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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (18273)	2/7/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

But is was just a beta! Is the Microsoft trial over? The MS-DOJ antitrust trial is virtually lost, experts say. After just three witnesses, the software giant is self-destructing. zdnet.com

To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (18273)	2/16/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 22053

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. and Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. Announce Japan and China to be Connected Through A-Bone Hum...sounds like some type of merger...up close and personal. TOKYO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (AIH; headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; president: Koichi Suzuki) and China Telecom (headquarters: Beijing, China; president: Zhang Ligui) reached an agreement on February 11 that will link CHINANET to the A-Bone, the Asian-wide international IP backbone network operated by AIH, with a bandwidth of 2Mbps. Completion of procedures is scheduled for the end of March 1999. CHINANET is the largest of commercial Internet service networks in China that has over ninety percent (90%) share of the domestic market reportedly consisting of approx. 2.1 million users. The current move reflects CHINANET's appreciation on network cooperation with A-Bone network which allows their customers to directly access to other Asian countries, especially Japan. With this latest expansion, A-Bone will tie into networks in 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. A-Bone's mission is to join the countries of Asia with high-speed large-capacity lines; in this role as the region's central piece of Internet infrastructure, it is contributing to development and progress in this area of the world by providing ever-faster and more-reliable transmission of data between Asia's countries. About A-Bone A-Bone was built and is operated by Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (AIH). A group of Asian investors led by the Japanese ISP Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. (IIJ), established AIH in November of 1995 to fulfill the need for a quality information infrastructure spanning the Asia-Pacific region. Since its startup, the A-Bone has been continuously expanding and now functions as the core commercial Internet infrastructure providing high-speed access to business users throughout the region. The A-Bone currently connects nine Asian nations, and will expand in 1999 to include China, Vietnam, India, and Australia. It is constantly updating the services, taking advantage of its high-reliability network infrastructure to make it the information platform for doing businesses in Asia: high-speed, direct backbone connections and quality roaming are currently offered, with preparations now underway for delivering the services needed for tomorrow's electronic commerce. For more information, refer to abone.net SOURCE: Internet Initiative Japan Inc.; Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related News Categories: computers, internet, telecom