NTT/VERIO Service Awarded 2003 "Product of the Year" By Technology Marketing Corporation's Communications Solutions Magazine Solutions Magazine

NTT/VERIO IPv6 Gateway Services Singled Out For Its Technological Excellence and Vision

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Friday, March 5, 2004; 12:00 AM

Englewood, CO, March 5, 2004 - Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications and a leader in global IP solutions, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®)'s Communications Solutions® magazine, has named NTT/VERIO IPv6 Gateway Services as a Product of the Year winner for 2003. Communications Solutions® is the premier Web publication and newsletter in the communications industry.

"We are extremely honored to receive industry recognition for the innovation of the NTT/VERIO IPv6 service offering," said James Treuting, acting president for Network Services at Verio. "The Communications Solutions Product of the Year award reiterates Verio's leadership position in the North American service provider market.

Yukimasa Ito, vice president of the Global IP Network for NTT Communications Corp., said, "We will continue to forge ahead with enhancements to our IPv6 product offering, helping customers prepare their businesses for the next generation Internet that promises to enable technologies such as secure end-to-end communications, and to accommodate the imminent proliferation of mobile devices with Internet addresses."

"NTT/VERIO IPv6 Gateway Services is clearly deserving of leadership status in the service provider sector of the telecommunications industry. We're proud to reward their hard work and innovation with a Product of the Year Award for 2003," said Rich Tehrani, president of TMC and group editor-in-chief of Communications Solutions®.

Tehrani added, "The Product of the Year awards exemplify the best that this industry has to offer. Verio has demonstrated a commitment to quality, and a commitment to the further development of the communications industry through its NTT/VERIO IPv6 Gateway Services. Verio deserves this great honor, and I look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from them as they continue to contribute to the future of communications."

For more information, please visit www.tmcnet.com/comsol/.

About TMCTM
Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading technology publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) publishes two magazines: Customer Inter@ction Solutions, and Internet Telephony®, and the online publications, TMCnet.com®, Communications Solutions, Planet PDA Magazine, Alternative PowerTM and BiometriTechTM. TMC® is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC® Labs. TMC® also produces The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 online newsletters. For more information, visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Verio
Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides long distance and international telecommunications reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is one of the world's largest operators of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. NTT Com and Verio market their global IP solutions under the NTT/VERIO brand. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting, dedicated access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services to customers in more than 146 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html.