August 24, 2020 Results of Public Appeal (Re-appeal) for Proposals concerning FY2020 R&D for Expansion of Radio Wave Resources

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made a public appeal (re-appeal) from Tuesday, June 16 through Wednesday, July 15, 2020, for proposals concerning research and development (R&D) to be newly implemented from fiscal 2020 for an expansion of radio wave resources. MIC received several proposals and had them evaluated externally and adopted eight proposals with consideration of the external evaluation.

1. Overview

MIC is implementing R&D for an expansion of radio wave resources to respond to an expansion of new radio wave usage needs and alleviate the situation of frequency tightness and effective use of radio waves.
Recently, MIC made the public appeal from Tuesday, June 16 through Wednesday, July 15, 2020, for the R&D to be newly implemented from fiscal 2020 for an expansion of radio wave resources. Regarding one of the R&D themes, MIC made a re-appeal from Tuesday, June 16 through Wednesday, July 17, 2020, and received 19 proposals from research institutions, such as those of private companies.

2. Results of adoption

MIC adopted the proposals with consideration of the results of screening at a meeting on evaluations of R&D by radio wave usage fees.

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