November 18, 2021 Result of Public Re-appeal for Applicants for Promotion Support Project on Strategic Intellectual Property, Standardization, and Commercialization for Beyond 5G Era

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) conducted a public re-appeal through a contractor (PwC Consulting LLC) for the project mentioned above and adopted the recipients of support based on a review by an evaluation committee consisting of external experts.

1. Background

MIC established the Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center on December 18, 2020, based on MIC’s Beyond 5G Promotion Strategy―Roadmap to 6G, with major players from the industry, academia, and government sectors to work on intellectual property acquisition and standardization strategically.
The Center supports the efforts of private companies, universities, and other organizations that proactively and strategically promote the formation of markets and new entries, the development of innovative technologies and services, and social implementation by making full use of intellectual property and standardization. Furthermore, the Center provides reference information, offers opportunities for collaboration, and promotes raising public awareness.
From February through March 2021, MIC made a public appeal for proposals for support to activities related to intellectual property and standardization (MIC’s press release, “Appeal for Proposals for Activities to Support Standardization of Intellectual Property at Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center,” February 5, 2021). In response, MIC received opinions of expectations for strengthening activities for strategic acquisition of intellectual property and standardization concerning technologies owned by small and medium-sized enterprises, universities, and other businesses with limited resources (hereafter referred to as “businesses”), in particular.
In light of the above, as part of the Center’s efforts, the Center will support the strategic acquisition of intellectual property and international standardization of technologies related to ５G advancement and Beyond 5G (hereafter referred to as “Beyond 5G technologies”) owned by business and promote the practical application and social implementation of these technologies. Accordingly, MIC has decided to make a public re-appeal for type C proposals for the project from Monday, October 18 through Monday, November 1, 2021.

2. Results of selection

Based on the results of the evaluation committee consisting of external experts, the following two applications were adopted.

Support type C: Standardized activity support

Application subject	Applying organization
Activities to create a global platform for the Radio Catcher for B5G, a radio environment measurement device	Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
Promotion of Low-power wide-area network (LPWA) application technologies and international standardization for the Beyond 5G Era	NISSIN SYSTEMS Co., Ltd.