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Japan Telecom Co. Ltd.
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 PROFILE
From the iron horse to talking wires: Japan Telecom provides domestic and international phone services over fiber-optic networks that run along railway lines owned by members of the Japan Railway group, which founded the company in 1984. The nation's third-largest phone company after NTT and KDDI, Japan Telecom serves more than 26 million business and residential customers, including nearly 9 million mobile subscribers and about 750,000 Internet users. Vodafone owns 45% of Japan Telecom and East Japan Railway owns about 15%. AT&T, British Telecommunications, West Japan Railway, and Central Japan Railway sold shares in Japan Telecom to Vodafone in 2001.

 COMPETITION
KDDI Corporation (dossier)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (7951)

 DEALS
Deal: Vodafone Buys Out BT's Share of Japan Telecom, Airtel and J-Phone
Date Announced: 05.02.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 6900
Description: Wireless communications company buys out British telco's interests in Japanese telco, Spanish wireless operator and wireless operating company network, increasing its stake in each to 45%, 91.6% and 46%, respectively.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
2001 Sales (mil.): 11,596.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 160.9%
Employees: 3,180
Revenue per employee: $3,646,823.90

 KEY PEOPLE
• Haruo Murakami
    CEO
• Shunsuke Kimura
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
7-1, Hatcho-bori 4-chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8508, Japan
Phone: 81-3-5540-8016
Fax: 81-3-5543-1968
Online: Web Site

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