April 9, 2021 Official Announcement of Notification Content Concerning Utilization Business of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (hereafter “NTT East,” headed by INOUE Fukuzo, President) has made a notification regarding a business operation (hereafter the “utilization business”). This notification is based on Article 2, Paragraph 6 of the Act on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, etc. (Act No. 85 of 1984, hereafter the “NTT Act”). Accordingly, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will open the content of the notification to the public.

1. Overview

When NTT East intends to conduct any utilization business, it shall notify the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of matters prescribed by a Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) in advance under the provision of Article 2, Paragraph 6^*1 of the NTT Act.
Based on this provision, NTT East has submitted a written notification of matters prescribed in Article 2-4^*2 of the Rules for Enforcement of the Act on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, etc. (Ministerial Ordinance of MPT No. 23 of 1985) on March 22, 2021. Accordingly, MIC has decided to open the same to the public under Article 2-5 of the Rules for Enforcement of the NTT Act.

• *1
  Article 2, Paragraph 5 of the NTT Act before it was revised by the Act for Partial Revision of the Telecommunications Business Act and the Act Concerning Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Etc. (Act No. 30 of 2020)
• *2
  Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the NTT Act before it was revised by the Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of Regulation for Enforcement of the Act on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, etc. (MIC Ordinance O. 92 of 2020)

2. Content of business described in the notification

The published material is in Japanese only.

3. Date of commencement of business

The notification states that NTT East will commence this business on Friday, April 23, 2021.