Unified NTT Group child safety framework launched
NTT Group companies have long implemented a wide range of initiatives to help protect children from accidents, crime, natural disasters, and other dangers.
To unify such activities across the whole Group, Group companies joined forces in fiscal 2009 to create a framework for discussing initiatives to ensure the safety of children.
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ICT system developed to monitor the safety and security of students commuting on school buses
To ensure the safety and security of children commuting on school buses, NTT West has developed an ICT system providing information on the movements of school buses and location of children using them. This system was launched as the "School Bus Commute Student Monitoring Project" on an experimental basis from October 2007 to March 2008.
The system involves equipping school buses with GPS functionality to enable their movements to be monitored via cable TV or community intranet networks, and RFID tags attached to students' school bags that are read by sensors when the children board or de-board the bus, causing e-mail notifications to be sent to parents/guardians. Trials have already finished and the system is now in full operation.
Mobile phone e-mail message providing information for a parent or guardian on their child.
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KIDs PASS student monitoring system utilizing smart cards
Since June 2008, NTT Com CHEO has been providing KIDs PASS, a student monitoring system utilizing smart cards tested first as a model project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, to local governments, boards of education, schools, private tutoring schools, etc. With this service, when children pass their smart cards across card readers installed near school gates or school building entrances, an e-mail message noting time and location is sent to the registered mobile phones or other addresses of parents/guardians. This system can also be used to send out alerts on prowlers or emergencies simultaneously to all parties concerned. It comes with safety and security supporting features, such as the ability to check on points passed by a child via a web page in the event that the parent or guardian's mobile phone is outside the service area or when there are delays in receiving e-mail.
Kids' Pass smart card
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FairCast Child Safety Communication Network
This system replaces the traditional telephone contact network to enable parents/guardians or school personnel to be contacted simultaneously and notified in an accurate, timely, and impartial manner by e-mail, fixed line/mobile phone (voice call), or fax in the event of an accident or any other situation impinging on the safety of children in the neighborhood. FairCast won a 2008 Good Design Award in recognition of its outstanding utility, and since its release in July 2006, has been installed by over 250 boards of education, schools, and other facilities and associations, and is used by approximately 110,000 households.
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Change in application process for Access Restriction Service (filtering service)
In the past, when customers under the age of 20 initially subscribed to and used its i-mode service, NTT DOCOMO would automatically enable Kids' i-mode Filter, which allows access to i-mode Menu sites other than those offering provocative content, social networking sites, etc., unless the applicant's parent or guardian specifically requested that Access Restriction Service not be applied. From August 2008, however, we have changed this to i-mode Filter, which also restricts access to dating sites, community sites, and illegal sites.
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