July 25, 2022 Results of Public Solicitation for Proposals concerning FY2022 Development Demonstrations for Realizing Local 5G Services to Solve Issues (Demonstrations under Special Environments and Test Production of Terminal Systems)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made a public solicitation for proposals concerning fiscal 2022 development demonstrations for realizing local 5G services to solve issues through a contractor (Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.). Based on the evaluation results by the external experts' meeting, MIC selected proposals concerning demonstrations under special environments and test production of system terminals.

1. Outline

As in fiscal 2020, MIC will conduct technical studies, including those on radio wave propagation, under a wide variety of usage environments assuming various actual usage situations. At the same time, MIC will implement development demonstrations for realizing local 5G services to solve issues to create solutions that utilize local 5G. Thereby, MIC intends to realize the more flexible operation of local 5G and the inexpensive, safe, and secure utilization of local 5G.
In implementing this project, MIC solicited proposals from Wednesday, June 1, through Thursday, June 30, 2022, through a contractor.

2. Selection of proposals

1. Demonstrations under special environments (supplementary budget for FY2021)

As a result of the public solicitation, MIC received seven proposals and selected the following four proposals based on the evaluation results by the external experts' meeting.

Title	Representative organization	Main area of implementation
Grasping the situation in real time and conducting emergency recovery measures safely and promptly in the event of a river disaster with the use of local 5G	Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.	Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture
Securing communication means and promptly grasping the damage in the event of a large-scale disaster on an urban expressway with the use of local 5G	Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd	Itabashi Ward, Tokyo
Achieving solutions shared among railway companies with the use of local 5G at multiple stations and along railway lines	Sumitomo Corporation	Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Enhancing safety, security and efficiency in operations of railway business through communications between the train and the ground equipment and AI image recognition with the use of local 5G	ITEC HANKYU HANSHIN CO.,LTD.	Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

2. Test production of terminal system (supplementary budget for FY2021)

As a result of the public solicitation, MIC received three proposals and selected the following three proposals based on the evaluation results by the external experts' meeting.

Title	Representative organization
Test production of small cameras for high-quality video streaming assumed to be used for mobile robots and site workers	FCNT LIMITED
Test production of waterproof, dust-proof, small USB dongles assumed to be used under harsh field conditions	Sharp Corporation
Test production of encoder-embedded routers assumed to be used for mobile robots, etc.	Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.

The selection of proposals of development demonstration projects (initial budget for FY2022) will be announced on a later date.

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