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Brief History of NTT Corporation

Timeline

• 1952:

  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation launched

• 1985:

  Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation privatized

• 1987:

  NTT Corp. listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)

• 1988:

  NTT Data Communications System Corporation (now NTT DATA) launched

• 1992:

  NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (now NTT DOCOMO) launched

• 1995:

  NTT DATA listed on TSE

• 1998:

  NTT DOCOMO listed on TSE

• 1999:

  NTT Communications founded

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation traces its roots back to 1869 when the telegraph was first introduced in Japan. Originally, NTT was a government-owned monopoly, and it was in 1985 that NTT was privatized. Since then, the company has been diversifying into new markets, forming new subsidiaries and developing leading-edge technologies.

Details of NTT Group

The NTT Group led by NTT Corporation has six major subgroups:

• NTT Communications(Long distance & International Communication, ICT Solutions)
• Dimension Data (Managed ICT Service)
• NTT DOCOMO (Mobile Communication)
• NTT Data (Application Integration)
• NTT East (Regional Communication)
• NTT West (Regional Communication)

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, NTT Communications Corporation was founded in 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, one of the world's largest telecommunication companies.

NTT Communications Group has subsidiaries and offices in 87 cities in 31 countries/regions and 17,850 employees worldwide.