Tokyo Metallic's 1st DSL trial over existing PSTN lines in Japan
supported by KDD and KCOM
Press Release October 18, 1999


Tokyo Metallic Communications, Inc.
KDD Corporation
KDD Communications, Inc.

Tokyo Metallic Communications, Inc. (Main Office: Sumida-ku, Tokyo; President; Hiroaki Kobayashi), KDD Corporation (Main Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President: Tadashi Nishimoto), and KDD Communications Inc. (KCOM, Main Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hitomi Murakami), a 100% subsidiary of KDD, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding on the business tie-up to offer the High-speed Internet Connection Service using DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) to be launched as a test service by Tokyo Metallic Communications for the first time in Japan from November this year.

Tokyo Metallic Communications, in response to the final report released by "the Study Group for Assessment of Connection Charges" of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, asking NTT's Eastern and Western Regional Companies to open metallic cable conductors, has decided to provide, on a trial basis, the High-speed Internet Connection Service using DSL. For this service, KDD is to provide trunk transmission channels as well as IP backbone networks, and KCOM is to support KDD's ISP business.

The test period is from November this year until December 2000, and customers participating in the test will be provided with the High-speed Internet Connection Service established by connecting, via broadband transmission channels, DSL modems installed in NTT's offices at several places in Tokyo with the KDD building.

The costs for the connection to the Internet achieved through this business tie-up will be included in Tokyo Metallic Communications' subscription fee and usage charge, together with the subscription fee and the monthly usage charge (Note 2).

(Note 1):DSL ( Digital Subscriber Line ) is a new technology that will change the way people communicate on-line. DSL offers high speed internet access(2Mbps〜12Mbps) over already existing copper phone lines, and bring sthe home-user up to office speeds.
(Note 2):The usage charge for NTT's metallic cable conductors is added.

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