Nikkei BP Opens a Website on IP telephony

Tokyo -- December 9, 2003 -- Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. has on November 20 opened a website called "IP Telephony Start (contents available in Japanese only)" to encourage the introduction of IP telephony at companies. While being a hot topic, IP telephony has actually been introduced by only a handful of companies and thus has yet to take root in Japan. Understanding IP telephony is indispensable not only for administration divisions and information system divisions but also corporate management executives. The website takes an easy-to-understand approach to portray the sophisticated scheme of IP telephony and aim to bridge the knowledge gap that may arise at the point of its introduction between company employees and information system divisions. IP Telephony Start makes an extensive coverage of IP telephony from basics to application and aims to become a powerful information source for both novice and savvy IT engineers.

"Nikkei Communications," Nikkei BP's telecommunications & network magazine and "IT Pro," the company's comprehensive IT news site dedicated to IT professionals, jointly collaborate in providing articles and operating the website. Contents of the website include actual case studies of companies that saw the introduction of IP telephony, the latest information on the Japanese government's policy and scheme, analysis of vendors, providers, products, services and basic knowledge on the scheme of IP telephony.

"IP Telephony Start" will also organize seminars and events, to which those engaged in the introduction of IP telephony at companies will be invited on a preferential basis. Weekly email-magazine is published on Wednesdays to give a summary of a past week's website as well as serving as a guide to future seminars.

For further details, please contact:
International Office
phone: +813-5210-8502
fax: +813-5210-8119
http://www.nikkeibp.com
e-mail: info@nikkeibp.com