NTT took a new step as “NTT Corporation” on July 1st. In 1985, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation was privatized to become Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and in 2025, 40 years after that, the new NTT will make a new history. At the time of privatization, operating revenue was about 4 trillion yen, but it has now expanded to 14 trillion yen.

島田社長（新ロゴマークを背景に）（President Shimada with the new logo

NTT held a name change and new CI ceremony in Tokyo on July 1st.
In 1985, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation was privatized to become Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. 40 years later, in 2025, the new NTT has taken a new step as NTT Corporation.
The company’s president, Akira Shimada, said, “At the time of privatization in 1985, we were a domestic business with sales of just over 4 trillion yen. However, over the past 40 years, overseas sales have increased to just over 3 trillion yen. Including that, we have now become a corporate group with sales of 14 trillion yen. I believe this is all thanks to the warm support of our customers, shareholders, affiliated companies, and business partners, as well as the efforts of our employees. Today we take our first step as the new NTT Corporation. Together with our 340,000 employees, we hope to achieve even greater growth.”

The press corps asked a series of questions about the company’s future prospects.
President Shimada replied, “We must become a fun company. Up until now, NTT has collaborated with various partners and grown. We would like to continue to work with various partners and grow together.” He then said, “To compete on the world stage, we need the strength to do so, and we need to become a business entity that can provide services in a full stack. It is important that the NTT Group comes together to create an environment in which we can compete with overseas rivals.”
He added, “There is absolutely no need for Japan to be pessimistic. Many companies that can compete on the world stage are emerging in various fields. We will work with these companies to establish a system that will enable us to compete on the world stage. By “competing with the world,” I mean competing with each other to create a better world. Through competition to increase added value, we would like to contribute to creating a better world.”

To coincide with the start of the new NTT, a commercial containing the NTT Group’s aspirations has been created. It is being aired on television and social media.

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