Joe, could one apply any possible linkage (out of the box)between Novell and this article...(I've got 1k shares and am hoping for a short term fix.
Kyodo via Individual Inc. : TOKYO, Dec. 9 (Kyodo) _ Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corp. (NTT) is planning to enter the intranet business as part
of its plan to advance, where possible under current laws, into the international
telecom sector, an NTT source said Monday.
The telecom giant's entry into the international service field is sought as part of
a realignment plan announced last Friday by NTT and the Posts and
Telecommunications Ministry.
NTT will be reorganized in fiscal 1998 into one-long distance and two
regional carriers under the wing of a holding company. The long-distance
entity is to have access to the international market.
NTT, however, is looking for international operations that it can start offering
under current laws, since legislation covering its reorganization is expected to
take time, the source said.
One of these areas, the company believes, is intranets --in-house information
networks for corporate customers that use Internet technologies. Unlike the
Internet, which is open to everyone, however, intranets have ''fire walls'' to
prevent classified corporate information from leaking.
NTT is currently forbidden by law from offering international telecom services,
and it has been regarded as difficult for the company to enter the intranet
business given that some corporate customers will have overseas outlets.
However, with the recent deregulation moves by the government, NTT now
thinks that it will be allowed to offer intranet services as long as it does not
develop its own international lines but leases them from international telecom
companies like KDD, the source said. |
