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Toyota and NTT Agree to Collaborate on ICT Platform R&D for Connected Cars
Toyota Motor Corporation (Head Office: Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan;
President and Representative Director: Akio Toyoda; "Toyota") and Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
Japan; President and CEO: Hiroo Unoura; "NTT (News - Alert)") have agreed to
collaborate on developing, verifying, and standardizing technology in
the connected car field, combining the automotive vehicle-related
technologies of Toyota with the information and communication
technologies (ICT) of NTT Group companies.
1. Aims of the Collaboration
Toyota and the NTT Group, sharing their technologies, knowledge and
expertise, and making use of Big Data obtained from automotive vehicles,
will carry out joint research and development of technologies necessary
for solving various issues facing society, including traffic accidents
and congestion, and for providing customers with new mobility services,
aimed at realizing a sustainable Smart Mobility Society in the future at
global level.
2. Areas of Collaboration
(1) Platform for data collection, accumulation, and analysis
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Create technologies for building and administering a platform to
realize collection and accumulation of huge amounts of vehicle
information and other data received from large numbers of vehicles,
for distributing large amounts of data, and for analyzing and
processing the collected Big Data in real time.
(2) IoT networks and data centers
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Study the network topology of global infrastructure and optimal data
center deployment necessary for safe and reliable collection and
distribution of large amounts of data, based on assumption of vehicle
use cases.
(3) Next-generation communication technologies (5G, edge computing)
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Conduct studies to determine the optimal mobile communications system
considering vehicle use cases and perform connection tests of such
systems to promote 5G standardization for automotive vehicles, and
verify the applicability of edge computing technology.
(4) Agents
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Develop technologies for providing drivers with user-friendly services
by combining driving advice based on understanding of the environment
inside and outside the vehicle, voice interaction technology, and
other technologies by using AI (artificial intelligence).
3. Roles of Each Company
Toyota:
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Based on its knowledge of vehicle use cases and data requirements on
the vehicle side, will research and develop an ICT platform for
connected cars, aimed at mobility service value creation.
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NTT Group:
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NTT DATA Corporation
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Based on its advanced analytics capability and experiences in
supporting the social infrastructure in Japan, NTT DATA will develop
technologies for building platform to realize collection,
accumulation, and analysis of huge amounts of vehicle information.
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NTT Communications (News - Alert) Corporation
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Will establish next-generation global ICT infrastructure optimized
to the IoT by leveraging its globally expanding ICT services (Tier 1
IP backbone, VPN and data centers).
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NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
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Building on its role in leading standardization efforts for the
next-generation 5G mobile communications system and in conducting
advanced R&D, will promote 5G standardization for automotive vehicle
use and lead the way in 5G mobile communication system trial.
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NTT
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Will conduct R&D on edge computing technology and promote
international standardization. Will also carry out R&D on driving
advice and voice interaction technologies, making use of know-how
from the NTT Group AI technology corevo®.*
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*corevo® is a registered trademark of Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone Corporation.
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4. Coming Developments
A field trial is planned for 2018 to assess the feasibility and
usability of representative services in the connected car field.
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