2020 Olympics: Japan's NTT (telecom) became the first partner of the Tokyo Olympics

The Japanese telecom group NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) became the first "gold partner" of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, announced the organising committee on 26/01/2015.

NTT has the rights to use the names and symbols of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, including the Olumpic "rings" emblem, mascots and slogans.

• NTT has been a partner of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, the Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympic Games, and the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• The IOC (International Olympic Committee) designated Tokyo as the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics on 07/08/2013.
  • the Japanese capital has prevailed over the other two cities in contention, Istanbul (TUR) and Madrid (ESP), after two rounds of voting.

NTT announces plans to set up a 5G network for the Olympics 2020

• NTT announced that it would be able to provide a mobile network enabling connections 100 times faster than 4G in Japan by 2020, at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) in 2013, the Tokyo show dedicated to high tech.