2001 Press Releases

TOKYO, January 22, 2001 - Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (AIH; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President: Koichi Suzuki) announced today that it will expand the service area of "A-Bone Roaming Platform" to the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia, beginning in the end of January. Having the new access points added, "A-Bone Roaming Platform" will be covering 6 countries/areas in the Asia region (Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and above three countries), and 26 European countries based on the global alliance with KPNQwest Communication Services B.V.

"A-Bone Roaming Platform" enables ISPs to provide their customers a highly reliable, quality roaming services which is directly connected to "A-Bone", the Asian-wide IP backbone network.

AIH will continue to make further expansions of the platform coverage in order to provide users a superior Internet connection environment.

About AIH

Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. (AIH) was established in 1995, to construct and operate "A-Bone", the Internet backbone network covering the Asia Pacific region. A-Bone directly links countries in the region with high-speed and large-capacity circuits, which enables intra-Asian information traffic to be routed effectively. AIH is supported by shareholders in the region such as Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI), Sumitomo Corporation, NTT Communications, Itochu Corporation, Sembcorp Ventures, Telecom Malaysia and Communications Authority of Thailand. Website: www.abone.net

For media inquiries, please contact:

Ms. Junko Higasa, Public Relations Office
Tel: +81-3-5259-6310 E-mail: info@abone.net