Statistical Data
Publishing of Technical Magazines
NTT had published the following two technical magazines with the aim of disseminating research and development results.
- (1) NTT Gijutsu Journal (monthly magazine in Japanese)
- Provides technical information on a wide range of subjects from the development of new technologies and services and the growth of various business lines in the NTT Group. It explains new technology trends in a straightforward manner for general readers.
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- 2004 Feature Articles
- Dawn of the New Age of Resonant Communication, Fourth-generation Wireless Access Technologies, Open Source Software, etc.
- (2) NTT Technical Review (monthly magazine in English)
- In line with the globalization of NTT Group businesses, the NTT Technical Review is issued as a monthly magazine in English and aims to communicate NTT's R&D results and activities worldwide.
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- 2004 Feature Articles
- Ultrafast Optical Packet Processing Technologies for Optical Packet-switched Networks, Next-generation Core Network Technologies, Trend of Quantum Information Technologies, etc.
Patents and Technology Disclosures
In addition to enthusiastically obtaining patents, technology resulting from research and development across a wide range of fields is provided at a reasonable cost so that it can be utilized in the industrial world when required.
Applications for R&D patents
- 2002
- LSI Device Technologies for Wireless LAN
- Photonic Crystal Fiber
- High-Quality Picture Compression Software
- 2003
- Advanced Intelligent Network Softwares for IMT-2000
- Certification Authority Software Trust-Canp
- High Density Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cable
- 2004
- Portal Service Related Software
- Resonant Network Software
- High Density Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cable
Scientific Papers and External Announcements
The results of research and development activities carried out at our research laboratories are frequently announced at domestic and international conferences and in specialized scientific journals.
These activities inspire more research and development into the field of information communications and contribute greatly to the development of science and technology.
Standardization Activities
Based on its comprehensive range of research and development on information communications, NTT has been active in fora and consortia, which are recently playing leading roles, as well as in standardization organizations such as ITU-T, ISO. These activities also contribute to the orderly development of worldwide information communications.
Participation in standardization organizations such as ITU and TTC (fiscal 2004)
- International: Chairperson and other appointees
- total 110
- International: Participants
- total 400
- Domestic: Participants
- total 290
Number of participation in international standardization meetings (fiscal 2004)
About 2,900 man-days (Excluding preparatory studies)
Percentage of contributions submitted to ITU-T (2001-2004 study period)
Estimated from the former study period (2001-2004) data of ITU-T and of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Japan.
Main Commendations and Prizes Awarded in 2004
| Organization and Award | Items and Recipient |
|---|---|
| Communications Association Maejima Award | Electronic Sealed-Bid Auction System (Akihiko Kudo, others) |
| The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Achievement Award | 4-K Digital Cinema (Tetsuro Fujii, others) |
| Japan Industrial Technique Award Prime Minister Prize | 1-Chip HDTV CODEC LSI "VASA" (NTT) |
| Association of Radio Industries and Businesses The Meritorious Award on Radio, MIC Award | Research and Development of 26-GHz Broadband FWA System (NTT FWA Development Group) |
| The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation TELECOM System Technology Award | 3-D Flow Estimation Using Perspective and Parallel Projection Images (Jun Shimamura, others) |
| The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation TELECOM System Technology Award | "A Fast Search Algorithm for Background Music Signals Based on the Searches for Numerous Small-Region Spectrograms" "A Robust Music Searching Method Using an Audio Signal Query Received in the Real World" (Hidehisa Nagano, others) |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications MPHPT Award at the Info-Commuunications Promotion Month | For Contribution to the Supporting the Promotion of IPv6 (IPv6 Promotion Council Certification Working Group (NTT, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, YASKAWA INFORMATION SYSTEMS Corporation, NTT-AT and so on)) |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications MPHPT Award at the Radio Day | For Contribution to the Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (Member of ARIB Digital Receiver Development Group) |
| Assosiation of Media in Digital AMD Award'04, Best Technical Achievement Award | Digital Cinema Screening at TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Tetsuro Fujii, others) |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Prize | Psychophysical Research on Interactions among Visual Modules (Ikuya Murakami) |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Prize | Research on Quantum-State Control of Semiconductor Quantum Dots (Toshimasa Fujisawa) |
| IEEE Fellow | For Contributions to Traffic Control for Integrated Packet Networks (Hiroshi Saito) |
