Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
- ️Mon Apr 01 1985
日本電信電話株式会社
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| Type | Public |
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| Traded as | TYO: 9432 OSE: 9432 NSE: 9432 FSE: 9432 SSE: 9432 NYSE: NTT LSE: NPN |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | April 1, 1985 |
| Headquarters | Ōtemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Norio Wada, Chairman Satoshi Miura, President & CEO |
| Products | Fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband and fixed-line internet services, digital television, IT and network services |
| Revenue |  ¥10,305 million (2011)[1](US$124.33 billion) |
| Operating income | ¥1,214 million (2011)[1] (US$14.65 billion) |
| Net income | ¥509 million (2011)[1] (US$6.14 billion) |
| Total assets | ¥19,665 million (2011)[1] (US$237.27 billion) |
| Total equity | ¥10,080 million (2011)[1] (US$96.77 billion) |
| Employees | 219,350 (March 2011)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | NTT DoCoMo NTT East NTT West NTT Communications NTT Data (see #Subsidiaries) |
| Website | www.ntt.co.jp/index e.html |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社 Nippon Denshin Denwa Kabushiki-gaisha?), commonly known as NTT, is a telephone company that dominates the telecommunication market in Japan. Ranked the 31st 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, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, New York, and London stock exchanges, the Japanese government still owns roughly one-third of NTT's shares, regulated by the NTT Law (Law Concerning Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Etc.).[2]
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History
NTT was established as a government-owned corporation in 1953
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?) was privatized in 1985 to encourage competition in the telecom market. In 1987, NTT made the largest stock offering to date, at US$36.8 billion.[3][4]
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 (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 (dark fiber) to other carriers at regulated rates. NTT Communications is not regulated by the NTT Law.
In July 2010, NTT and South African 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.[5]
In late 2010, NTT's Japan-to-US transpacific network reached 400 Gbps. In August 2011, its network capacity was expanded to 500 Gbps.[6]
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 phonebooth
- NTT East
- NTT West
Long distance & international
- NTT Communications
- Verio Inc
- NTT America
- On July 28, 2011, NTT America announced that it will use Bloom fuel cells at one of its data centers. It will power those Bloom fuel cells with biogas instead of natural gas to be more environmental-friendly.[7]
Mobile
Data (system integration)
- NTT Data
- NTT Comware
- NTT Software
- NTT IT
Information security
- Integralis[8]
Other businesses
- NTT Urban Development
- NTT Facilities
- NTT Finance
- NTT Electronics
- NTT Advanced Technology
R&D laboratories
- Cyber Communications Laboratory Group
- Cyber Solutions Laboratories (Yokosuka)
- Cyber Space Laboratories (Yokosuka)
- Information Sharing Laboratory Group
- Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group
- Network Innovation Laboratories (Yokosuka)
- Microsystem Integration Laboratories (Atsugi)
- Photonics Laboratories (Atsugi)
- Communication Science Laboratories (Keihanna)
- Basic Research Laboratories (Atsugi)
- Omiya Ardija and Roasso Kumamoto (Japanese football clubs formerly affiliated with NTT)
See also
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References
- ^ a b c d e f "Financial Results Release for the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2011" (PDF). Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. May 13, 2011. http://www.ntt.co.jp/news2011/1105ezqg/pdf/rhqy110513b_all.pdf. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ English translation of the "Law Concerning Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Etc."
- ^ Vartan, Vartanig G. (November 9, 1987). "Market Place; Big Stock Sale By Japanese". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/09/business/market-place-big-stock-sale-by-japanese.html?pagewanted=1.
- ^ MSNBC.msn.com
- ^ "NTT buys South Africa's Dimension Data". BBC News. July 14, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10644327. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ Sean Buckley, Fierce Telecom. "NTT's Japan to U.S. network route reaches 500 Gbps mark." Aug 3, 2011. Retrieved Aug 4, 2011.
- ^ Katie Fehrenbacher, GigaOm. "Bloom Energy attracts data center operators in Cali." Jul 28, 2011. Retrieved Aug 4, 2011.
- ^ "Integralis". http://www.integralis.com.
- Annual Report 2010, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, March 31, 2010.
- Japan's Telecom Privatization Finished
External links
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| Main Companies |
AutoWeb Communication Inc - HKNet - Nippon Telegraph & Telephone East Corp - Nippon Telegraph & Telephone West Corp - NTT Communications Corp - NTT Communicationware Corp - NTT Comware Corp - NTT Data Corp - NTT Facilities Inc - NTT Finance Japan Co Ltd - NTT Leasing Co Ltd - NTT Worldwide Telecommunications Corp - NTT America, Inc. - NTT Europe Ltd |
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| Mobile Networks |
NTT DoCoMo - NTT DOCOMO USA - Tata DoCoMo |
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