Panel proposes breakup of NTT unless competition is boosted

Panel proposes breakup of NTT unless competition is boosted

TOKYO, Japan - Sho Nasu (L), chairman of the Telecommunications Council, a government advisory panel, hands a report to issued a report Posts and Telecommunications Minister Toranosuke Katayama on Dec. 21. The report called for the dismantling of the current holding company structure of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) unless competition is enhanced in Japan's telecommunications market.

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