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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- 2005 Feature Articles
- Keynote Speeches at NTT R&D Forum 2005, Activities for Practical Use of Cryptographic Technologies, Energy and Environmental Technologies for the Future, 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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- 2005 Feature Articles
- Trends in Optical Science and Technology at NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Integrated Microsensors for Ubiquitous Applications, End-to-end Network Operation 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
- Major technology disclosure
- 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
- 2005
- Optical Transmission System with Optical Amplifiers
- e-Learning Platform Software
- Portal Service Related Software
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 2005)
- International: Chairperson and other appointees
- total 120
- International: Participants
- total 350
- Domestic: Participants
- total 230
Number of participation in international standardization meetings (fiscal 2005)
About 2,963 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 2005
| Organization and Award | Items and Recipient |
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| Communications Association Maejima Award | 1-chip MPEG-2 HDTV CODEC LSI "VASA/ISIL" (Makoto Endo, others) |
| Association of Radio Industries and Businesses The Meritorious Award on Radio |
RF Identification System Using Active Tags (Masashi Shimizu) |
| The Takayanagi Memorial Foundation for Electronics Science and Technology The Takayanagi Memorial Technology Prize |
A Study on HDTV Coding Algorithm and Codec Implementation Technologies (Yoshiyuki Yashima) |
| The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation TELECOM System Technology Award |
A. Variational Bayesian Estimation and Clustering for Speech Recognition B. Automatic Determination of Acoustic Model Topology Using Variational Bayesian Estimation and Clustering for Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (Shinji Watanabe, others) |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Prize | Psychophysical Studies on the Information Processing of Human Visual Recognition (Shinya Nishida) |
