NTT Com to launch IP service for global internal dialing

TOKYO —

NTT Communications (NTT Com) is set to become Japan’s first telecom carrier to offer multinational customers a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) service for internal dialing between global offices, including Japan, beginning Dec 1. The company has also announced plans to launch other new IP communications services.

NTT Com’s new service will enable customers to establish high-quality global-scale internal dialing networks on a quick, low-cost basis using IP technologies. Making calls will be as simple as dialing the base’s extension and then the receiver’s extension. The service will be offered through NTT Com’s managed network service for enterprise customers, called Arcstar Global IP-VPN, which will help to eliminate connection failures sometimes encountered with Internet-based VoIP services. Linkage with existing private branch exchanges (PBXs) and NTT Com’s VoIP gateway service in Japan, as well as billing for calls on a fixed-rate basis, will help to minimize costs.

NTT Com also announced plans to launch three more high-quality global IP telephony services from or after April 2011, including Unified voice, video, web conferencing and instant/unified messaging; high-quality, low-cost external dialing and call receiving from worldwide bases; and cloud-based global call centers.

Japan Corporate News Network