IIJ and China Telecom Announce Strategic Partnership to Jointly Provide Cloud Computing Services in China
12 March 2012 - 1:03PM
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. ("IIJ") (Nasdaq:IIJI) (TSE1:3774)
and China Telecom Corporation Limited (China Telecom) today
announced that they have forged a strategic partnership to jointly
provide Cloud computing services in China. As part of the
partnership, the two companies plan to develop Cloud computing
services such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, and aim to provide them to
the Chinese market from summer 2012.
IIJ has long experience in providing resource on-demand
services, a prototype service for Cloud computing from 2000. From
2009, IIJ began providing Cloud computing service under the brand
name "IIJ GIO" which covers layers from IaaS to SaaS. Currently,IIJ
GIO has been recognized as No.1 Cloud computing service in Japan
and is adopted by over 600 Japanese blue-chip customers. From 2011,
IIJ has strengthened its overseas business and considers China to
be one of the most important markets in Asia.
China Telecom is the largest carrier in China that provides an
array of telecommunications-related services, from voice, internet
connectivity to wireless services and also owns and operates data
centers facilities across the country. With its elaborate network
infrastructure, China Telecom provides services to around 170
million local line subscribers.
To make the most from this strategic partnership, IIJ and China
Telecom will jointly provide high quality and flexible Cloud
computing services in China, as is provided in Japan, by exploiting
IIJ's abundant experiences in providing Cloud computing service and
utilizing the largest and strongest network infrastructure that
China Telecom owns throughout China. China Telecom will offer its
data center and network infrastructure and IIJ will build and
operate the Cloud computing platform.
Many Japanese companies are operating businesses in China and
there would be demands for Cloud computing services. Also IIJ and
China Telecom believe there are potential demands especially for
IaaS from Chinese companies. We will cooperate together in
developing and operating many great services most suited in the
Chinese market.
IIJ Global Solutions China Inc., which is a Shanghai-based
subsidiary of IIJ Global Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of IIJ, was
established on January 6, 2012, and it will serve as a contact
point for providing the above-mentioned services to the Japanese
companies in China.
About IIJ
Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. is one of
Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions
providers. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network
solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. The
company's services include high-quality systems integration, Cloud
computing/data center services, security services, Internet access,
and content distribution. Moreover, the company has built one of
the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan
and the United States. IIJ listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and on the
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2006. For more
information about IIJ, visit the IIJ Web site at
http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/.
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About China Telecom
China Telecom Corporation Limited is the world's largest
wireline telecommunications and broadband services provider and the
world's largest CDMA mobile operator. Serving as a full services
integrated information service operator, China Telecom provides
basic telecommunications services, such as wireline
telecommunications services and mobile telecommunications services,
and value-added telecommunications services, such as Internet
access services and information services in the PRC. As of the end
of March 2011, the Company has wireline access lines in service of
about 173 million, wireline broadband subscribers of over 66
million and mobile subscribers of more than 120 million. The
Company's H shares and American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") are
listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the New York
Stock Exchange, respectively. For more information about China
Telecom, visit the China Telecom Web site at
http://www.chinatelecom.com.cn.
The statements within this release contain forward-looking
statements about our future plans that involve risk and
uncertainty. These statements may differ materially from actual
future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents
furnished by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. with the SEC,
specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which
identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to
differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: IIJ Corporate Communications
Tel: +81-3-5259-6310 E-mail: press@iij.ad.jp
URL: http://www.iij.ad.jp/en/
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