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2001

December 21 A new digital ticket system that allows a single smart card to be used for a wide-range of services including travel and entertainment
FlexTicket -- provides description flexibility, high security level, and high speed
November 29 Digital cash that can be used to purchase services and goods with complete safety and at high speed is here now.
- Its usage is virtually unlimited, from simple store purchases to bus fare payments to regular cash register transactions.
- Digital cash can be downloaded through many public telephones.
October 16 NTT, HONDA, DEVELOP NEW ONBOARD INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM
October 9 Validation tests scheduled to be commenced for the "Digital Asset Central Management Service" in order to fully digitalize advertising production and exercise central management for advertising contents
-- Promoting HIKARI Market Creation with a new information sharing service that utilizes optical networks --
September 20 New "distributed fiber optic strain sensor" about half the cost and providing three times the measurement accuracy of a conventional sensor.
-- Accelerated construction of various monitoring systems using optical fiber --
August 9 The Start of an Experiment on an Event-triggered Vehicle Operations Management System Automatically Sending Arrival, Departure, and Passage at Specified Locations Based on Vehicle Operations Plan
-- Aiming to provide enhanced, efficient and low-cost vehicle operations management --
July 31 Report on Results of Kanazawa Trial FTTH Service Project
July 6 Real-time VLBI observation with the fastest data speed in the world
-- First real-time VLBI observation with the speed of 1Gbps --
July 4 NTT, SHARP and DNP Have Started Joint Research to Create a HIKARI Market
-- Researching HIKARI-Soft Services using State-of-the-Art Networks, Terminals, and Content --
July 3 Development of the World's First "Non-soil Discharge Mole Robot" to Install Conduits Without Excavation
-- All "NO-DIG" Operations for Conduit Installation with the Future ACEMOLE Method Eases Traffic Congestion and Environmental Problems --
June 4 Start of Joint Cooperative Trials Running a Distributed Content Production and Delivery Platform: Laying the Groundwork for Multi-Angle, Multi-Channel Broadcasting in the Broadband Age
June 1 NTT Develops Network Security Technologies for providing Advanced Commercial Services in IPv6 Internet
-- Enabling use of the Internet for secure leased lines and paid multicast networks --
April 25 The Development of Japan's First Electronic Bidding System Capable of Proving the Authenticity of a Transaction to Third Parties
-- To be adopted by Yokosuka City as first electronic bidding system in Japanese local govermants --

April 17 Announcement of Royalty-free Licenses for Essential Patents of NTT Encryption and Digital Signature Algorithms
April 10 CRL, NTT, IIJ and MFEED Started Trial Provision of Japan Standard Time over the Internet