For Immediate Release
August 29, 1997
NTT Comware to Start Business Operations in September
NTT Communicationware Corporation (NTT Comware), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), will begin business operations on Monday, September 1.With software technology acquired from its parent organization, NTT Comware will provide general software engineering services for network and computer systems through the building up of global communications systems by computer networks.
NTT Comware will do all it can to provide better services for customers.
Outline of NTT Comware
| 1. Name: | NTT Communicationware Corporation (NTT Comware) |
| 2. Address: | Shinagawa Twins Annex Building, 1-9-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-19 |
| 3. Paid-up Capital: | ¥20 billion (authorized capital: ¥80 billion) |
| 4. Ownership: | 100% by NTT |
| 5. Asset: | Approximately ¥500 billion |
| 6. Date of Establishment: | April 1, 1997 |
| 7. Date of service start: | September 1, 1997 |
| 8. Business Operations: | (a) Telecommunication-related services:
ii. Sales and lease of systems, software and related equipment iii. Telecommunications construction at client's request iv. Issuance of bills, etc. at client's request (c) Any other business related to Items (a) and (b) above |
| 9. Sales in the first fiscal year: | Approximately ¥200 billion |
| 10. Number of employees: | Approximately 9,200 |
| 11. Organization: | As per attachment 1 |
| 12. New Executives: | As per attachment 2 |
| 13. R&D achievements: | (1) NTT Comware's R&D achievements: NTT Comware's R&D achievements are to be disclosed in the same manner as NTT's have been. (2) NTT's R&D achievements: NTT R&D achievements acquired by NTT Comware are to be disclosed in the same manner as NTT's have been. In situations where NTT Comware requires R&D results from NTT, NTT Comware will purchase them at an appropriate price, as other companies do. (3) To be disclosed by: Intellectual Property Office, Technology Development Department (Telephone: 043-211-2411) |
Attachment 2
| NTT Comware New Executives | ||
| Names | Titles | Former titles |
| Koh Ishii | President | Executive Vice President, NTT Consultant to the President, NTT |
| Taneaki Mihara | Senior Executive Vice President | Executive Vice President, NTT Consultant to the President, NTT |
| Akira Ise | Executive Vice President | Senior Vice President, NTT Consultant to the President, NTT |
| Mitsuo Haga | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, CustomerService Systems Division) | Vice President & Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Software Headquarters & Executive Manager, Customer Service Systems Development Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Takeshi Nonoichiya | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager,Personnel Department) | Vice President & Senior Executive Manager, Software Headquarters & Deputy Senior Executive Manager, Software Headquarters & Executive Manager, Personnel Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Seiichi Ootomo | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, Network Operations Systems Division) | Vice President & Executive Manager, Network Operations Systems Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Haruo Imai | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, GeneralAffairs Departmen Executive Manager, Sales Promotion and Marketing Department) | Vice President & Executive Manager, General Affairst & Department & Executive Manager, Sales Promotion and Marketing Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Naoaki Ikeda | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, Network Node Systems Division) | Adviser, NTT Communicationware Corporation |
| Masamichi Hiroki | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, Kansai Regional Division) | General Manager, Kansai Software Center, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Yoshio Kurebayashi | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, New Business Development Department) | Executive Manager, New Business Development Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Hiroshi Kiuchi | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, Field Service Division) | Executive Manager, Field Service Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Hiroyoshi Itou | Senior Vice President (Executive Manager, Business Information Systems Division) | Executive Manager, Business Information Systems Department, Software Headquarters, NTT |
| Katsuya Okimi | Senior Vice President, and Senior Vice President & Executive Manager, Network Strategy Planning Department, NTT | |
| Hiroshi Hasegawa | Corporate Auditor | Managing Director, NTT TELECA Corporation |
| Minoru Osakabe | Corporate Auditor | Industrial System Sector, NTT DATA Corporation |
| Susumu Fukuzawa | Corporate Auditor, and Vice President & Executive Manager, Accounts and Finance Department, NTT | |
