Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
NTT Group Logo
Type	Public (TYO: 9432, NYSE: NTT, LSE: NPN)
Founded	1985 (privatized)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Norio Wada, Chairman Satoshi Miura, President & CEO
Industry	Telecommunications
Revenue	¥ 10,760.6 billion JPY (2007)
Operating income	¥ 1,107.0 billion JPY (2007)
Net income	¥ 476.9 billion JPY (2007)
Employees	193,800 (2008)
Subsidiaries	NTT East, NTT West, NTT Communications, NTT Data, NTT DoCoMo (see #Subsidiaries)
Website	www.NTT.co.jp

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社, Nippon Denshin Denwa Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 9432, NYSE: NTT, LSE: NPN), commonly known as NTT, is a telephone company that dominates the telecommunication market in Japan. Ranked the 40th in Fortune Global 500, NTT is the largest telecommunications company in Asia, and the second-largest in the world in terms of revenue.

While NTT is listed on Tokyo, New York, and London stock exchanges, the Japanese government still owns roughly one-third of NTT's shares, regulated by the NTT Law.

History

NTT was established as a government-owned corporation in 1953

Once established as a monopoly government-owned corporation in 1953, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (日本電信電話公社, Nippon Denshin Denwa Kōsha), the company was privatized in 1985 to encourage competition in the telecom market.

Because NTT owns most of the last mile, it enjoys oligopolistic control over land lines in Japan. In order to weaken NTT, the company was divided into a holding company (NTT) and three telecom companies (East, West, and Communications) in 1998. The NTT Law regulate NTT East and West to serve only short distance communications, and obligate them to maintain telephone service all over the country. NTT Communications is not regulated by the NTT Law.

Subsidiaries

NTT Group consists of the following major companies, divided into five segments. NTT East, NTT West, NTT Communications, NTT DoCoMo, and NTT Data are most major subsidiaries. NTT DoCoMo and NTT Data are listed on the stock markets.

Regional : NTT East/West

NTT phonebooth

• NTT East
• NTT West

Long Distance & International : NTT Communications

• NTT Communications
• Verio Inc
• NTT America
• NTT Europe
• NTT Europe Online
• HKNet
• Plala Networks

Mobile : NTT DoCoMo

• NTT DoCoMo

Data : NTT Data

• NTT Data

Other Businesses

• NTT Urban Development
• NTT Comware
• NTT Facilities

Sponsorship

• Omiya Ardija and Rosso Kumamoto (Japanese football clubs formerly affiliated with NTT)

See also

• Telephone
• Telegraph

References

ISBN links support NWE through referral fees

• Annual Report 2007, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, March 31 2007.
• Japan's Telecom Privatization Finished

External links

• NTT Group

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