to support an extremely high-volume marketing campaign for our new Subaru Legacy touring wagon," said Mr. Takayuki Aoki of Fuji Heavy Industries. "We simply would not be able to handle the Web traffic with our exiting infrastructure. NTT Com's solution enables us to ensure the reliability of this web-based campaign when it matters most, while enabling us to avoid the costs of deploying additional hardware."
About NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com)
NTT Com, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, provides long-distance and international services for voice, video and data communication reaching more than 200 countries. NTT Com also provides world-class IP services under the NTT/VERIO brand, as well as managed data, multimedia and additional services under the Arcstar brand. For more information, please visit www.ntt.com.
About Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Akamai® provides services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
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Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, changes in the Company's market focus and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
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Offered as a new CDN service of NTT Com, Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai will be seamlessly interconnected with Akamai's global network. NTT Com will install content-delivery servers at existing points of interconnection (POIs) between broadband access networks and NTT Com's IP backbone, which will enable content to be delivered from servers near the end-user and thereby reduce network congestion. The interconnection of Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai with Akamai's existing global network of more than 15,000 servers will enable Japanese enterprises to use servers near their end-users to deliver content with low latency worldwide.
Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai will support web-content solutions for e-commerce, including interactive applications such as online reservations, and will enable enterprises to reduce content-delivery equipment and network costs.
According to the agreement, Akamai will manage and operate the content delivery servers and provide marketing and technical support.
Japanese automaker Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Subaru), the first enterprise to trial the new service for a corporate website, is using Broadband CDN Powered by Akamai to deliver catalog content and video clips to promote its new Subaru Legacy touring wagon. Please see www.subaru.co.jp.
"We were looking for a scalable, reliable, competitive, and comprehensive solution to meet the widespread use of broadband in Japan, which is well ahead of most countries in this respect," said Dr. Masayuki Nomura, senior vice president and general manager of the Broadband IP Services Business Division at NTT Com. "Partnering with Akamai to develop our own content delivery network provides NTT Com with the best-of-breed technology, as well as a cost-effective solution, to provide world-class services for delivering content, streaming media and applications."
"Leveraging the Akamai platform, NTT Com is creating a strong competitive advantage through its ability to introduce content delivery capabilities as part of its overall offering," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "NTT Com's strong presence and brand recognition in Japan will help to channel this new capability to today's leading e-businesses."
"Broadband CDN powered by Akamai has given us the scalability we need to support an extremely high-volume marketing campaign for our new Subaru Legacy touring wagon," said Mr. Takayuki Aoki of Fuji Heavy Industries. "We simply would not be able to handle the Web traffic with our exiting infrastructure. NTT Com's solution enables us to ensure the reliability of this web-based campaign when it matters most, while enabling us to avoid the costs of deploying additional hardware."
About NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com)
NTT Com, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, provides long-distance and international services for voice, video and data communication reaching more than 200 countries. NTT Com also provides world-class IP services under the NTT/VERIO brand, as well as managed data, multimedia and additional services under the Arcstar brand. For more information, please visit www.ntt.com.
About Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Akamai® provides services that enable the world's leading enterprises and government agencies to extend and control their e-business infrastructure. Having deployed the world's largest, globally-distributed computing platform, Akamai ensures the highest levels of availability, reliability, security, and performance of networked information and application delivery. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akamai's industry-leading services, matched with world-class customer care, are used by hundreds of successful enterprises, government entities, and Web businesses around the globe. For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, changes in the Company's market focus and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
