Oct. 21, 2009 (Business Wire) -- NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, today announced company executives will speak and moderate panels at Capacity Central America 2009, Capacity magazine’s newest conference focusing exclusively on the Central American wholesale market, on October 21, 2009 at the Sheraton Panama Hotel & Convention Center in Panama City, Republic of Panama. NTT Communications is the gold sponsor of the event and will also sponsor a lunch and opportunity to network on October 21.

Michael Wheeler, vice president of the Global IP Network for NTT America will offer his perspective based on experience in the Latin American market on the topic of “Liberalisation and New Opportunities in the Central American Wholesale Markets,” on Wednesday, October 21 at 9:30 a.m. EST. The Central American telecommunications market is being driven by the speed of liberalization combined with a dramatic increase in demand for broadband connections and applications, as well as mobile Internet support. As part of one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, NTT America can leverage the international business, financial, technology and geographic assets of the NTT Communications Global IP Network to help Central American telecommunications and cable companies stay competitive as they rapidly add new customers and deliver new services to support growth and additional revenue opportunities.

NTT America’s Tier-1 Internet backbone, the NTT Communications Global IP Network, offers connections to major ISPs around the world, with particular strength in the United States and Asia, and to major Internet network nodes and data centers located in key U.S. cities. The global reach of the network allows Central American carriers and service providers the ability to deliver traffic internationally, which is equally important for meeting the demand for high speed Internet access as is the ability, maintained by the network’s 1tbps of peering capacity, to add new subscribers quickly. The network’s industry-leading SLAs (Service Level Agreements) ensure quality of service for customer retention by guaranteeing that the network will be outage free 100 percent of the time. (Note: To view the NTT Communications Global IP Network, visit: http://www.ntt.net/english/about/network_map.cfm)

David Berrios, NTT America’s manager of business development for Latin America, will moderate the panel, “Analyzing the Key Markets and Services Driving Capacity Demand in Central America: Identifying New Revenue Opportunities,” on Wednesday, October 21 at 12:00 p.m. EST. Central American carriers and service providers are facing key challenges of capacity pricing and access as more businesses and consumers purchase broadband connections.