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NTT:

PROJECT NAME:

Joint Utilization Tests of Multimedia Communications

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND CURRENT LOCATION:

Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagano, Kanazawa, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Matsuyama, and Fukuoka, Japan (10 major cities where network terminal equipments are located).

PROJECT COORDINATOR:

Multimedia Service Department
Multimedia Promotion Headquarters
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

BRIEF OVERALL PROJECT SUMMARY:

Various tests will be conducted aimed at the coming multimedia age, utilizing a high-speed backbone network that has already been established, in cooperation with information providers, manufacturers, and users.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

New applications will be created and developed by coordinating network, user facilities , and software which are essential in the multimedia age. NTT will also establish network design and management technologies to cope with application.

EXPECTED/ACTUAL RESULTS:

Turning user applications created in the tests to practical use should contribute to the development of multimedia applications.

TARGET GROUPS:

PARTNERS/ACTORS IN THE PROJECT:

127 groups consisting of corporates and public research institutes are participating aiming at the creation and development of various multimedia applications.

USE OF INFORMATION/TELEMATIC TECHNOLOGIES:

High-speed backbone network are composed of super-high-speed transmission route, for example 2.4 Gbit/s, and user network interfaces at maximum speed of 156 Mbit/s are available.
-Books on Demand
-Distant Sing-Language Service
-Global School
-Monitoring System of Wide Area Environment
-Medical Information Network Tests
-Multi-player Network
-Video Production Support
-Remote Education
-Local Community Information
-Product Development Collaboration

BENEFITS TO THE INFORMATION SOCIETY:

Development of new multimedia applications and establishment of network design and management technologies contribute to the realization of information communication society.

EXPECTED COST:

NA

OTHER DATA

http://www.nttinfo.ntt.jp/JOINT/jointH.html (for more information)