NTT joins OSDL

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NTT Joins OSDL

World's largest telecommunications company joins Linux consortium to
accelerate development of Linux for enterprise datacenters and carrier grade
applications

BEAVERTON, Ore. and TOKYO - February 3, 2004 - The Open Source Development
Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of
Linux, today announced that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT),
the world's largest telecommunications company, has joined OSDL and will
participate in the Lab's Data Center Linux and Carrier Grade Linux working
group initiatives.

NTT, a telecommunications giant that oversees a group of more than 430
companies with 200,000 employees in Japan and around the world, is joining
OSDL to accelerate the development of Linux for enterprise computing.  NTT's
research and development arm, NTT research laboratories, will take the lead
for the firm on open source software development to strengthen Linux for use
as a major platform for enterprise computing.

"NTT Laboratories plans to use open source software in enterprise computing
systems and various applications," said Yuji Inoue, senior vice president of
NTT. "Through these activities we contribute to open source software
communities and the integrity of the information-sharing society. We are
joining OSDL, which helps define features needed to improve the reliability
and scalability of Linux, to contribute together as NTT group companies in
establishing Linux as the computing platform for telecom carrier IT systems."

Linux has also seen growing adoption among enterprises in Japan. Market
research firm IDC expects Linux to continue growing at a much faster pace
than Windows and UNIX in the server space. According to IDC Enterprise Server
Tracker, Linux server shipments and spending will grow at a compound annual
growth rate of 40 percent and 31 percent respectively from 2002 to 2007.

"Linux use in enterprise datacenters is growing quickly," said Stuart Cohen,
CEO of OSDL. "With the commitment of global companies like NTT to join OSDL
and participate in the Lab's working groups, we can bring unmatched resources
and technical expertise to accelerate the adoption of Linux in Japan and
around the world."



About Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Date of Establishment       April 1, 1985  
Paid-In Capital            937.95 billion yen  
Number of Employees       3,178 (As of March 31, 2003)

NTT is the holding company of the NTT Group, some 430 companies forming a
"global information sharing corporate group." The biggest mission of the NTT
Group is to contribute toward realizing the full-scale broadband, ubiquitous
era. In order to bring broadband services to as many people as possible, the
Group are drawing on our collective strength to offer a far-reaching
broadband service that includes providing a variety of access methods, such
as optical-fiber access, third generation mobile telephones and wireless
LANs, building a framework to promote the delivery of such content as movies
and music, and expanding our content delivery services. 
For more information, visit http://www.ntt.co.jp/about_e/index.html.

About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)
OSDL - home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux - is dedicated to
accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 and supported
by a global consortium of Linux customers and IT industry leaders, OSDL is a
non-profit organization that provides Linux expertise and computing and test
facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the
world. OSDL members include Alcatel, Beijing Co-Create Open Source Software
Company, Cisco, Computer Associates, Dell, Ericsson, Force Computers,
Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Linuxcare, Miracle Linux Corporation,
Mitsubishi Electric, MontaVista Software, NEC Corporation, NEC Soft, Network
Appliance, Nokia, Novell, NTT, NTT COMWARE, NTT DATA INTELLILINK, Red Hat,
Sun Microsystems, SUSE LINUX, TimeSys, Toshiba Solutions, Transmeta
Corporation, Trolltech, Turbolinux, Ulticom, Unilever , VA Software and Wind
River Systems. Visit OSDL on the Web at www.osdl.org .

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Craig Oda for OSDL
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