Net Chart Awarded Contract from Doctor-NET to support its Telemedicine Business | News

Comprehensive operations of service infrastructure for Doctor-NET, a major provider of remote imaging diagnostic services in Japan

November 4, 2015
Net Chart Japan Inc.

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TOKYO-November 4, 2015- Net Chart Japan Inc. ("Net Chart"), a LAN network construction company and 100% owned subsidiary of Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI, TSE1: 3774) -one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers-today announced that it was awarded a contract by Doctor-NET Inc. ("Doctor-NET") for the procurement and operations management of IT infrastructure to support the remote medical services. The contract took effect on November 1, 2015.

Background

Remote imaging diagnostics involve transferring scanned data such as CTs, MRIs, etc. from a medical institution to another over a network to allow a reading expert to provide appropriate diagnosis. Doctor-NET first began its remote imaging diagnostics service in 1997, providing image reading reports by radiologists whom it had contracts with, as well as backup services of digital radiographs. Due to the increasing load on operations management for service infrastructure that has accompanied growing numbers of medical facilities and diagnostic cases, Doctor-NET had been considering fully outsourcing its infrastructure design, procurement, and operations management in order to focus its management resources on service development and support work. Net Chart has been responsible for building IT infrastructure for Doctor-NET since 2011, and the latter’s positive evaluation of that work has resulted in this current contract.

Details of Contract

All operations management and procurement currently handled by Doctor-NET's in-house IT divisions will be contracted exclusively to Net Chart.

With an eye to expanding various functions of their remote imaging diagnostics, Doctor-NET expects to grow its business rapidly by making use of the cloud services provided by the IIJ Group.

Net Chart will continue to contribute to promoting the use of IT solutions in the medical industry by providing safe and stable infrastructure to its customers.

About Net Chart

Net Chart Japan Inc. was established in October 2006 as an IIJ Group company. Net Chart provides equipment installation and configuration services, wiring for new network installations, application installation and management support for LANs, as well as other network construction services, primarily in Kanagawa Prefecture. For more information about Net Chart, visit the Web site at http://www.ncj.co.jp/en/.

About Doctor-NET

Doctor-NET, Inc. is a leading remote imaging diagnostics company established in January 1995. With “contributing to the quality of medical care and the health of humanity by providing excellent imaging diagnostics support services” as its corporate philosophy, Doctor-NET provides a variety of products and services with the aim of building systems for providing medical services that are optimal for medical providers, including doctors, as well as medical institutions and consumers through computerization and optimization with a focus on medical imaging.
http://www.doctor-net.co.jp/(only in Japanese language)

About IIJ

Founded in 1992, IIJ is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. IIJ and its group companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. IIJ's services include high-quality Internet connectivity services, systems integration, cloud computing services, security services and mobile services. Moreover, IIJ has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan that is connected to the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia. IIJ was listed on the U.S. NASDAQ Stock Market in 1999 and on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2006.

For more information about IIJ, visit the IIJ Web site at https://www.iij.ad.jp/en/.

The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainty. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents furnished by Internet Initiative Japan Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

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