FOR INFORMATION
June 10, 1998
Asia Multimedia Forum Holds Plenary Meeting
The plenary meeting of the Asian Multimedia Forum (AMF) was held today in Manila,
the Philippines. The AMF was founded in June 1997. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation (NTT) is a founding member and Jun-ichiro Miyazu, president of NTT, is
its current president.
At the meeting, reports were offered on the recent results and future plans for
international multimedia usage trials, which are the main activities of the AMF. Such
trials include international asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) interconnection trials
(conducted from September 1997), satellite infrastructure verification trials
(conducted from April 1998), and application development/utilization trials planned
for the second quarter of this fiscal year (please see attachment 1 for an outline of
each trial).
The number of AMF members increased from 30 as of September 1997 to its current
40 members. The 40 companies include telecommunications carriers, manufacturers
and trading companies mainly in the Asia-Pacific region (please see attachment 2
for a list of member organizations).
At this plenary meeting, a new president of the AMF was elected. Linus Cheung, the
Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Telecommunications Limited, will serve a one
year term.
NTT will continue to actively promote the activities of the AMF as its administrative
office.
(Attachment 2)
Member Organizations (As of June 1998)
Founding Member Organization
Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. [China (Hong Kong)]
PT INDOSAT [Indonesia]
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia [Indonesia]
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. [Japan]
International Digital Communications Inc. [Japan]
Japan Satellite Systems Inc. [Japan]
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [Japan]
Telekom Malaysia Berhad [Malaysia]
BINARIANG BERHAD [Malaysia]
Multimedia Development Corporation [Malaysia]
SMART Communications, Inc. [Philippines]
Korea Telecom [Republic of Korea]
HYOSUNG GROUP [Republic of Korea]
Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd [Singapore]
Singapore Telecommunications Limited [Singapore]
1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd [Singapore]
The Communications Authority of Thailand [Thailand]
Telephone Organization of Thailand [Thailand]
General Member Organization
Mitsubishi Corporation [Japan]
PanAmSat Corporation [United States of America]
ANDERSEN CONSULTING [China (Hong Kong)]
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. [Japan]
NEC Corporation [Japan]
NTT Software Corporation [Japan]
ITOCHU Corporation [Japan]
Space Communications Corporation [Japan]
CyberStar [United States of America]
Sumitomo Corporation [Japan]
Hitachi, Ltd. [Japan]
FUJITSU LIMITED. [Japan]
Cisco Systems, Inc. [United States of America]
Pacific Internet Pte. Ltd. [Singapore]
IBM Japan, Ltd. [Japan]
DENTSU Inc. [Japan]
Deutsche Telekom AG [Germany]
THE GENEX BANK CORPORATION [United States of America]
The Conference for the Propulsion of "KOCHI 2001 PLAN" [Japan]
Sky Bridge Limited [United States of America]
DynaLab Japan Limited [Japan]
Nichimen Corporation [Japan]
