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Government, Industry & R&D

Government, Industry & R&D. Government/Industry Roles. Traditionally Japanese Government has been proactive in identifying and strengthening specific growth industries Mobile in Japan in the 1990’s PDC developed in isolation – an export failure

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Government, Industry & R&D

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  1. Government, Industry & R&D

  2. Government/Industry Roles • Traditionally Japanese Government has been proactive in identifying and strengthening specific growth industries • Mobile in Japan in the 1990’s • PDC developed in isolation – an export failure • 3G (WCDMA) – an IPR and global standards success, and the first commercial rollout (FOMA) • i-Mode – 75% of all phone users have Internet access, (and use it, because it provides services they want) • Changing relationships with the introduction of a competitive marketplace • 3 operators – NTT DoCoMo, J-Phone, KDDI

  3. ‘e-Japan’ • Government Initiative • ‘IT Strategy HQ’ established – July 2000 • ‘IT Strategy Conference’ – 20 industry experts • ‘IT Basic Strategy’ – established November 2000 • ‘IT Basic Law’ – January 2001 • ‘e-Japan’ Strategy established – January 2001 • “The most advanced high speed wireless Internet-connection will be achieved in which the wireless access network will be efficiently connected with the Internet (IPv6)…” • The Role of Mobile within ‘e-Japan’ • New Generation Mobile (industry) Committee established to produce report for the Telecommunications Council

  4. Report to the Telecoms Council June 2001 - Exec Summary • Mobile IT… • “…requires global support” • “…a mountain of treasures of IPR” • “…early realisation is a key to IT industry” • “…a driving force behind new service & business” • “An action plan for realisation of the mobile IT environment” • “We strongly expect that comprehensive promotion of the mobile IT is planned quickly and strongly based on this report” • mITF – Mobile IT Forum – first action step

  5. General Assembly Steering Committee Fourth Generation Mobile Comms Committee WAP Committee Mobile Commerce Committee Business Promotion Sub-Committee System Sub-committee Application Sub-Committee Technical Sub-Committee Mobile IT Forum - mITF • mITF – http://www.mitf.org • Created June 2001 • 120 companies, 10 individuals (academics), 1 ‘special’ (ARIB) • ARIB provide the secretariat for mITF • Structure:

  6. 3G, Nomadic, W-LAN, ITS, Digital TV, etc. System 4G Technology 0. Application & Vision Application Sub-Committee • 1. System • System architecture, Security, Required function, etc. Interactive Feedback Seamless Service & Network with other systems Scope of work of System Sub-Committee • 2. Core and Radio Access Network • All-IP Network, Mobility control, Wireless QoS, Radio cell planning, Radio network control, Radio transmission, etc. • 3. Terminal Equipment • Multi-band/ Multi-mode terminal, Human machine interface, Mobile platform, etc. Scope of the ‘4G subcommittee’

  7. Government - MPHPT • Created April 2001 • “Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts & Telecommunications” • Sometimes known as MGA (Ministry of General Affairs) or Soumosho • (The old MPT was subsumed into the new MPHPT) • http://www.soumu.go.jp • Responsibilities in regard to Future Mobile • “Ensuring the Foundation of R&D” • Spectrum management & Future Requirements • Co-ordinating Japanese Vision and Input to ITU-R

  8. R&D Foundation (1) • The Key Players • NTT DoCoMo – major R&D capability • Most 3G research staff moved to FOMA • Remainder active on ‘4G’ • Other industry players beginning ‘4G’ research • Many have begun in last year, relatively small numbers • Focus on technologies identified in TC report and described earlier • Universities • 480 in Japan, only just begun ranking exercise • Key mobile players active as individuals in mITF • CRL (Central Research Laboratories) • Funded by MPHPT, now an ‘independent administrative institution’ and perhaps playing a diminishing role ? • Yokosuka Research Park – a national focus

  9. R&D Foundation (2) • Yokosuka Research Park • Conceived in 1987, opened in 1997 • £1bn invested in the YRP site & facilities to date • 50% of which by NTT DoCoMo • National and local government support and investment • Actively promoted, both nationally and internationally • Rapidly established itself as the national centre for mobile communications research • Most mobile R&D consolidated at YRP - 6000 staff • Now seeking to attract companies in • Broadcasting • Internet • …in order to develop the service and business synergies with mobile communications

  10. R&D Foundation (3) • R&D Requirements for Future Mobile Evolution • mITF focussing on the ‘giant step’, whilst companies themselves fund earlier 3G evolution • Funding expected from both industry & government, but no assessments of cost yet undertaken • NB Korean MIC $100m investment announcement Feb 2002 • Government funding is expected for some areas of research – examples given were - SDR, propagation • ‘Companies need to understand the importance in participation in such activities’ • Future Interaction • Government and industry appeared keen to build on May 2001 MoU with UK Government

  11. Spectrum Management (1) • Spectrum Allocation & Trading • Spectrum viewed as a ‘public good’ • Philosophical objection to ‘selling’ spectrum • Rather leasing, and returned if not used • Auctions being considered (in & out of favour) • Regulation of Software Radio • Actively engaged on SDR • (SDR Forum are working hard on MPHPT) • Study committee to report March 2003 • Followed by public consultation • (These dates are later than those believed by SDRF)

  12. Spectrum Management (2) • Service Convergence • Comms-Broadcast boundaries blurring • Radio Law covers Cellular Operators • Broadcast Law covers Broadcasters • New Law covers satellite based broadcasters and comms operators • Nothing yet for terrestrial overlap situations • Traditional ITU categories still relevant for interference analyses

  13. Standards - ITU-R Vision • ITU-R WP8F • International body responsible for future mobile radio systems • Led the IMT-2000 activity (3G), begun in 1987 • Now looking at ‘Systems beyond 3G’ • Presently developing its ‘Vision’ document • The Japanese Influence • Very actively inputting over the past year or more • Originally a limited view of ‘4G is a new air interface, 100 Mb/s’ • Interworking with WLANs and other networks is now acknowledged as important • In this “public” forum, the date of 2010 for the 100 Mb/s air interface was quoted as being a …“working assumption for the introduction of service for the purposes of R&D”

  14. Standards - ITU-R Vision • Spectrum Availability • Japanese TC report anticipates a need for • 1.2-1.7 GHz • in the region 3-5 GHz • with channels of 50-100 MHz bandwidth • Japanese desire to put on the WRC2006 agenda • Current Issues… • Some antagonism to the Japanese position • MPHPT noted that 3G took 10 years to deployment from spectrum allocation at WRC ’92, but think a quicker timescale could be achieved locally in Japan

  15. Standards - Networks • Standards • The Japanese vision is for a convergence of Internet and mobile core infrastructure • If mobile / Internet convergence is to happen it must involve the IETF, but… • How to influence IETF ? • It doesn’t operate in the ‘traditional’ telecom manner • This issue, essential if true mobile/Internet core convergence to happen, is recognised to a limited degree

  16. Concluding Remarks

  17. Final Remarks • Assessment • There exists a shared belief in the importance of mobile communications to future national wealth • Learnt from the past • Competition with wireline • (Competition with Korea ?) • Government and industry are beginning to invest in the future of the industry • Still at an early stage • No obvious technological lead yet exists • Currently more ‘goals’ than ‘technology’ • Many standards issues unclear – eg IETF • International collaboration will be needed

  18. Final Remarks • Further Resources • The Mission Team Report • YRP Telecom Summit • 4th YRP Symposium on Cooperation between Industry, Academia and Government in Mobile Communications • 10-11th July 2002 at YRP • EC Training Grants available – www.etp.org • Funding available to develop staff who may have to work in or deal with Japan • 120,000 Euros to fund 12 months of language training and basic living allowance in Japan to learn the language and culture, followed by 6 month local placement of an employee in a selected organisation

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