But he said this week that he had been referring to another purchase, involving a machine Nippon Telephone was using for research and development.

But the president of Nippon Telephone, Masashi Kojima, expressed doubts about the attempt.

Until the national telephone monoply, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, was privatized a few years ago, private networks of personal computer users were basically forbidden.

Her father is a customer service representative in Sapporo for Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.

He was also involved in a murky stock transaction involving shares of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, the giant national telecommunications company.

On another occasion I joined her to accompany the former president of Nippon Telephone & Telegraph on a tour of Kyoto by limousine.

For example, Nippon Telephone & Telegraph is planning to spend more than $200 billion during the next decade on a new fiber-based network in Japan.

Although many companies were invited to participate, only one company at the time, Nippon Telephone & Telegraph, accepted.