May 22, 2026 Results of the Public Solicitation for Proposals Concerning Research and Development of Information and Communications Technology (R&D Projects for Priority ICT Technologies)

　The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) publicly solicited proposals for two research and development (R&D) themes in the field of information and communications technology, and selected contractors based on the results of an external evaluation.

The public solicitation for proposals was conducted from Wednesday, February 4, 2026, to Friday, March 6, 2026. The contractors listed in the attachment were selected based on an evaluation by external experts and specialists.

○Results of public solicitation for proposals on R&D on ICT (R&D projects for priority ICT technologies)

R&D project	Research institutes, with the representative one underlined	Representative research director
Research and development of optical transmission technologies for next-generation communication infrastructure Project I: Research and development of ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology exceeding 2 terabits per second per optical transceiver	NTT, Inc. 1FINITY Inc. NTT Innovative Devices Corporation	KISAKA Yoshiaki （NTT, Inc.）
Research and development of optical transmission technologies for next-generation communication infrastructure Project II: Research and development of Hollow Core Fibers	Lightera Japan Co., Ltd. KDDI Research, Inc. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Keio University	MUKASA Kazunori （Lightera Japan Co., Ltd.）