(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Telecommunications provider AT&T (www.att.com) announced on Thursday it has completed the sale of its domestic Japanese outsourcing services operations for $109 million to network solutions provider Internet Initiative Japan (www.iij.ad.jp/en).
The transaction involved the transfer of 1,600 domestic Japanese business customers and 245 employees.
The company first revealed in June that it was selling its Japan-based outsourcing services unit to Internet Initiative Japan.
The sale does not include AT&T’s infrastructure in Japan, which includes four global network service nodes, remote access infrastructure for corporate clients, a data center, and a large international subsea cable capacity.
AT&T says it will continue to serve its Japanese customers with domestic telecommunication services, including managed global connectivity, hosting, mobile enterprise applications, cloud computing, application management, security, telepresence and unified communications.
Meanwhile, IIJ will purchase global connectivity services from AT&T to support its Japan-based customers’ global communications needs.
“Japan is an important market for AT&T, and we are focused on providing a world-class level of service to our multinational customers with a presence there,” says Bernard Yee, vice president AT&T Asia Pacific.
The sale will allow AT&T to better serve its multinational customers.
The company has also exercised a call option on NTT’s 15 percent stake in AT&T Japan.
