INTERNET INITIATIVE JAPAN IN ADR SPONSORED (IIJI)

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IIJ Adds Storage Feature to IIJ Mail Gateway Service
Wednesday February 15, 9:00 pm ET
New Mail Archive Option Allows Full-Text Storage and Search of E-Mail, and Expands on Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Mail Audit Features


TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2006--Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI, TSE Mothers: 3774), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, announced today that it will release its Mail Archive Option, an e-mail archive feature on the enterprise mail management service IIJ Mail Gateway Service on 28 February 2006.
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The IIJ Mail Gateway Service monitors e-mail between corporate e-mail systems and the Internet and provides e-mail security such as anti-virus and anti-spam functions as well as prevents leaks of sensitive information.

The new Mail Archive Option archives all incoming and outgoing e-mail on a storage medium at the IIJ Data Center, and allows customers to search, monitor, download, and delete messages through a special Web interface. The archived mail can be searched by date, header information (From, To, Subject, and other fields), and other keyword searches, and when archive sizes reach a critical level, e-mail notification is sent out, and the customer can choose to delete messages by date.

Used in conjunction with the IIJ Mail Gateway's anti-virus feature, this new service allows the removal in advanced of useless messages to save space and increase efficiency.

With the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and the Japanese SOX Law, the need for self-auditing and preserving evidence in the event of information leaks make e-mail archiving an important element of corporate risk management strategies. However, saving every message requires high-volume storage facilities that greatly increase operating costs for companies.

The Mail Archive Option helps to keep these costs down and gives companies a quick and effective means of centrally managing e-mail archives.

IIJ Mail Gateway Service Mail Archive Option Fees
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Initial Fee Free
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Basic Fee 400,000 yen (includes 10 GB of storage)
Monthly Fees --------------------------------------------------------
Additional fees 200,000 yen per additional 10 GB
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Storage capacity can be added in 10 GB increments on a one-year
contract up to 200 GB.

The above prices are for the Mail Archive Option only. The IIJ Mail
Gateway service requires a separate fee. The prices shown do not
include tax.

About IIJ

Founded in 1992, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI, Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers: 3774) is one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers. IIJ and its group of companies provide total network solutions that mainly cater to high-end corporate customers. The company's services include high-quality systems integration and security services, Internet access, hosting/housing, and content design. Moreover, the company has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan, and between Japan and the United States. IIJ was listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and on the Mothers market of Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2005. For more information about IIJ, visit the IIJ Web site at http://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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Source: Internet Initiative Japan Inc.