NTT to make NTT Data wholly owned with tender offer of $16bn

Japanese telecom pivots to IT services as AI and data centers grow

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NTT will acquire the remaining shares in NTT Data for over 2 trillion yen. (Source photos by Nikkei)

KAZUHIRO NOGUCHI

TOKYO -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone announced on Thursday that it plans to turn NTT Data Group into a wholly owned subsidiary through a tender offer worth 2.37 trillion yen ($16.4 billion), accelerating its shift from telecommunications to the technology sector by leveraging the unit's strength in corporate IT services.

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