Aimnet Corporation to establish world's first true borderless, ISP-independent Internet roaming service; Based on patent pending technology, consortium of 10 major (ISPs), allows users to access personal accounts from anywhere in the world with no special software or separate accounts.SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1996--Santa Clara, California-based Aimnet Corporation, a developer of infrastructure software for Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and itself an ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , is setting up the world's first true borderless, ISP-independent Internet roaming Accessing your own ISP locally when traveling abroad. Organizations such iPass have alliances with ISPs around the world that let international travelers access the Internet by dialing up a local telephone number. service. With initial focus on the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. , Aimnet has signed a Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. with some of the largest ISPs in Asia to co-establish the Global Reach Internet(tm) Consortium (GRIC GRIC Global Reach Internet Connection GRIC Government Relations Institute of Canada (industry association) ) and provide true universal access for Internet customers within the Asia-Pacific region and between that region and the US. Similar to cellular roaming service, Internet roaming enables users who maintain an Internet account with an ISP in one country to access his or her account while visiting another country by dialing into the Internet network of another participating ISP. This saves the user from making costly long distance or international calls to the home country. The technology essentially blurs the differences between regional and national ISPs and between national ISPs and international ISPs. Suddenly, every ISP can be a global ISP. Telecommunications companies have been trying for years to create universal access for their customers, for example, Global One by Sprint, the MCI/BT consortium, and AT&T alliances. However, success has been limited. GRIC, formed by the participating ISPs, is a revolutionary approach to achieving true universal access over the Internet. The first area targeted for the service is the Asia-Pacific region, bringing US-based Aimnet's ISP business unit together with some of the largest ISPs in that region: -0- THB THB In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Thai Baht. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Asia Connect, Malaysia ASIA ONLINE, Thailand connect.com.au, Australia CyberWay, Singapore DTI Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) A refinement of magnetic resonance imaging that allows the doctor to measure the flow of water and track the pathways of white matter in the brain. , Japan FICNET, Taiwan SeedNet, Taiwan SingNet, Singapore UT Starcom, China GRIC will also rapidly expand its membership base to include other ISPs from around the world. The GRIC MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. will be followed by a summit meeting in Asia during June when GRIC members will finalize the implementation details of the roaming service. Commenting on the formation of the consortium, Aimnet President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Dr. Hong Chen said: "This is a major milestone in Internet development, effectively delivering the true promise of borderless communications and universal access without regard to the end user's network provider. Users will get the best of both worlds, international access and a true choice of provider. It is also the first time that regional ISPs have successfully worked together to roll out a unified service. "We feel that GRIC will lead the field in Internet roaming because we have the critical geographical coverage required to make the technology viable," he added. "CyberWay is pleased to be one of the founding signatories of GRIC. Many of our users are busy executives who travel often and will benefit from a roaming service," said Mr. Cheah Cheng Poh, General Manager of CyberWay in Singapore. Hugh Irvine of connect.com.au Pty. Ltd., the oldest and largest ISP in Australia, said that Australian customers with business interests in Asia have been seeking a cost-effective roaming arrangement for some time. "The beauty of this scheme is its ease of use. A customer can use the same user-ID wherever he travels. Billing is simple, too, because all roaming will still be billed to the customer's local Internet bill. We look forward to welcoming international customers to our high-speed national and international networks." THB Asia Connect Sdn Bhd SDN BHD Sendirian Berhad (Malay equivalent to incorporated) is honored to be one of the key strategic partners initiating the Asia-Pacific's largest Internet roaming network. President and CEO, Mr. Raymond Cheng, said the introduction of this Internet roaming service is "timely as it is synergistic with the robust growth and consumption of IT product and services in the region. "This unique value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. fits in very well with the need to build up the infrastructure in Asia to balance the share of voice for Asia in an otherwise US-centric Internet," he added. The ability to offer Internet roaming will also enhance THB Asia Connect's position and distinguish itself as the total Internet solutions company providing a range of state-of-the-art products and services. "We intend to provide the most user-friendly Internet access See how to access the Internet. that Thai subscribers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. . Our primary objective is to provide better service than other local ISPs. "Therefore, joining the GRIC roaming consortium provides an opportunity for ASIA ONLINE Thailand Co. Ltd., to pioneer the development of a unique international business and information service to support our subscribers throughout the globe, which is a large step ahead of other local ISPs. Our subscribers will enjoy the same Internet access even though they are in another country," said Mr. Sanguan Treejareowiwat, Managing Director of Asia Online (Thailand). Borderless Access The roaming service is based on Aimnet's AimTraveler(tm) server software. With AimTraveler, a user simply dials into a "local" ISP and enters his user name and password. AimTraveler is intelligent enough to route the access back to the "home" ISP. The user does not need to apply for a new account in the foreign country, and the ISP does not have to waste human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. setting up a special account. To make it even easier for the user, Aimnet will provide a regularly updated phone book with access telephone numbers and log-in scripts of all participating ISPs. The user installs the phone book and then selects an ISP with a local telephone number. Regional Presence To coordinate the implementation of GRIC, Aimnet has appointed Connected Computing Corporation (C3, pronounced "C-cubed") in Singapore as its Asian representative. The new company will be responsible for the sales, marketing, and support of Aimnet's products and services. "C3 will spearhead the implementation of GRIC in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as help us develop the market for our range of ISP software solutions," said Dr. Chen. Aimnet develops and markets ISP infrastructure software solutions including AIMS, a suite of management, administrative, and billing tools designed to help ISPs deploy new value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services. Brief Profiles of GRIC partners About Aimnet US-based Aimnet Corporation is dedicated to working with strategic partners worldwide to develop new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. technologies that will make possible a complete telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. via the Internet. Aimnet currently offers Internet client and management software, Internet connectivity services from dial-up modem through T3 speeds, and World Wide Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and collocation. Aimnet is located in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , and is funded by venture capital and corporate investors. THB Asia Connect Sdn Bhd Established in June 1995, Malaysia's Asia Connect is the region's first full-service Internet service provider to focus on developing Asian-rich content and serving Web and transaction-based solutions for retail organizations, financial institutions, broadcasters, corporations and government agencies. Its scope of work includes network consulting, integration, development, maintenance, security, database development, Web design, multimedia production, content development and marketing consulting. Recently, Asia Connect was appointed the software developer for the RM500 million PenangNet project to set up the most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in Penang. The project is undertaken by the Penang Development Corporation, THB Asia Connect Sdn Bhd, Binariang Sdn Bhd, and Public Packages Bhd. Asia Online Thailand Co. Established in February 1996, Thailand's Asia Online Co., Ltd is 100% owned by International Engineering (Public) Co., Ltd. The company has been awarded a 10-year concession from the Communication Authority of Thailand to operate and provide Internet services for both individual and corporate subscribers. Two subsidiaries were recently established: iNet Company Limited to facilitate Internet network planning, network operation, customer service and technical support, and iSoft Company Limited, to provide solution integration and homepage development services for customers. connect.com.au Pty Ltd PTY LTD Propriety Limited (company structure in Australia) Australia's connect.com.au was the first commercial Internet service provider in Australia, providing an Internet service to almost half of the top 200 companies in Australia. Founded in 1992, Connect now provides points of presence (POPs) in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth. It is also the first Australian ISP to install independent links to international commercial networks that were previously unreachable from Australia. Connect has increased its international bandwidth with 4Mbps total capacity to the US and 256Kbps to Singapore. CyberWay Singapore's CyberWay is a joint venture of Singapore Holdings and Singapore Technologies, major players in the multimedia, telecommunications and other Industries in Singapore and the region. As Singapore's newest Internet service provider, CyberWay's mission is to further develop the Internet as a critical resource for business, industry and society. DTI Japan's Dream Train Internet Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Japan, is a new Internet Service Provider. Established in October, 1995, DTI uses the Mind Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. Net, which has adopted a brand new frame relay switch that realizes through network observation structure and enables flexible topology. DTI has 13 access points in Japan and will have 15 new access points by June 1996. By the end of the year, access points will spread throughout 47 prefectures in Japan. DTI connects with NSPIXP NSPIXP Network Service Provider Internet Exchange Point , the core Internet connection in Japan, and directly to MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , the No.2 provider in USA. FICNET FICNET is the newest entry to Taiwan's ISP market. FICNET is a subsidiary of FIC FIC First International Computer FIC Fogarty International Center (John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences; National Institutes of Health) FIC Fellowship for Intentional Community Company, which is one of the largest computer manufacturers in Taiwan. FICNET currently offers nationwide Internet access and provides Internet services to both corporate and individual customers. SeedNet Taiwan's Seednet is the first and largest Internet service provider to provide government and business sectors with leased line A private communications channel leased from a common carrier. Most digital lines require four wires (two pairs) for full-duplex transmission. (communications, networking) leased line service. As a pioneer in Internet technology research, it has accumulated more than six years of experience. Since it began operations in July 1995, SeedNet has more than 15,000 dial-up subscribers and 400 leased-line subscribers. More than one-third of its leased-line users are computer companies. To offer better services, SeedNet plans to provide a direct T1 link with the Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. in the US. It also plans to transfer its Internet technology to Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . SingNet Singapore's SingNet, provided by Singapore Telecom, was Singapore's first commercial Internet access service. Introduced in July 1994, SingNet provides a comprehensive suite of quality Internet access solutions to meet the business and personal needs of its customers. A leader in the region, SingNet is currently the largest Internet hub in the Asia Pacific region with customer and peer links to over 14 countries throughout the region. UT Starcom UT Starcom and Softbank of Japan are operating a joint project with Jitong Communications of China to set up a nationwide Internet Access service in China. This service will cater to both individual and corporate customers, providing both dialup and leased-line access. For more information about the GRIC partners, please contact them through their Web sites: -0- R. Hong Chen, President & CEO, Aimnet,USA, www.aimnet.com Raymond Cheng, President and CEO, THB Asia Connect, Malaysia, www.asiaconnect.com.my Sanguan Treejareowiwat, Managing Director, ASIA ONLINE Thailand Hugh Irvine, Director, Connect.Com.Au, Australia, www.connect.com.au Cheah Cheng Poh, General Manager, CyberWay, Singapore, www.cyberway.com.sg Chikao Imamichi, President, DTI, Japan, www.dtinet.or.jp Anthony Wang, Chairman, FICNet, Taiwan, www.ficnet.net.tw Joe Zhou, VP of Internet Operation, UT Starcom, China, www.utstar.com C.J. Cherng, President, SeedNet, Taiwan, www.seed.net.tw Barry Greene, Director, SingNet, Singapore, www.singnet.com.sg Francis Gopal, Director, Connected Computing, Singapore -0- CONTACT: Aimnet Corp. Stuart Froman, 408/567-3800 ext.151 http://www.aimnet.com |
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