WorldCom Expands Service Area in Japan and Launches New Data Services.
TOKYO - October 5, 2000 - MCI WorldCom Japan Ltd. [WorldCom, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Vinod Kumar] today announced expansion of its service area beyond Tokyo and Osaka to provide direct service connectivity to customers in Yokohama and Kobe. By year-end the company will extend services to Chiba and Nagoya.
In addition, the company announced the launch of new domestic ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), Frame Relay and Business Link (Private Leased Circuit) services.
Since becoming the first foreign carrier to receive a Type I operating license in Japan in 1998, WorldCom has been providing services over its wholly-owned fiber-optic networks in Tokyo and Osaka. As part of the company's commitment to improving communications services in Japan, WorldCom is creating choice for business customers in the cities of Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya, and Chiba. Nodes have been installed in these areas that connect to WorldCom's domestic and international network infrastructure through operation centers located in Shinkawa (Tokyo) and Tosabori (Osaka), providing end-to-end high capacity connectivity and competitive data services in Japan and throughout the world.
WorldCom's domestic and international ATM service offers a range of choices for seamless, reliable data transmission services that allow the customer to choose a combination of services that best suit their communications requirements. WorldCom offers three categories of ATM service: Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Variable Bit Rate (VBR-nrt) and Available Bit Rate (ABR), at 0.5 Mbps to 25 Mbps, offered in 0.5 Mbps increments. Business Link services offers secure, reliable dedicated line services at a bandwidth range of 64 Kbps to 1.5 Mbps over WorldCom's own managed fiber-optic network. These services are available in Tokyo and Osaka.
WorldCom's Frame Relay Services allows flexible reconfiguration of connections to meet the changing demands of the customer's business. WorldCom domestic Frame Relay supports port sizes ranging from 64 Kbps to 1.5M at a choice of speeds ranging from 16Kbps to 1Mbps. Fully scalable, additional capacity can be added as the customer requires, at a lower cost than a dedicated line. The service area includes Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Nagoya.
WorldCom has wholly-owned facilities in North America and Europe, and is currently expanding infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. WorldCom's global networks, including its state-of-the-art pan-European network and transoceanic cable systems, provide end-to-end high-capacity connectivity to more than 45,000 buildings worldwide. WorldCom's Japanese subsidiary, MCI WorldCom Japan Ltd., was established in 1997. The company provides a wide range of international and local data and voice services to the business community.
WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) is a global leader in "all-distance" communications services with operations in more than 65 countries. Revenues in 1999 were $37 billion, with more than $15 billion from high-growth data, Internet and international services. WorldCom provides facilities-based and fully integrated services to facilitate e-business and e-commerce in the digital generation. For more information go to: http://www.wcom.com (English) or www.wcom.co.jp (Japanese).
