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NTT preparing $500m fund to boost IOWN AI initiative

by Harry Baldock | Jun 8, 2026

The vehicle will target startups across North America, Asia, and Europe to accelerate the commercial ecosystem for all-photonics networks

Work begins on E2A transpacific subsea cable

by Harry Baldock | Mar 24, 2025

Today, an international consortium including Chunghwa Telecom, SoftBank Corp., SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system.

Toyota completes Phase 1 of Mount Fuji smart city construction

by Harry Baldock | Jan 9, 2025

At CES 2025, Toyota Motor Corporation announced the completion of Phase 1 construction of Toyota Woven City (“Woven City”), its self-made smart city at the base of Mount Fuji.

NTT Docomo hit by DDoS attack

by Harry Baldock | Jan 2, 2025

The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack caused a website failure and some service disruption for around 12 hours

NTT to launch new AI company ‘NTT AI-CIX’

by Georgia Sweeting | Aug 8, 2024

Japanese telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) has announced its intention to launch a new AI company, named NTT AI-CIX, that the company says will focus on the promotion of “chained AI”, rather than “individual AI”.

KDDI to deploy emergency response drones at 1,000 locations

by Harry Baldock | May 13, 2024

This week, Japan’s KDDI has announced a new partnership with US-based drone specialist Skydio aiming to create a network of drone stations across the country to aid in disaster response.

NTT looks to grab stake in Philippine data centres from PLDT

by Harry Baldock | May 7, 2024

This week, PLDT Chairman Manuel Pangilinan has confirmed to Reuters that discussions are underway regarding the sale of up to 49% of the company’s data centre business unit to Japan’s NTT.

Japanese government lifts restrictions on NTT

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 17, 2024

This week, the Japanese government has passed a law to ease restrictions on Japan’s largest telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) that were first placed on the company 40 years ago.

Google invests $1bn in US–Japan subsea cables

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 11, 2024

Google has announced a $1 billion investment to improving digital connectivity between the US and Japan through the deployment of two subsea cables, Proa and Taihei, both to be built by Japanese NEC.

Japan to reduce regulatory pressure on incumbent NTT

by Harry Baldock | Mar 5, 2024

The Japanese government has approved a bill that would revise regulatory controls placed on the country’s largest telco, NTT, when the company was first semi-privatised 40 years ago.

Japanese government pledges $307m to NTT, Intel, and SK Hynix for chip project

by Harry Baldock | Jan 31, 2024

Today, the Japanese government has announced it will provide roughly $307 million in subsidies for a semiconductor project backed by NTT, Intel, and SK Hynix

NTT partners with Amazon’s Project Kuiper

by Harry Baldock | Nov 28, 2023

Leading global technology and business solutions provider will work with Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network to bring Japanese customers the flexibility, resiliency, and availability benefits of LEO communications technology

This is the first strategic collaboration Project Kuiper has announced in the Asia-Pacific region