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Shaping the Future Mobile Information Society: The case of Japan

Meetings were held in and around Tokyo during October 2003, in order to gather material for the Japan case study on "Shaping the Future Mobile Information Society". In all, 63 experts from Japanese industry, government and academia participated in the case study meetings, from a total of 23 different organizations (see the meeting list for details). A preliminary draft of the report can be downloaded below: 

ITU JAPAN CASE STUDY ON SHAPING THE FUTURE MOBILE INFORMATION SOCIETY (Final Draft, 24 February 2004)

See Presentation of case study at the ITU/MIC Workshop (Seoul, 4-5 March 2004)

Check out excerpts:  1. Japan case study on "Living in the mobile information society, Japan-style"   2. Japan case study on "Codes, cards and chips"  

Please click here for PICTURES of technology and people taken during the mission to Tokyo.

 

The meetings were led by Lara Srivastava, (Policy Analyst, Strategy and Policy Unit, ITU), in collaboration with Akihisa Kodate (Assistant Professor, Waseda University). The ITU would like to thank the MPHPT and the ITU Association of Japan for their assistance and kind hospitality. 

Included below are a number of websites relevant to Japan's mobile sector. 

 

Japan - Country Hyperlinks

Government

MPHPT

Prime Minister’s Office

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

The ITU Association of Japan

Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC)

 

 

Operators

NTT DoCoMo

NTT DoCoMo FOMA (3G) Homepage

KDDI

Au by KDDI

Vodafone (previously J-Phone)

NTT Communications

NTT East

 

Manufacturers

Sharp

Sony

NEC

Panasonic

 

Research Institutes

Nomura Research Institute

Ubiquitous ID Centre 

Research Institute of Telecommunications and Economics (RITE)

 

Content Providers and Aggregators

Ubiquitous Business Technology (UBIT) Inc. 

Cybird

Toyota Motor Corporation

J-Stream

Mobile Content Forum 

Sanrio

PIA (Japanese only)

Japan Information Network

Sega

Mitsui Bussan 

 

Others

Telecommunications Carriers Association

T-Engine Forum

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB)

 

ISPs

@Nifty

ODN (Japan Telecom)

 

Market Analysts and Media 

Mobile Media Japan

Wireless Watch Japan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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