{"id":3004682,"date":"2001-12-11T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2001-12-11T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:1fd2dc54-6d0c-4941-b6a4-2ba19aa17570"},"modified":"2023-01-06T22:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T22:09:15","slug":"sony-computer-entertainment-and-sony-communication-network-agree-on-alliance-for-broadband-network-service","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2001\/sony-computer-entertainment-and-sony-communication-network-agree-on-alliance-for-broadband-network-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Computer Entertainment And Sony Communication Network Agree On Alliance For Broadband Network Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\"><em class=\"sie-paragraph\">High Quality Digital Content Become More Accessible to Users<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\">Tokyo, December 11, 2001 \u2013 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) and Sony Communication Network Corporation (SCN, Service name: So-net) announced today that they had entered into an agreement to provide broadband network services on the PlayStation\u00ae2 platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">1. Purpose of alliance<\/strong><br class=\"sie-paragraph\">Through this alliance, SCEI and SCN aim to provide broadband network services to So-net subscribers on the PlayStation 2 platform from April 2002. Services will include a wide variety of high quality PlayStation\u00ae and PlayStation\u00ae2 games, secured by SCEI\u2019s Dynamic Network Authentication System (DNAS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\">Under the agreement, SCEI will provide Broadband Unit for PlayStation 2, equipped with Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and network connectivity to SCN. SCN will provide the Broadband Unit for PlayStation 2 together with broadband internet access services such as ADSL to So-net subscribers on a subscription fee basis. SCN aims to enrich the broadband experience by integrating various resources of the Sony Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">2. Outline of the agreement<\/strong><br class=\"sie-paragraph\">(1) SCEI and SCN to provide services, including high quality PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games, secured by SCEI\u2019s DNAS to So-net subscribers.<br class=\"sie-paragraph\">(2) SCEI to provide proprietary authentication and copy management system, Dynamic Network Authentication System (DNAS) to SCN.<br class=\"sie-paragraph\">(3) SCN to provide music and video distribution services, \u201cNetworked AV,\u201d to So-net subscribers.<br class=\"sie-paragraph\">(4) SCEI to supply Broadband Unit for PlayStation 2 (40 Gigabyte HDD and 100Mbit\/sec Ethernet) to So-net, which will be provided to users on a subscription fee basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sie-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\">PlayStation and the PlayStation logo, PS one and PS2 are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 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