, commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese

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company headquartered in

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, Japan. Ranked 55th in ''Fortune'' Global 500, NTT is the fourth largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of

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, as well as the third largest publicly traded company in Japan after

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and

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, as of June 2022. The company is incorporated pursuant to the NTT Law (). The purpose of the company defined by the law is to own all the shares issued by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) and to ensure proper and stable provision of telecommunications services all over Japan including remote rural areas by these companies as well as to conduct research relating to the telecommunications technologies that will form the foundation for telecommunications. On 1 July 2019, NTT Corporation launched NTT Ltd., an $11 billion de facto holding company business consisting of 28 brands from across NTT Security, NTT Communications and Dimension Data. While NTT is listed on the

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and the OTC Markets Group's Pink (and formerly in the

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under the ticker code "NTT" and in the

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under the ticker code "NPN"), the Japanese government still owns roughly one-third of NTT's shares, regulated by the NTT Law.

History

Established as a

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in August 1952 to take over the Japanese telecommunications system operated by

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during the Occupation of Japan, was

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in 1985 to encourage competition in the country's telecom market. In 1987, NTT made the largest

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to date, at US$36.8 billion. Because NTT owns most of Japan's last mile infrastructure (incl.

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or FTTB/FTTH), it enjoys

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control over land lines in Japan. In order to weaken NTT, the company was divided into a holding company (NTT) and three telecom companies (NTT East, NTT West, and NTT Communications) in 1999. The NTT Law regulating NTT East and West requires them to serve only short-distance communications and obligates them to maintain telephone service all over the country. They are also obligated to lease their unused optical fiber (

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) to other carriers at regulated rates. NTT Communications is not regulated by the NTT Law. In July 2010, NTT and

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n IT company Dimension Data Holdings announced an agreement of a cash offer from NTT for Dimension Data's entire issued share capital, in £2.12bn ($3.24bn) deal. In late 2010, NTT's Japan-to-US transpacific network reached 400 Gbit/s. In August 2011, its network capacity was expanded to 500 Gbit/s.

Corporate history timeline

*1952 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation established *1979 INS Concept announced *1985 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) incorporated as a private company *1987 NTT listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange *1988

NTT DATA is a Japanese multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a partially-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT). Japan Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation ...

Corporation started operations *1990 VI&P Concept announced *1992 NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (presently NTT DOCOMO) started operations *1994 Basic Concept for the Coming Multimedia Age announced *1995 NTT DATA listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange *1996 21st Century R&D Vision announced *1996 NTT DATA listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange *1997 Digitization of communications network in Japan completed *1998 Global Information Sharing Concept announced *1998 NTT DOCOMO listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange *1999 NTT's operations reorganized into a holding-company structure: businesses transferred to three new wholly owned subsidiaries (NTT East, NTT West, and NTT Communications) *2002 prefecture-based subsidiaries of NTT East and NTT West started operations *2002 "Vision for a New Optical Generation" announced *2004 NTT Urban Development Corporation listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange *2004 "NTT Group's Medium-Term Management Strategy" announced *2008 announcement of a new Medium-Term Management Strategy: "Road to Service Creation Business Group"

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. NTT Urban Development is a subsidiary involved in

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. NTT Communications' business outside of Japan became part of NTT Ltd. on 1 July 2019.

Regional

*Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East) *Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West)

Long distance and international

NTT Communications , or NTT Com, is a Japanese telecommunications company which operates an international network in over 190 countries/regions, with locations in more than 70 countries/regions. The company has approximately 5,500 employees (NTT Communications ...

* NTT MSC * Verio Inc *

NTT America NTT may refer to: * National Native Title Tribunal (NTT), Australian government instrumentality * NATO countries, as per NATO country code * New Technology Telescope, a 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile * New Technology Train, a serie ...

* NTT Europe * HKNet * Plala Networks

Mobile

* NTT Docomo

Data (system integration)

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(now part of NTT Ltd. except in the Middle East and Africa Region) *e-shelter *Gyron Internet Ltd *

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NTT Comware NTT Comware Corporation (エヌ・ティ・ティ・コムウェア株式会社 in Japanese) is a system integration company which serves mainly the NTT Group. It started as the old NTT's IT Services department and was incorporated as a wholly ...

*NTT Software *NTT AT *NTT IT

Information security

NTT Security
(now part of NTT Ltd. as of the 1st July 2019) .

R&D laboratories

*Service Innovation Laboratory Group **Service Evolution Laboratories (

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) **Media Intelligence Laboratories (Yokosuka) **Software Innovation Center ( Musashino and

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) **Secure Platform Laboratories (Musashino) *Information Network Laboratory Group **Network Technology Laboratories (Musashino) **Network Service Systems Laboratories (Musashino) **Access Network Service Systems Laboratories (

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and Yokoska) **Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories ( Atsugi) *Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group **Network Innovation Laboratories (Yokoska) **Microsystem Integration Laboratories (Atsugi) **Photonics Laboratories (Atsugi) **Communication Science Laboratories ( Keihanna and Atsugi) **Basic Research Laboratories (Atsugi) *NTT Research, Inc. (

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) **Physics & Informatics (PHI) Laboratory **Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Laboratory **Medical and Health Informatics (MEI) Laboratory

Sponsorship

Omiya Ardija is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometown" as designated by the league is the whole of Saitama city, which is shared with neighbours Urawa Red Diamonds. Omiya competed in the J1 League follow ...

and

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(Japanese football clubs formerly affiliated with NTT) * Dandelion Racing, Super Formula team affiliated with NTT Docomo. * Chip Ganassi Racing in the

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(affiliated with NTT Data, drivers include

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Tony Kanaan Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed TK, is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 6 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Bassani a ...

Scott Dixon Scott Ronald Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, who competes in the NTT IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon has won the IndyCar championship six times: in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 202 ...

, Ed Jones, and

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). In 2019, NTT also became title sponsor of the series. *

NTT Pro Cycling Team Qhubeka () was a UCI WorldTeam based in South Africa. The team rode to raise awareness and funds for Qhubeka, a South African not-for-profit organisation. The team was founded in 2007 and was the first-ever African team to ride the Tour de ...

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cycling team based in

References

External links

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NTT Research Inc.NTT Innovation Institute, Inc.

NTT Disruption

NTT Group
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