KDDI Corporation (9433)
Tokyo, Japan
President: Yusai Okuyama

KDDI Offers the DION Hosting Service



Tokyo, April 12 - KDDI Corp. is pleased to announce that it today informed the Minister for General Affairs about its DION Hosting Service.

KDDI currently offers 'Original Mail' and 'Original Web' services as part of its server hosting services. Under the terms of these services, KDDI sets up DNS servers, mail servers, and WWW servers, leaving customers free from the trouble of worrying about servers and maintenance. The services provide a low cost solution for small and medium sized companies looking to outsource management and maintenance of servers for the construction of an internet or intranet environment.

In addition to the usual server hosting services, the new "DION Hosting Service" offers customer-created CGI (Common Gateway Interface) that allows customers to make use of shopping cart contents; a secure transmission-coded telesecurity system called 'SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)'; streamed music and picture contents distribution, and other functions that meet all customer needs.

With a maximum of 10,000 e-mail addresses and a maximum storage capacity of 1,000MB, the service will be useful for a wide range of clients, up to and including large enterprises. By allocating optional disk space for mail and web clients, KDDI customers have increased levels of freedom.

With a line-up that includes hosting, data centers and others, KDDI is set to expand its e-business market potential by offering total e-business support.

Service Outline
1. Basic service outline and fee structure
KDDI offers three plans depending on each user's needs.
The basic outline and fee structure are as follows.

Plan 20 Plan 50 Plan 100
Startup Fee (yen) 3,000
Basic Monthly Fee (yen) 3,500 6,000 9,500
Disk Capacity (MB) 20 50 100
Number of Mail Accounts 10 25 50
Number of Transmission Accounts 10 25 50
Additional Disk Capacity - - 500yen/MB
Additional Mail Addresses - - 2,500yen/50

* Additional disk capacity and additional mail addresses are possible with the 100 plan. Installation fee is 1000 yen.
2. Other services and fee structure
Other important services and options are discussed below.
1) The use of customer-produced CGIs
The basic service may include an access counter, mail form, notice board, date, and clock. Furthermore, scripts written in perl 5, c-shell, b-shell languages may be used.
2) Use of SSL
Coding may be used to improve telesecurity.
3) Use of Streaming
Distribution of contents streamed by Real ServerTM is also possible.
* Real ServerTM is a trademark of Real Networks, Inc. USA.
Schedule of pricing for options and other fees

Monthly Fee (yen) Startup Fee (yen)
Use of customer produced CGI 1,000 1,000
Use of SSL - 5,000
Use of Streaming 10,000 5,000
Domain name registration fee - 6,000
JP domain registration fee 400 6,000
gTLD registration fee 400 6,000

* The streaming service is planned to begin soon
* gTLD registration pertains to COM, NET and ORG
* Use of customer-produced CGI is possible with the 50 and 100 plans.

Other services and conditions
Minimum subscription period of 6 months
Period commencement
The service is planned to begin on April 23, 2001



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