This workshop is kindly supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, and sponsored by:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, FUJITSU LIMITED, Hitachi, Ltd., KDDI Corporation, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, NEC Corporation, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Motorola Japan Ltd., SOFTBANK Group, Softfront, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), ACCA Networks Co., Ltd., COMMUNICATION LINE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN, eAccess Ltd., Ericsson AB, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan Cable Television Engineering Association, Japan Cable & Telecommunications Association, NTT Comware Corporation, Support Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology Research Foundation, The ITU Association of Japan, Inc., The Telecommunication Technology Committee, TOSHIBA CORPORATION and Vodafone.