This English text is a tentative translation of the Japanese original. The Japanese original is authoritative.


NTT's Strategy concerning Current
Management Issues


A voluntary action plan drafted in response to the "e-Japan Priority Policy Program (March 29, 2001)" and the "Three-Year Program for Promoting Regulatory Reform"


October 2001
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation



Table of Contents

I.

Changes in the Telecommunications Market
(Attachment 1) Market Changes since the Last Telecommunications Council Response
(Attachment 2) Recent Telecommunications Trends in the U.S.
(Attachment 3) Course of NTT Stock Sales
(Attachment 4) NTT Share Price Movement

II.

Rate Reductions and the Financial Condition of NTT East/West
(Attachment 5) Subscriber Growth for NTT East/West Fixed Telephone Service, and Dial-Up Revenue per Subscriber
(Attachment 6) NTT East/West Interim Earnings Outlook (Before Structural Reform)

III.

Carrying out NTT Group Structural Reform
(Attachment 7) Mid-term Restructuring Plan Measures Currently Being Carried Out
(Attachment 8) Full-Scale Use of Outsourcing

IV.

Opening of Local Networks
(Attachment 9) Thoroughgoing Promotion of Network Opening
(Attachment 10) Introduction of Competition-Ensuring Rules in Western Countries
(Attachment 11) Coming Additions to Network Opening (1/3)
(Attachment 11) Coming Additions to Network Opening (2/3)
(Attachment 11) Coming Additions to Network Opening (3/3)

V.

Group Operation

VI.

Exploring Broadband market


(Reference 1) Market Presence of Domestic Carriers
(Reference 2) Organization of Major Overseas Carriers
(Reference 3) Rate Reductions and Operating Income
(Reference 4) Rate Reductions Pre- and Post-Reorganization
(Reference 5) Lowering of Fixed-Rate Internet Service Charge
(Reference 6) Internet Usage Rates in U.S. and Japan
(Reference 7) Employee Numbers (consolidated base)


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