November 16, 2017
To whom it may concern
TOKAI Holdings Corporation
Katsuhiko Tokita, President & CEO(Code No. 3167 Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section)

TOKAI COM Selected to Participate in Experimental Public Service Project inFujieda City, Shizuoka- Japan’s First Integrated Safety Solutions Designed to Enhance Security
and Convenience for Citizens and Tourists

TOKAI Holdings Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, TOKAI Communications
Corporation (hereinafter “TOKAI COM”), was selected by Shizuoka Prefecture’s Fujieda City to participate
in its experimental public service project using an IoT*1 (LPWA*2) platform (see attachment) after submitting
a proposal in response to the city’s open solicitation in June 2017.
Positioned as the TOKAI Group’s core company, TOKAI COM, has offered extensive lines of IT services toindividual and corporate customers. TOKAI COM’s recent selection in Fujieda City’s public solicitation (forcompetitive proposals) is a testament to the technological expertise and know-how the company has gained
through years of experience in providing ICT solutions as a telecommunications carrier, data center operator,
cloud service provider, and system integrator.
TOKAI Holdings will continue to leverage the Group’s data centers, fiber-optic broadband networks, andsystems development capability to provide comprehensive ICT solutions to the public through TOKAICOM.

*1 IoT stands for the Internet of Things. It is a system of sensors, devices, and other objects, connected to the cloud orservers via the Internet, that control one another through the exchange of data.
*2 LPWA stands for Low Power Wide Area and is a type of wireless network technology that allows long range
communications at a low bit rate and low power.

Contact: Yoshihiro TaniguchiPublic Relations and Investor Relations Office
TEL: +81-(0)3-5404-2891
Email: overseas_IR@tokaigroup.co.jp

November 16, 2017
To whom it may concern
TOKAI Communications Corporation

TOKAI COM Selected to Participate in Fujieda City’s Experimental PublicService Project Employing Japan’s First LPWA Network- Japan’s First IoT-based Integrated Safety Solutions for Physical Security
TOKAI Communications Corporation (headquartered in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka; headed by
Katsuhiko Tokita, President & CEO; hereinafter “TOKAI COM”) was selected by Shizuoka Prefecture’sFujieda City to participate in its experimental public service project employing an IoT (LPWA) platform.
Fujieda City has teamed up with SoftBank Corp. to build Japan’s first IoT platform through an LPWA
network (LoRaWANTM)*1 that will cover almost the entire city. The city aims to make its citizens safer,revitalize local industries, and improve public services through effective use of ICT while promoting the useof IoT, something that will play a central role in ICT in coming years.
TOKAI COM will use Fujieda City’s IoT (LPWA) platform to conduct an experiment aimed at enhancing thesafety and security of citizens and tourists. TOKAI COM will visualize the air quality inside and outside abus running between Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport and Fujieda Station as well as monitor the bus’ interior byemploying EnvigilantTM*2, an integrated safety solution designed to visualize threats.
The city used a competitive proposal process to select project participants in order to solicit outstanding
proposals driven by advanced expertise and know-how. TOKAI COM was selected for its superior proposal.
Project Overview
DashboardscreenInternetFujieda CityOfficeEnvigilant
Cloud
ServiceCity Hall

Air quality
Security monitoring(still image)
Information

Citizens/
Tourists

LoRaWAN
network for theexperiment

Celltower

Bus connecting Fujieda Cityand Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport(1 vehicle)
Air
quality

GPSsensor

Air quality
monitoring

Temperature/humidity/
CO2 sensor

SecuritycameraSecurity monitoring

Fujieda City
Information

Touristinformation

Tourist information/commercial facility
ads service

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screenSince its founding in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1977, TOKAI COM has been responsible for the TOKAIGroup’s*3 information and communications services. Capable of providing comprehensive solutions for
networks, data centers, and system development, TOKAI COM offers a wide array of information andtelecommunications services for both individual and corporate customers. TOKAI COM will leverage andcombine the expertise and know-how it has gained over the years to provide the kind of community-based
solutions only a local company can offer as it works with an eye to improving the quality and efficiency ofpublic services.

*1 LoRaWANTM (LoRaTM)
LoRaWANTM is a type of network that uses the LoRaTM technology. LoRaTM is a wireless network protocol, known as LPWA
(Low Power Wide Area), that provides long range, low power consumption data transmission by limiting the amount ofinformation to be transmitted to tens of bytes per transmission.
*2 EnvigilantTM
EnvigilantTM is an integrated safety solution from Allied Telesis.
https://www.allied-telesis.co.jp/solution/envigilant/index.html*3 TOKAI GroupThe TOKAI Group is a corporate group consisting of TOKAI Holdings Corporation and its 23 consolidated subsidiaries and 4equity method affiliates. The TOKAI Group began providing city gas (piped natural gas) in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1950. Since
then, it has continued to diversify its business operations, providing a wide range of products and services vital to people’s lives,including liquefied petroleum gas, the internet, cable television, and its Aqua (bottled water delivery) services.
*4 LIBMO™
LIBMO™ is the TOKAI Group’s low-cost mobile and SIM service.
https://www.libmo.jp/**LoRa™ and LoRaWAN™ are registered trademarks of Semtech Corporation.
All other company, product and service names, logos, etc. mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of theirrespective owners.

[Inquiries about the service]
Horiba/Ichikawa, Service Planning Section, IoT Solutions Promotion Division
Service Innovation Division, IT Service Department
TOKAI Communications Corporation
TEL: 03-5404-3292 E-Mail: TOKAICOM_IOTSOL@tokai-grp.co.jp