IIJ and IIJ America Participated in Founding the Working Group against Spam; Group Plans to Develop Measures against Spam E-Mails and Viruses.Business Editors TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004 Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ IIJ Internet Initiative Japan IIJ Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (Internet Service Provider) IIJ Indo-Iranian Journal IIJ Is It Jazz (Boston band) , NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : IIJIE) today announced that the Company and its 91.3% subsidiary, IIJ America Inc., participated in founding the Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group. The group is made up of 19 international telecommunications companies, ISPs, and related businesses and is aimed at developing measures that will combat spam e-mails and other unethical uses of the Internet. The December 2003 kick-off meeting was hosted by Openwave Systems, Inc. See below for a list of participants and discussion items. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent survey that IIJ conducted with its existing users, over 80% have received spam e-mails and over 90% expect that measures against spam should be provided at mail server level. Demands for spam counter-measures are also rapidly increasing. Members of the working group represent a combined total of 80 million users and 40 million e-mail accounts. In addition to sharing their experiences in battling spam e-mails, they will participate in joint research and development projects that are aimed at dealing with spam e-mails at the network level. They will also set definitions and standards for e-mail and take action to prevent spam e-mails. Surveys and research will also be performed on the legal issues as they work to provide users with a more enjoyable e-mail experience. A meeting is scheduled for the spring of 2004 to take the next step on joint research, technology, and policy, and there are plans to expand the scope of joint research beyond this first working group to global carriers. Further details will be released in future announcements. IIJ is the only member from Japan, and IIJ and IIJ America plan to take the lead in this field in Japan. By establishing this working group, they will put their network operation and e-mail service See Internet e-mail service. experience to use to make the most of limited resources. They will work to raise productivity and ethical standards and provide users with an optimal e-mail experience. Kick-off Meeting Agenda - Create a standard for ISPs - Build a reliable network - Develop effective responses to spam, DoS attacks, virus attacks, and other unethical uses of the Internet - Establish standards for technologies that protect against forgeries and impersonation Impersonation Patroclus wore the armor of Achilles against the Trojans to encourage the disheartened Greeks. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Prisoner of Zenda, The - Establish an integrated interface for standardization and legislative organizations Participants Abranet, Altel, Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for , Bell South, Cox, IIJ, IIJ America Inc., NII (National Information Infrastructure) The U.S. government's policy for managing advanced technology in the country. The Clinton/Gore administration (1993-2001) was very enthusiastic about the Internet and proposed that it should be funded by private industry and be Holdings, Inc., NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library , Telus Communications, Openwave Systems Inc. and other 8 companies About IIJ Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJIE) is Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions provider. The company has built one of the largest 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. networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. Services range from the delivery of new generation network services over an optical-fiber infrastructure that is optimized for data communications, to the construction of pan-Asian IP backbone networks. The company also offers high-quality systems integration and security services, internet access, hosting/housing, and content design. About IIJ America Inc. IIJ America Inc. is a subsidiary of Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJIE), Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive Internet solution provider. IIJ America was established in 1996 to bring high-quality Internet access services to US customers, which linked directly to IIJ group's seamless high-capacity backbone network connecting the U.S., Japan, and the countries of Asia. About Openwave Systems Inc. Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV OPWV Openwave Systems Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) is the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the communications industry. Openwave's breadth of products, including mobile phone software, multimedia messaging software (MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ), email, location and mobile gateways, along with its worldwide expertise enable its customers to deliver innovative and differentiated data services. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. . For more information please visit www.openwave.com. The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. |
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