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  • NTT Com launches data network services in India

    NTT Com launches data network services in India

    Japan’s NTT Communications has launched international data network services in India as part of a push to expand its presence in the market.

    The services are being provided through NTT Com’s Indian affiliate NTT Communications India Network Services (NTTCINS).

    NTT Com has also commenced construction of two new data centers in Mumbai and Bangalore through managed hosting and cloud service provider subsidiary Netmagic.

    The $160 million investment will add nearly 500,000 square feet of gross floor space, nearly doubling the company’s data center floorspace footprint in India

    NTT Com likewise acquired a VNO ILD network license in March and has been providing its Arcstar Universal One cloud-based network services as it international network services in partnership with local carriers, using these carriers’ network resources while adding value-added services such as NFV.

    “India has been a key strategic market for us with the accelerating shift of IT services from traditional enterprise data centres into the cloud-based services,” NTT Com President and CEO Tetsuya Shoji said.

    “For the past few years, our business in India has consistently grown over 35% annually. With further expansion of data center foot print and addition of international data network services to our service portfolio, we aim to meet the growing market needs for mobility, e-commerce, IoT, cloud and big data.”

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  • NTT Com launches MVNO eSIM pilot in Japan

    NTT Com launches MVNO eSIM pilot in Japan

    Japan’s NTT Communications has launched the nation’s first pilot of embedded SIMs (eSIMs) for connection and remote provisioning for MVNOs.

    The operator said it has built an environment for remote SIM provisioning on its MVNO platform in Hong Kong supporting both M2M and consumer devices.

    NTT Com will now launch verification tests in Japan in light of the GSMA’s efforts to promote the standardization of eSIMs for M2M and consumer models.

    Embedded SIMs can be remotely rewritten or changed for specific purposes without needing to replace the card. This can support providing customers with access to preferred mobile networks while traveling overseas and reduce the influence of overseas communication restrictions such as permanent roaming prohibitions.

    Updates or overwrites can be sent over the air through an operator’s subscription manager server (the M2M model), or can be set up to download a profile on receiving a request from the consumer, such as after selecting a mobile service and plan (the consumer model).

    The trial will involve verification of both methods of remote provisioning, as well as the evaluation of embedded technologies that could be combined with eSIMs to enable functionalities including secure communications, NTT Com said.

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  • NTT may sell African operations

    NTT may sell African operations

    Japan’s NTT Corporation, parent company of NTT Communications, is reportedly considering the sale of its African operations and could seek around $800 million for the assets.

    NTT is evaluating a sale of the African operations it acquired through the takeover of Dimension Data in 2010, three people familiar with the matter.

    According to the sources one potential outcome of the process is an acquisition of NTT’s Johannesburg-based internet solutions business, a Dimension Data subsidiary, by MTN. The African mobile group is planning to expand into the enterprise internet services segment for further growth, and could use the acquisition to facilitate this expansion.

    Dimension Data’s management are also considering an offer to buy back the company and re-list it publicly, the sources added. NTT acquired Johannesburg-based Dimension Data for around $2.7 billion seven years ago.

    But in 2015 NTT put Dimension Data on notice over its poor performance after years of failing to generate a profit, indicating it may seek to divest the acquisition.

    A sale at this stage is far from guaranteed. The report states that no decision has yet been made on a sale, cites NTT’s MEA CEO as denying that NTT is looking to sell the business and adds that representatives from the Tokyo headquarters refrained from commenting.

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  • NTT Com to launch MVNE platform in HK

    NTT Com to launch MVNE platform in HK

    NTT Com and fellow NTT Group member Dimension Data have teamed up to launch Hong Kong’s first mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) platform.

    The service will allow MVNOs access to the infrastructure required to deliver 3G and 4G data services in the city. The platform will manage all mobile data connections, policy control, billing and signaling.

    NTT Com’s platform will use NFV architecture to ensure it will be scalable to future demand, and will be able to provide a quick turnaround by removing the requirement for functions to run on expensive proprietary hardware. The NFV approach was proposed by Dimension Data.

    NTT Com Asia CTO Taylor Man said Dimension Data is an ideal partner for the project.

    “Delivering a MNVE solution requires heavy upfront investment in specialized equipment, and high scalability and agility is required to cater to customer demand time,” he said.

    “It is crucial to find a partner that could work hand in hand with us to provide the required infrastructure to deliver on our MVNE ambitions. We believe that partnering with our group company Dimension Data would be an ideal option.”

    ICT product and service provider Dimension Data became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NTT Group in 2010.

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  • NTT Com launches high-speed broadband in Myanmar

    NTT Com launches high-speed broadband in Myanmar

    Japan’s NTT Communications has launched high-speed internet services for enterprises in Myanmar, starting with the Yangon area.

    The company has secured a network service license from Myanmar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, and has started offering the new Digi-Path Premier service in the market.

    The service provides dedicated, fully managed circuits from 1Mbps to connect enterprises with NTT Com’s global network, with 24/7 monitoring of circuits. Delivery of circuits can require as little as one month.

    NTT Com is also providing optional services including global IP address, web hosting, mail hosting, rental routers, managed firewalls, internet VPN and file transfers.

    NTT Com, along with NEC and Sumitomo, jointly deployed a 30Gbps core optical network between three major Myanmar cities in 2013, under contract from the Myanmar government. The operator established an office in the nation in October 2012, the first in the country from a foreign operator.

    The operator said it is now providing internet connections to enterprises globally including in seven Southeast Asian countries – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as Myanmar.

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  • DoCoMo licenses wireless patents to Huawei

    DoCoMo licenses wireless patents to Huawei

    Japan’s NTT DoCoMo announced it has granted a standards-essential patent license for its wireless technologies to equipment vendor Huawei.

    The operator has now granted patent licenses to more than 10 companies and plans to pursue more such licensing deals in the future.

    As a result of its extensive R&D efforts over the past two decades, DoCoMo currently holds more than 5,300 standards-essential patents for W-CDMA, LTE and LTE-A technologies, the company said.

    The company licenses its patents both as part of patent pools lumping together interrelated standards-essential patents from multiple vendors, and through direct deals with individual licensees.

    Financial terms of the licensing deal have not been disclosed. DoCoMo said it plans to build up 5G intellectual property as it continues to contribute to the development of the standard, and will continue to pursue licensing deals for its patents via patent pools and individual negotiations.

  • AWS still dominates cloud infrastructure market

    AWS still dominates cloud infrastructure market

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market with a 31% worldwide market share, dwarfing the chasing pack, according to new Q1 data from Synergy Research Group.

    The big three followers – Microsoft, IBM and Google – in aggregate accounted for 22% of the market, while the next 20 top-ranked cloud providers accounted for another 27%. The good news for Microsoft and Google is that they both achieved growth rates of well over 100% so they are at least slowly gaining some ground on the market leader.

    Outside of the big four, the next 20 cloud providers are growing at an average 41% per year, but in a market that is growing at over 50% that means that most of them are losing market share.

    The next 20 providers include Alibaba, CenturyLink, Fujitsu, HPE, NTT, Oracle, Orange, Rackspace, Salesforce, and Vmware.

    With most of the major operators having now released their earnings data for Q1, Synergy estimates that quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues (including IaaS, PaaS and private & hybrid cloud) have now comfortably passed the $7 billion milestone.

    Growth rates remain somewhat similar across the major regions meaning that the United States continues to account for around half of the worldwide market.

    “This is a market that is so big and is growing so rapidly that companies can be growing by 10-30% per year and might feel good about themselves and yet they’d still be losing market share,” said John Dinsdale, a Chief Analyst and Research Director at Synergy Research Group.

    “The big question for them is whether or not they are building a sustainable and profitable business. This can be done by focusing on specific regions or specific services, but the bulk of the market demands huge scale, a broad footprint, very deep pockets and a long-term corporate focus.”

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  • NTT Communications to Launch Prepaid SIM Vending Machines for Tourists and Business

    NTT Communications to Launch Prepaid SIM Vending Machines for Tourists and Business

    NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, announced today that it will begin operating prepaid SIM card vending machines for foreign visitors to Japan at Narita International Airport from July 24.

    The prepaid SIM vending machines, the first to be installed at Narita International Airport, will give foreign tourists and business travelers access to low-cost mobile data communications while in Japan.

    One machine each will be installed in the international arrival lobbies of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. In addition to NTT Com’s Prepaid SIM for JAPAN for short-term use, the machines will offer smartphones, mobile routers, accessories and more.

    Touch panel screens in English or Chinese guide the user through the purchase procedure. Payment is via credit card, so there is no need to prepare Japanese yen cash. After making their purchase, the user can register their name, birthday, etc. via either the machine’s touch panel or passport scanner to begin accessing the Internet immediately.

    NTT Com already operates SIM card vending machines at the AQUA CITY ODAIBA mall in Tokyo and Kansai International Airport near Osaka. NTT Com’s Prepaid SIM cards are also sold at airports, electronics stores and travel agencies.

    Given that a record 13 million tourists visited Japan in 2014 and more are expected this year, NTT Com expects to continue adding retail outlets for its Prepaid SIM, mainly at airports, electronics retail stores and travel agents. NTT Com also will gradually expand its range of optional services to support mobile communication experiences for foreign visitors.

    Products & Costs           Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (7-day plan)
    Prepaid SIM for JAPAN (14-day plan)
    Accepted Credit Cards     VISA, MasterCard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club
    (Payment is available via credit card only.)
    Operating Time           24 hours every day

    Note: Information as of July 17, 2015. Products and prices are subject to change without notice.
    Prepaid SIM for JAPAN prices may vary by retail location.

    Prepaid SIM for JAPAN
    Package                            Prepaid SIM for JAPAN          Prepaid SIM for JAPAN
    7 days                                   14 days

    Plan                                                     7-day plan                         14-day plan
    Max. data                                         100 Mb/day                   100 Mb/day
    Charges                           JPY 3,450 (excluding tax)            JPY 4,950 (excluding tax)

    Max. speed                                Download:150 Mbps; Upload 50Mbps

    Max. speed after
    100 Mb/day                                                       200 Kbps (until midnight of that day)
    Service extension                                        Neither plan can be extended
    SIM card sizes                                            Regular, Micro and Nano
    Service area                                                   Japan (nationwide)

    During the purchase procedures, instructions are provided on how users many apply for the no-charge Japan Connected-free Wi-Fi service provided by NTT Broadband Platform Inc. at some 130,000 locations, including airports, train stations, commercial facilities, convenience stores and more. (www.ntt-bp.net/jcfw/en.html).

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