KDD Establishes Communications Consulting Company in Shanghai

At present, a rapidly growing number of companies starting businesses in China are seeking to build corporate communication networks such as LANs and WANs, and other types of networks that utilize Internet related technologies including intranet and extranet. As a result, to build a network based on multimedia technology, these companies are increasingly requiring local support for managing the building process, procuring necessary equipment and negotiating with venders.

In order to be in a position to successfully provide such support, KDD has already finalized such ground work as concluding an agreement with the Designing Institute, Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications, the People's Republic of China to act as subcontractor concerning engineering, as well as exchanging memoranda of understanding with the Administrations of Posts and Telecommunications in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Dalian to provide network engineering services in those areas. KDD has thus paved the way for providing customers with comprehensive end-to-end support between China and Japan.

In an attempt to meet the growing needs for consulting on the building of networks based on multimedia technology as well as to strengthen the Company's engineering services in China, KDD has decided to significantly boost support to customers by establishing a Shanghai-based new consulting company based on the company's existing close working relationships with local telecommunications carriers.

In concrete terms, besides joining hands with local telecommunications carriers including the Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Administration to propose solutions or provide services to customers, the new company will place orders on behalf of customers with local telecommunications carriers and manufacturers for installation and maintenance work at customers' requests, and supervise such work.

The new company is located in Pudong New Area in Shanghai, and during the first fiscal year, will also be establishing offices in Beijing and Guangzhou. The company will eventually build up a network of offices to serve customers in all the main cities of China.

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