NTT Communications Strengthens its Partnership with Arkadin to Provide Video Conferencing in Japan

LONDON, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

NTT BizLink, a subsidiary of the NTT Communications Group, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, has extended its partnership with Arkadin, a leading global collaboration services provider, to deliver video conferencing to Japanese businesses.

"NTT Europe is pleased to offer these services to our multi-national customers based in Japan," says Bob Welton, Regional Sales Director at NTT Europe. "We're always looking at how we can extend our cloud services and this helps to strengthen our commitment to our growing European companies in Asia or breaking into."

NTT Bizlink has blended Arkadin's cloud-based video conferencing with its products to offer solutions through NTT Communications Group. This new generation video conferencing is delivered as a 'service' for fast, scalable deployments and minimal up-front investments. Video conferencing will be instantly available over any internet connection through simple one-click access from desktops or mobile devices. The high definition (HD) video image quality delivers life-like, face-to-face collaboration for a 'just like being there' experience. Up to nine video displays will be available for multiple participants to connect from any computer type or legacy end point.

"Arkadin is extremely excited about partnering with NTT Communications Group, a telecommunications visionary who shares our commitment to innovation and customer service excellence," says Olivier de Puymorin, Arkadin's CEO and founder. "In a highly mobile, global workplace, personal telepresence is fast becoming a must-have productivity tool. Together with NTT Communications Group, we will lead the market with a new generation solution that delivers the same quality video experience as the far more expensive and complex legacy systems."

About NTT Communications Corporation

NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company's worldwide infrastructure, including our Tier-1 Global IP Network, Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching over 150 countries, and over 120 secure data centers. NTT Communications' solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA.

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About Arkadin

Founded in 2001, Arkadin is a leading Global Collaboration Service Provider offering a complete range of remote collaboration solutions from audio, web and video conferencing to Unified Communications. Arkadin enables all types and sizes of organizations to communicate and collaborate effectively using its user-friendly and cost-efficient solutions to increase business productivity. With a global network of 50 operating centres in 29 countries throughout Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and North America, Arkadin delivers its business solutions around the world using a Software as a Service model so enabling customers to benefit from fast, scalable deployments with a high ROI.

Further information: http://www.arkadinapac.com

For further information, please contact:

Emma Crowe
Marketing Communications Manager - EMEA
NTT Communications
Emma.crowe@ntt.eu
+44-7581-315-241