Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) Launches Internet Telephone Service

Tokyo, Japan - May 8, 2003 (PRN): Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI) announced that the company will begin offering Internet telephone services, effective today. This telecommunication service will be provided to IIJ4U customers as a part of its "FLET'S IP Telephone Option" service and to IIJmio customers as a part of its "IP Phone/F" service.

The service will be free of charge for the following users: IIJ4U and IIJmio customers, IP telephone users of certain providers (BB.excite, Plala, Reset.jp, wakwak etc. The number of providers will continue to be expanded), and FLET'S, ADSL and BFLET's users.

There will be no initial charge for the IIJ4U FLET'S IP Telephone and IIJmio IP Phone/F services. The basic monthly fee will be JPY 280. Customers who subscribe to the service before the end of the campaign period on July 31, 2003 will be exempt from the monthly fee.

Calls between IIJ4U, IIJmio and IP telephone users of specified providers will be free. For domestic calls to regular telephone subscribers, the charge will be JPY 7.5 per 3 minute increment. For international calls to regular telephones, the charge will be JPY 2.5 per minute.

IIJ4U and IIJmio are intended to respond to NTT DoCoMo's flat-fee mobile connectivity service, @FreeD ("at freed").

For more information, visit Internet Initiative Japan at http://www.iij.ad.jp/en

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