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18,000 companies affected as NTT stung by data breach

by Harry Baldock | Mar 11, 2025

This week, Japanese telco NTT has revealed it has been the subject to a major data breach, potentially compromising the data of almost 18,000 corporate customers.

NTT mulls $1bn data centre IPO in Singapore

by Georgia Sweeting | Sep 27, 2024

Japan’s NTT Group is reportedly considering launching a billion-dollar Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in Singapore that would hold up to $3 billion-worth of data center assets, according to a Bloomberg article.

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”.

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.

“Democracy and social order could collapse”: NTT issues warning over GenAI

by Harry Baldock | Apr 9, 2024

This week, the operator has released a joint statement with national newspaper the Yomiuri Shimbun proposing new regulations be introduced related to GenAI, based on joint research the duo conducted in autumn last year.

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.

DOCOMO and NTT team up with SK Telecom and Rohde & Schwarz for 6G research

by Harry Baldock | Feb 22, 2024

There is little doubt that 6G is still many years from commercial reality, but interest in the nascent technology is nonetheless growing steadily throughout the telecoms ecosystem. The two new partners join existing collaborators Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia, Ericsson, and Keysight Technologies.

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