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FORM 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of April 1999
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
19-2, NISHI-SHINJUKU 3-CHOME
SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO 163-19, JAPAN
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing
The information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing
The information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g-3-2(b):
82-________.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLLABORATION WITH AT&T ON GLOBAL NETWORK
SOLUTIONS FOR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
On April 27,1999, the registrant announced that it had agreed with American
Telephone and Telegraph Company to collaborate in the global market for
corporate network solutions.
Attached hereto is a press release describing the nature and scope of the
collaboration.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
CORPORATION
By /s/ Toyohiko Takabe
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Name: Toyohiko Takabe
Title: Executive Manager
Department V
NTT-Holding Provisional
Headquarters
Date: April 28, 1999
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[LOGO] NTT [LOGO] AT&T
News Release
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For further information:
For more information contact:
Megumi Inaji - NTT in Japan Miki Ishida - NTT America, Inc.
81-3-3500-8020 - Office 212-808-2215 - Office
[email protected] [email protected]
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Nancy Smith - AT&T in U.S. Chiyoko Saeki - AT&T Japan
908-658-7965 - Office +813-5573-5947
201-506-0470 - Wireless [email protected]
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NTT and AT&T to Collaborate on Global Network Solutions for Multinational
Corporations
For Immediate Release: April 27, 1999
Tokyo - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and AT&T, the
world's two largest telecommunications companies, have agreed to collaborate in
the fast-growing global market for corporate network solutions, the two
companies announced today.
Under terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), NTT and AT&T will
immediately begin working together to develop definitive agreements and business
ventures that provide value-added networking solutions for large and mid-sized
multinational businesses and industries. AT&T Solutions, as the managed
professional services unit of AT&T, will represent AT&T in working with NTT.
Global networking solutions, or managed services, are delivered in the
form of professional services for custom designing, deploying, and managing
enterprise networks. The market for networking solutions is one of the fastest
growing segments of the telecommunications industry. Increasingly, large blue
chip companies are choosing to outsource the task of managing their complex and
far-flung corporate networks to service providers that can assure end-to-end
quality and reliability, freeing themselves to focus on core business issues.
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"As businesses become more dependent on network technologies and as
the promise of the Internet as a business platform for the future is realized,
the issue of network reliability and quality across multiple borders is
critical," said Jun-ichiro Miyazu, president of NTT. "NTT and AT&T hope to
capitalize on this trend by bringing together their substantial capabilities to
address these customer demands worldwide."
"Our collaboration with NTT demonstrates AT&T's dedication to meeting
the managed services needs of our customers in Japan and around the world," said
C. Michael Armstrong, chairman and CEO of AT&T. "We look forward to working with
NTT to provide innovative network solutions to multinational companies.
As a first priority, both companies will collaborate on the operation
and development of the IBM Global Network (IGN) in Japan which AT&T is in the
process of acquiring. IGN offers a portfolio of managed network services for
enterprise connectivity, collaboration, and network outsourcing. IBM's Global
Network is deployed in over 850 cities in 59 countries and serves the networking
needs of several hundred large global companies, tens of thousands of mid-sized
companies and more than 1 million individual corporate Internet users.
Second NTT and AT&T have agreed to explore other potential collaborations
with similar operational services, transport, service development, and
distribution arrangements in other Asia Pacific countries where the IGN
currently operates.
Finally, NTT and AT&T will enhance the existing IGN service offerings,
develop new services beyond the current scope of IGN and form sales alliances to
provide new global networking solutions. NTT and AT&T will also collaborate on
networking outsourcing engagements in support of their respective customers.
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In addition, the NTT group will continue to supply operational support and
transport services to the IGN in Japan. Also, the NTT group's managed global
data transmission service offering, Arcstar frame relay network, will maintain
its existing interconnection with IGN. The NTT group will continue to provide
IGN-based services to its Arcstar services customers worldwide, in collaboration
with AT&T Solutions.
About NTT
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NTT (http://info.ntt.co.jp) is the largest telecommunications provider in the
world. The group provides local/long distance/global/cellular telecommunications
services, data communications services and multimedia services. In Japan, NTT
supplies services to approximately 60 million residential and business customers
through a fully digital network. The group also has more than 20 million
cellular telephone subscribers. Th NTT group has been providing global end-to-
end services under the brand name of Arcstar since Sept. 1997 and investing in
and participating in many telecommunications projects particularly in the Asia-
Pacific region.
NTT will be reorganized in July 1999 into a long-distance and global
communications company and two local communications companies under a single
holding company. The long-distance and global communications company, which will
collaborate with AT&T on these ventures, will compete even more broadly at the
global level.
About AT&T
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AT&T (www.att.com) is the world's premier provider of voice and data
communications, with more than 80 million customers, including businesses,
government and consumers. AT&T runs the world's largest, most powerful long-
distance network and the largest wireless network in North America. The company
is a leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and the
nation's largest direct Internet service provide to consumers. AT&T also
provides local telephone service to a growing number of businesses.
AT&T Solutions, based in Florham Park, N.J. provides seamless solutions that
maximize the competitive advantage of networking-based electronic commerce
applications. It uses state-of-the-art tools to operate and manage voice, data,
video and Internet/intranet services, including local and wide area networks,
PBXs, voice-processing systems and voice and data terminals.
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