text: Japzn TT says hopes to start int'l business soon. TLKYO 1996-12-06 
   Nippo Telegraph and Telephone Corp (TT) said on Friday that it hopes to move into the international telecommunications business as soon as possible following the government's decision to split TT into three firms under a holding company. " We hope to start international telephone business as soon as possible, " a company official told Reuyers. The official said the latest government decision to split the company under a holding company would allow flexibility in TT's international phone business. Earlier, Posts and Teleccommunications Minister Hisaoo Horinoucyi told a news conference the government plans to split TT into three firms under a holding company, but did not specify when the restructuring would likely take effect. One of the three new companies will be a long-distance operator and the other two will be local-call operators, Horinoucyi said. One of the local firms will operate in west Japzn and the other in east Japzn, he added. The long-distance operator will offer international services, Horinoucyi said. The TT official said the timing of the planned split-up was uncertain because more discussions by government officials were required.
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