Toshiba Announces International Connectivity Through MyConnect(TM) Internet Access Service.

IRVINE, Calif. -- MyConnect Now Offers Subscribers More Than 54,000 Access Locations and Dial-Up Numbers in More Than 110 Countries; U.S. Toll-Free Nationwide Numbers Also Announced

Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced an International Access Program that expands its MyConnect Internet access service footprint to more than 54,000 locations and dial-up numbers in more than 110 countries outside the United States.

Aggregating footprint from more than 250 Internet service providers globally, the MyConnect International Access Program includes access to more than 40 international Wi-Fi(R) Internet service providers alone. International access types also include hotel Ethernet locations and analog, ISDN and PIAFS dial-up numbers. PIAFS dial-up numbers offer access in Japan through more than 1,400 dial-up numbers provided by five different telecommunications carriers.

The International Access Program is based on Toshiba's recently announced Pay-for-Use pricing model. Access is billed in blocks of three hours at $12.95. Connectivity minutes are totaled every 30 days following the subscriber's anniversary date, divided by three-hour blocks and then rounded to the next three-hour block. Other terms and conditions may apply.(a)

To access the added global locations and dial-up numbers throughout the world, MyConnect users must first subscribe to one of its U.S.-based coverage connectivity plans, which include:

--$39.95/month unlimited plan;

--$19.95/month for 30 hours;

--Prepaid plans of either three- or six-month increments;

--Pay-for-Use program where users can connect throughout the month and pay $3.95 an hour based on their total connect time to the Internet.

With each of these plans, users have the choice to connect to any one of the access types MyConnect offers, including more than 23,000 public Wi-Fi(R) wireless hotspots, broadband locations and local dial-up numbers nationwide.

Existing MyConnect subscribers will automatically be updated with the MyConnect global locations and dial-up numbers. Additionally, subscribers can monitor their International Program usage through a My Account page accessible on the Web site at www.toshibamyconnect.com.

"Previously offered to enterprises only, the MyConnect International Access Program is designed to meet the needs of individual business travelers who travel internationally," said Raja Narayanan, vice president of mobility solutions for Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems. "The Pay-for-Use nature of the program eliminates the excessive charges typical in the Internet connectivity industry for occasional mobile Internet access, which helps subscribers minimize their expenses, making it attractive to less frequent international business and consumer travelers as well."

Meanwhile, MyConnect subscribers can now also take advantage of a U.S. Toll-Free Access Program, which allows frequent travelers in the United States to bookmark and connect to one national toll-free number, saving time in terms of searching for a local dial-up number.

Designed to simplify the connection experience for those subscribers who use dial-up frequently in various different locations, the U.S. Toll-Free Access program is available for $4.95 per hour. Connectivity minutes using the Toll-Free Access program are totaled every 30 days following the subscriber's anniversary date, divided by one-hour blocks and then rounded to the next full hour. The total number of hour-long blocks is multiplied by the $4.95 hourly rate and the user's credit card is billed.

"This expansion of the MyConnect service to include international and U.S. toll-free access demonstrates MyConnect's mission to offer ubiquitous connectivity to its subscribers," Narayanan said.

A data-only mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), MyConnect works with any brand of notebook PC(b) with Microsoft Windows 2000 or later operating system. The service is available at The UPS Store locations, Barnes & Noble bookstores, Marriott and Hilton hotels, and many other major brand locations, as well as airports, restaurants, rest stops and more.

For more information on the MyConnect service, go to www.toshibamyconnect.com. MyConnect packages for small-to-medium business (SMB) resellers and enterprises are also available.

About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)

Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of three divisions: Digital Products, Digital Solutions and Storage Device. Together, the three divisions provide mobile products and solutions, Internet access plans, communications, storage and imaging products and services. Products include industry-leading portable computers, projectors, telephony products, digital imaging systems, wireless solutions and services, and DVD/CD recordable products and hard disk drives for computers.

TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independently operated company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, a world leader in high technology and integrated manufacturing of electrical and electronic components, products and systems. Toshiba has global sales of over $52 billion and more than 300 subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.toshiba.com.

(a) Please visit www.toshibamyconnect.com for program details.

(b) Notebook computers must include these minimum Operating System
    environments:

    Microsoft Windows 2000, SP4

    Microsoft Windows XP Home, Professional, Tablet PC and Media
    Center Editions

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