JAPAN TELECOM Expands at Switch and Data's Palo Alto Site.TAMPA, Fla. -- Switch and Data today announced that JAPAN TELECOM Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of SOFTBANK CORP., has entered an agreement to extend their current colocation and peering services with Switch and Data. JAPAN TELECOM will also be expanding their peering capacity within Switch and Data's Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. site. Switch and Data's PAIX PAIX Palo Alto Internet Exchange (Palo Alto, CA peering facility) services enable service providers and content providers to take advantage of more interconnection choices, quicker time to market, access to more networks, vast peering and transit opportunities, and a richly diverse customer base - all available in highly secure and reliable facilities available in 11 markets. The move to 10 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. establishes the foundation for the future of peering services in terms of supporting customer density growth and enabling the next generation of Gigabit Ethernet technology - 10GigE. About JAPAN TELECOM Co., Ltd. JAPAN TELECOM started operations in 1986 as a carrier providing long-distance telecommunications services throughout Japan. Through approximately 12,000 km of fiber-optic networks across the country, JAPAN TELECOM provides a wide range of voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. services tailored to suit all needs of corporate and individual customers. JAPAN TELECOM strives for promoting and realizing the revolution of lifestyle, work style and business model with its cutting-edge broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. . JAPAN TELECOM is a wholly owned subsidiary of SOFTBANK CORP. http://www.japan-telecom.co.jp About Switch and Data Recently named to the 2004 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing, privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , Switch and Data is a leading provider of exchange and managed infrastructure services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates the largest footprint of neutral Internet exchange and managed infrastructure facilities in North America supporting more than 800 customers. The company's PAIX services are available in more markets than any other neutral Internet exchange provider in North America. For more information, please visit http://www.switchanddata.com/. |
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