Business Operation Plan-Part1
March 01 2006 - 4:01AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:1068Z
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
01 March 2006
This English text is a translation of the Japanese original. The Japanese
original is authoritative.
March 1, 2006
Submission for Approval of Business Operation Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March
31, 2007
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) today submitted its business
operation plan for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 to the Minister for
Internal Affairs and Communications for approval.
For more information, please contact:
Department I
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Tel: +81-3-5205-5153
E-mail: jigyou@hco.ntt.co.jp
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Business Operation Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
In the building of an advanced information and telecommunications network
society, information and communications are expected to make a substantial
contribution to invigorating and raising the efficiency of socioeconomic
activities, enhancing lifestyle convenience, and more. Today, the public and
private sectors in Japan are working together to make such a society a reality.
In addition, the market has undergone drastic changes due to the following
factors: the rapid growth of broadband services, especially optical fiber access
services; the diversification and upgrading of mobile phone services; the
intensified competition due to the full-scale development by new common carriers
of fixed telephone services that use dry copper lines; and the convergence of
fixed-line services with mobile services in IP networks as well as of
communication services with broadcasting services.
To help ensure that universal services are maintained amid this information and
communications environment, NTT intends to provide all necessary advice,
mediation, and other assistance to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East
Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (the "regional
companies"). It will also endeavor to promote research and development in
telecommunications technology in order to respond to society's demands for the
development of an advanced information and telecommunications network society.
In addition, through implementing the "NTT Group's Medium-Term Management
Strategy" as a step toward realizing its "Vision for a New Optical Generation,"
NTT will build ubiquitous broadband networks that provide customers with not
only "fast and convenient" but also "safe and secure" connections "anytime,
anywhere and with anyone or anything," helping to enrich communication
environments for individuals and communities, making corporate activities more
efficient, and creating new business opportunities. To these ends, NTT will
build open network environments enabling a diverse range of service providers
and other business entities to deploy a variety of services taking advantage of
the next-generation network, while ensuring fair competitive conditions under
the framework of existing laws. In addition, NTT will actively promote alliances
with these providers. Through efforts like these, NTT intends to contribute
toward realization of government initiatives such as the "IT New Reform Strategy
" and u-Japan Policy, as well as working to raise corporate value, and actively
carrying out group management toward development of the NTT Group as a whole.
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Based upon these fundamental concepts in the management of business operations
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, NTT will aim to improve the
management efficiency of its Group operations, including those of the regional
companies; to develop new businesses for enhancing the information-sharing
industry, including expanding the ubiquitous broadband market; and to continue
to strengthen research and development that will contribute to the advancement
of telecommunications. In this way, NTT will seek to ensure the stable
development of Group operations in the future, and to return the fruits of these
efforts to customers, shareholders, and the community at large.
Based on this thinking, under the business operation plan for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2007, NTT will conduct its business management by giving
priority to the following activities, and will do so in a flexible manner so as
to respond to changes in the operating environment.
1. Advice, Mediation, etc.
For the regional companies, NTT will provide all necessary advice, mediation,
etc. to ensure the maintenance of high-quality and stable universal services.
These will include planning and coordination relating to the quality and
upgrading of telecommunications networks, deployment of control and coordination
capabilities when natural disasters and other emergencies occur, efficient
fund-raising, and formulation of policies for materials procurement. NTT will
also exercise its shareholder rights, as necessary, in order to assure the
smooth flow of dividends to shareholders.
NTT will support the efforts of each of the NTT Group companies, including the
regional companies, to streamline their business operations and expand their
business opportunities, and will assist with the development of the human
resources that form the core of the NTT Group.
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2. Promotion of Basic Research and Development
One prerequisite for responding to the social requirements for the formation of
an advanced information and telecommunications network society is the harmonious
and coordinated development of network-based technologies, technologies that
provide the basis for new services and applications, and advanced and basic
technologies in general. NTT will conduct research and development activities to
realize "a communication environment where entities such as people and objects
are interactively connected by broadband and ubiquitous networks anytime,
anywhere and with anyone or anything, and people enjoy superb usability that is
secure, reliable, and simple."
In conjunction with these efforts, NTT will continue to actively disseminate the
results of its research and development and conduct active technology exchanges
with institutions both within Japan and overseas, including ongoing
contributions to standardization activities, industry standardization of
research and development results, and research and development in collaboration
with other research institutions.
To ensure the continuous execution of this basic research and development, NTT
will seek to further increase research efficiency, and research costs will be
borne by the regional companies and other NTT Group companies, which in turn
will benefit from these efforts.
Specifically, priority will be given to the following areas in NTT's research
and development activities:
(1) Infrastructure-related research and development
In order to establish a next-generation network infrastructure to realize a
network environment for ubiquitous broadband services that can offer customers
not only "fast and convenient," but also "safe and secure" connections "anytime,
anywhere and with anyone or anything" to achieve a seamless migration from fixed
line to IP telephone services and from metal wire systems to optical fiber, NTT
will promote research and development in the sphere of base network
technologies, including technologies for configuring economical and diverse
access networks, technologies for building networks that can adapt readily to
diverse network services, node architecture technology, optical multiplexing
technology, and next-generation IP network technologies. At the same time, NTT
will pursue basic research in the field of operation systems to improve the
reliability of telecommunications networks and the quality of customer services.
Additionally, considering the sharp increase in energy consumption accompanying
the development of the advanced information and telecommunications network
society, NTT will promote research and development on reducing electric power
consumption and on other measures to promote the preservation of the global
environment.
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(2) User-related research and development
NTT will pursue research and development activities on infrastructure for
providing customers with diverse telecommunications services, including
e-commerce, content sharing, and community collaboration in order to realize an
advanced information and telecommunications network society in which the
electronic exchange of information, goods, and currencies among people,
corporations, and objects is further enhanced on sophisticated
telecommunications networks. Specifically, this will include research and
development in technologies for ensuring the security of information and
communications; technologies for billing, authentication, and authorization in
e-commerce transactions; information-distribution technologies adaptable to
diverse network environments; media-processing technologies, such as those for
the compression, recognition, and sharing of image and audio data; multimedia
database technologies for storage and retrieval of a variety of media; user
interface technologies making services readily accessible to all users; and
technologies of open source software (OSS).
(3) Research and development in basic technologies
NTT is committed to securing a leadership position in the basic and advanced
technologies that will underpin the future of telecommunications and to
contributing to innovative improvement and development of telecommunications in
Japan. To fulfill these commitments, the company will pursue research and
development activities on ultra high-density wavelength division multiplexing
and other new optical communications technologies as well as optical
amplification, optical wavelength multiplexers and demultiplexers,
optoelectronic fusion devices, and other new optical components technologies
that will contribute to a photonic network enabling ultra high-speed, ultra
high-volume petabit-level communications, for an age in which massive volumes of
digital information circulate through networks. NTT will also pursue research in
such areas as nanotechnology, which seeks to realize the potentials of new
materials with unique characteristics, and communications science, which
explores new possibilities in communications. These will be combined with
research on innovative new principles and new concepts for the next generation.
The following tables present an overview of the capital investment plan for all
of these activities.
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Table
Capital Investment Plan for
Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
(billions
of yen)
Item Investment
--- Required
1. R&D Facilities 45
2. Other Facilities 4
Total 49
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Attachment 1
Revenues and Expenses Plan for
Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
(billions of yen)
Item Amount
---
Revenues
Operating Revenues 357 (Note)
Non-Operating Revenues 61
Total Revenues 418
Expenses
Operating Expenses 164
Non-Operating Expenses 56
Total Expenses 220
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Recurring Profit 198
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Note: This includes basic research and development revenue and other revenues
together totaling 137 billion yen and NTT Group management revenue of 20 billion
yen.
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Attachment 2
Sources and Applications of Funds Plan for
Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
(billions of yen)
Item Amount
---
Sources:
Operational: 383
Operating Revenues 322
Non-Operating Revenues 61
Financial: 822
Long-Term Loans and Bonds 411
Other Financial Income 411
Estimated Consumption Tax Receipts 9
Brought Forward from Previous Fiscal Year 10
Total 1,224
Applications:
Operational: 188
Operating Expenses 135
Non-Operating Expenses 53
Financial: 955
Capital Investments for Property, Plants, and Equipment 49
Other Financial Expenses 906
Account Settlement Expenses 64
Provisional Consumption Tax Payments 7
Carry Forward to Following Fiscal Year 10
Total 1,224
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March 1, 2006
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation (NTT)
Summary of Business Operation Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
1. Basic Philosophy of Business Operation Plan for Fiscal Year Ending
March 31, 2007
Through implementing the "NTT Group's Medium-Term Management Strategy," NTT will
build ubiquitous broadband networks that provide customers with not only "fast
and convenient" but also "safe and secure" connections "anytime, anywhere and
with anyone or anything," helping to enrich communication environments for
individuals and communities, making corporate activities more efficient, and
creating new business opportunities.
(1) Advice, Mediation, etc.
a. For the regional companies, NTT will provide all necessary advice, mediation,
etc. to ensure the maintenance of high-quality and stable universal services.
b. NTT will support the efforts of each of the NTT Group companies to streamline
their business operations and expand their business opportunities.
(2) Promotion of Basic Research and Development
In order to establish a next-generation network infrastructure to realize a
network environment for ubiquitous broadband services that can offer customers
not only "fast and convenient," but also "safe and secure" connections "anytime,
anywhere and with anyone or anything" to achieve a seamless migration from fixed
line to IP telephone services and from metal wire systems to optical fiber, NTT
will actively promote research and development in the sphere of infrastructure-
and user-related basic technologies, as well as advanced and basic technologies
in order to respond to society's demands for the development of an advanced
information and telecommunications network society.
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2. Capital Investment Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
(billions of yen)
Item Investment
- Required
1. R&D Facilities 45 30 *
Including: Infrastructure Experiment and Research Facilities 35 25 *
2. Other Facilities 4 (2 )*
Total 49 28 *
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* Change from the previous forecasts announced on November 9, 2005
3. Revenues and Expenses Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007 (Attachment)
(billions of yen)
Item Amount
-
Total Revenues 418 18 *
Operating Revenues 357 20 *
Revenue from Basic Research and Development 137 (5 )*
License of Research Results, and Other Sources 6 1 *
NTT Group Management Revenue 20 (1 )*
Dividend Received 194 25 *
Non-Operating Revenues 61 (2 )*
Total Expenses 220 (6 )*
Operating Expenses 164 (5 )*
Non-Operating Expenses 56 (1 )*
Recurring Profit 198 24 *
* Change from the previous forecasts announced on November 9, 2005
4. Sources and Applications of Funds Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
(Attachment)
(billions of yen)
Item Amount
-
Sources: 1,224
Including: Long-Term Loans and Bonds 411
Applications: 1,224
Including: Repayment of Long-Term Loans and Bonds 485
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