Mr.Nomura joined NTT in 1988. Over the years he has served in several internet and multimedia system areas at NTT's technical development section. In his present assignment at NTT Europe Ltd., he serves as the General Manager of the IP Task Force Division, where he is actively conducting NTT's world's first commercial trials of global IPv6 network in Europe. He holds a M.S. in information and computer sciences from Osaka University.