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1 R&D Research & Development

2 Generating Innovative R&D Results

3 The role of the telecommunication provider has shifted from providing telecommunications, which connects people to people, to providing information communications, which connects people with the information they need. To enable the NTT Group to transform itself and take on the role of enhancing the value of various industries through the provision of ICT in the coming years, NTT R&D aims to become a value-added enabler that accelerates the creation of new values, by providing technologies that can meet a wide range of needs. As technical disciplines are swiftly becoming increasingly interdependent, and the demand for rapid technical development intensifies, it has become imperative to manage R&D based on the principle of open collaboration instead of closed in-house development. NTT R&D is strengthening its open innovation. It works with external organizations giving priority to four goals: rapid development, market-in, finding missing links, and entry into new markets. Innovation Innovation Innovation Innovation Innovation Innovation Europe Africa Asia Australasia+Pacific Americas

4 Research and Development of Communication Services By continuing to produce globally applicable and innovative ICT services, we fulfill our mission of creating the core competencies required for the NTT Group to become a leading company in service innovation. Backed by our advanced information processing, media processing and security technologies, we are developing secure cloud computing platform and are creating innovative ICT services that can be deployed on that platform and will enrich society and our lives. We are also providing support services. They include those provided through the OSS Center to assist the NTT Group in adopting OSS, those provided by NTT- CERT to enable the Group to strengthen its security operations, and those provided through ICT service design activities to enhance the user experience (UX) of services provided by the NTT Group. Representative R&D Fields Information Navigation User Experiences Creation of advanced broadband and ubiquitous services with new added value, and service platform technology that supports these services We are working on information navigation technology, which selects information useful to the user from among the vast quantity and variety of information available on the network, and provides it in a convenient and easy-to-understand manner adjusted to the user s purposes and circumstances. To enhance the user experience, we are developing technologies that facilitate the provision of content in a form suitable for the user s device environment and that also support the design of services which take the user s digital literacy into consideration. Audio, Speech & Language Video & Image Media processing technology for extremely natural and highly value-added communication services We are pressing ahead with R&D of audio signal processing and video signal processing technologies to realize high-quality and highly value-added voice, acoustic and video communication. We are also developing speech recognition/synthesis and natural language processing technologies, and image processing and highly realistic communications technologies with a view to realizing natural and easy-to-understand communication and content delivery services. Cloud Computing Platform OSS Support Software Development Technology Next-generation platform technology for cloud computing and technologies for system development, operation and maintenance We are developing an open cloud platform that will achieve efficient development and provision of next-generation services capable of responding rapidly to a range of needs. We also support the use of open source software (OSS) and the migration from proprietary software to the OSS to reduce the TCO of both next-generation and existing services. In addition, we are promoting R&D in the area of software development technology to make dramatic improvements in the productivity of system development. Cryptography and Security Cryptographic and security technology with advanced protection to enable provision of safe and secure services We are developing cryptographic and security technologies to help realize a safe and secure society, as well as analysis and assessment technologies that support the operation of security services. In addition, we are strengthening the security operations of the NTT Group based on the activities of NTT-CERT, an organization set up to support computer security. Representative R&D Examples Technology that Supports Super-High-Reality Media Communication Services Immersive Telepresence Technology: Kirari! This technology makes possible a media communication service that enables spectators at the competition venue and remote sites to have the feeling of being joined together and share in the thrill and excitement. We are developing the following technologies in order to enhance the sensation of reality by providing spatial information for a live viewing involving a number of people. (1) Object extraction technology for highlighting a specific athletes (2) Super-wide video stitching technology for enabling viewers to look at the entire field (3) Advanced MMT technology for enabling resynchronization of media information and reconstruction of spatial environment (4) Sense-of-reality design technology that provides natural and three-dimensional video and audio representation 3 Technologies that make up Kirari! Kirari!, which combines different media technologies developed by NTT Laboratories, transports every information of a competition venue and reconstructs the spatial environment for viewers to feel highly realistic sensation as if they are participating in the sports event. Collection of materials Media processing and encoding Media delivery Media presentation Collection of materials Extraction of objects (players) and sounds (kick sounds) Competition venue Media processing and encoding Super-wide video stitching and high-definition video coding, lossless audio coding Media delivery Transportation and resynchronization of video, audio and other information Media presentation Remote public viewing venues High realistic representation of the competition through real-time streaming Sense-of-reality design that reproduces a competition venue, thereby providing a rich user experience (UX)

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7 By ICT effect: effect of using ICT services to reduce the environmental load on society (CO2 emissions) in comparison to a presumed case where these ICT services are not used.

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10 Machine Learning and Data Science Center Specific Research Topics Machine learning and data mining engine Highly efficient computation engine based on Jubatus Spatiotemporal multidimensional collective data analysis Discovery of signs of network faults Innovative Photonic Network Center Realization of a scalable optical network with the capacity beyond one peta bit per second on a single optical fiber Polarization multiplexed optical QAM digital coherent signal processing technology Core device technology for space-division optical transmission Specific Research Topics Massive digital processing technology for optical communication Low-noise optical amplification and photonic preprocessing to enhance S/N ratio Optical transmission technology using space division multiplexing Electronic and photonic integration technology Nanophotonics Center Realization of a photonic network chip using integrated nanophotonics Specific Research Topics Large-scale photonic integration technology to realize a photonic network chip Photonic crystal and Si nanophotonics technology Ultra-low power nanophotonic device Exploration of new phenomena/novel devices based on nanophotonics

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16 Service Innovation Laboratory Group Information Network Laboratory Group Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group Intellectual Property Center Research and Development Planning Department NTT Innovation Institute, Inc. For inquiries : visit NTT R&D website