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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- 2009 Feature Articles
- R&D on Digital Signage as an Advertising Medium, NTT Group R&D for Reducing Environmental Load, Cloud Computing Technology Called CBoC (Common IT Bases over Cloud Computing), 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. (Web-site-version only posted from April 2007)
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- 2009 Feature Articles
- Nanobiotechnology Research, KTN Crystal Technologies, Silicon Photonic Technologies Leading the Way to a New Generation of Telecommunications, 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
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 2009)
- Participants to domestic/
international SDO* - total 524
- Members of
domestic committee - total 269
- * SDO: Standard Development Organization
Number of participation in international standardization meetings (fiscal 2009)
- 2,794 man-days
- (Excluding preparatory studies)
Percentage of contributions submitted to ITU-T (2005-2008 study period)
Estimated from the former study period (2005-2008) data of ITU-T and of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Japan.
Main Commendations and Prizes Awarded in 2009
| Organization and Award | Items and Recipient |
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Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prizes for Science and Technology (Development Category) |
Development of High-capacity Long-haul Optical Transmission Systems (Kazuo Hagimoto) |
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Communications Association Maejima Award |
Contributions to Research and Development of Fast Search Technologies for Time-series Media Information (Kunio Kashino, others) |
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Communications Association Maejima Award |
Development and International Standardization of Wideband Scalable Speech Coding Technology (Hitoshi Omuro) |
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Association of Radio Industries and Businesses The Meritorious Award on Radio (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses Chairman's Award) |
Research and Development on a 120-GHz-band Wireless Transmission System for Uncompressed High-definition Video (NTT, others) |
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Conference for the Promotion of Collaboration Among Business, Academia, and Government The Award for Contribution to Collaboration Among Business, Academia, and Government (Prime Minister Award) |
Development of Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) and Its Sophistication (Kazuo Hagimoto) |
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Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Nikkei BP Technology Award |
Research and Development on a Communication Technology Using Surface of Human -RedTacton- (Yuichi Kado, others) |
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Japan Electric Association The Shibusawa Award |
Development Group for In-rack Capacitor Suppressing Voltage Fluctuation in DC Power Supply System (Tadatoshi Babasaki, others) |
