Amendment of Projection

RNS Number:4259Q
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
24 August 2005

                                                                 August 24, 2005


          NTT Amends Projected Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2006


Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ("NTT") has amended its projected
non-consolidated financial results for fiscal year 2006 (April 1, 2005 through
March 31, 2006).


In response to the stock repurchase offer made by NTT DoCoMo ("DoCoMo"), NTT
sold 1,506,000 DoCoMo shares. As a result, NTT recognized an extraordinary gain
on sale, which will be reported on NTT's non-consolidated financial results.


       Projected Non-Consolidated Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2006


                                                                            Operating        Recurring          Net
                                                                            Revenues          Profit           Income

                                                                            (million         (million         (million
                                                                              yen)             yen)             yen)
Before Amendment                                                              340,000          177,000         174,000
            (A)
After Amendment                                                               337,000          174,000         394,000
            (B)
Increase (Decrease)                                                            (3,000 )         (3,000 )       220,000
            (B-A)

Percentage Change                                                               (0.9 )%          (1.7 )%        126.4 %
            (%)

(Ref) Fiscal Year 2005                                                        323,261          151,700         455,660
            Results


Notes:    1. The decrease in operating revenues is due to the decrease in dividend income from the sale of DoCoMo
             shares.


          2. Extraordinary gain on sale (gain on sales of investments in affiliated companies) has been amended to
             249,000 million yen from 0 million yen (sale price of 166,000 yen per share).


There is no change in the projected consolidated financial results for fiscal
year 2006.


For more information, please contact:


Department I
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
E-mail: [e-mail]


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