ITF and Verio Announce Davis Cup Partnership

Englewood, CO, March 22, 2005 - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced today that Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications and a leading global IP solutions provider, is to become an International Partner of Davis Cup.

As the Official Hosting Partner of Davis Cup, Verio will be responsible for hosting the Official Web site of the event, www.daviscup.com and will also host the Official Web site of Fed Cup, www.fedcup.com. The ITF tournament is 105 years old with approximately 140 National Teams and Tennis Associations involved. The daviscup.com site hosted more than a quarter of a million visitor sessions during the 2004 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final, and more than one million unique visitors and nearly 70 million visits in 2004. The Davis Cup Live Scoreboard section of the site delivered an extensive range of statistics, serve speeds, trajectories and related information to Davis Cup fans worldwide.

"Verio has a proven track record of successfully delivering solutions for sporting bodies and events and we are delighted to entrust them with the Web site of our flagship property," said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti. "Interest in Davis Cup continues to grow worldwide, and delivering dynamic and unique content on our site is a critical extension for this growth."

"We are committed to providing our partners with service on demand and to guaranteeing the performance and capacity management of sites such as www.daviscup.com and www.fedcup.com which experience peaks and troughs of traffic during live games," said Martin Davis, vice president for Verio Europe. "Our integrated SLA demonstrates the commitment we've made to support sports sites with a scalable solution and cost effective architecture. This will help the ITF meet their objective of having the industry's most reliable site."

Verio is rapidly expanding its capabilities in the sports industry. High profile wins such as UEFA; The FA; Subaru World Rally Team; and the Tour de France, via Agence-France Presse have firmly established Verio as the technology partner of choice for sport organizations. Verio delivers the solution that enables sports federations to use technology to improve their global reach and increase their competitive appeal to worldwide sports fans.

About Davis Cup
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with 137 nations entered in 2005. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Adecco (Official Recruitment Partner), Fossil (Official Watch), Getronics (Official ICT Sponsor), Hugo Boss (Official Men's Fashion Sponsor), Kia Motors (Official Car) and NH Hoteles (Official Hotel). International partners are NTT Communications (Official Hosting Partner) and Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball).

About Verio
Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides complementary global network access 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. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting, high-end dedicated access and managed service offerings. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT Communications Global IP Network, and provides business technology solutions 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.

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