.ntt

Status:	Proposed
Registry Provider:	Non selected
Type:	Brand TLD
Priority #:	1385 - NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
More information:

.ntt is a Brand TLD being proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION It does not appear to have selected registry provider, but merely notes in its application that "NTT intends to outsource the registry operation to a particular third party."

Application Details

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

"The registrant of .ntt:Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is the sole registrant of .ntt in this proposal.

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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), as Japanʹs largest telecommunications carrier, is promoting wide use of the worldʹs highest level broadband network, and actively involved in creating a wide range of broadband and ubiquitous services with a unified effort of the NTT Group, in accordance with our Medium-Term Management Strategy ʺRoad to Service Creation Business Group.ʺ Our proposed concept, ʺ.ntt INITIATIVES,ʺ serves the purpose of acquiring and protecting the iconic Japanese brand of NTT, by applying for ʺ.nttʺ and being accredited by ICANN as the sponsor Registry, and meanwhile providing a safer and more secure domain name environment in order to extend and elevate the brand value of NTT in the borderless global market. As per our corporate branding, in addition to our worldʹs highest level broadband network infrastructure, we are promoting and enhancing the fiber-optic video services and the cloud computing services, driving enthusiastically to create new services, and well-positioning to serve the total ICT solutions globally. These ongoing progresses will allow us to deploy a new service⁄business model in the global market, bringing about a greater synergy among the NTT Group companies as a whole, and through that process we hope that .ntt will contribute in gaining recognition and building a new corporate image for NTT."