October 2018 Vol. 16 No. 10102018

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Jun Sawada, President and Chief Executive Officer, NTTFeature Articles
Global Research and Development
Activities by the NTT GroupNTT Research and Development Efforts Supporting
Global Business Expansion
Initiative Concerning Global Service Development byNTT Communications
Dimension Data: Enabling Our Clients’ Digital
Transformation Journey
SuSI (Supported Smart Innovation) Leads Strategic
Innovation by everis
Open Innovation Strategy Pursued by NTT DATA Italy
CLOUDWAN: NTT i3 Software-defined Wide Area
Network Solution for Edge ComputingFeature Articles
5G Field Trials toward Social Implementation
Overview of 5G Field Trials toward Social Implementation, and Experimental Trials of 5G in theEntertainment Area
5G Field Trials in the Smart City and Medical Service Areas toward Social Implementation of 5G
Field Trials of Use Cases in High Mobility Environment toward Social Implementation of 5G

Regular Articles
High-accuracy SS-OCT Thickness Measurement Using Refractive Index Dispersion Adaptation
QoE Visualization and Prediction Model for QoE Improvement

Global Standardization Activities
ICT Standardization Trends for Disaster Relief, Network Resilience, and Recovery by ITU-TPractical Field Information about Telecommunication
Technologies
Snow-stopper Pole as a Countermeasure for Preventing Snow Damage to Utility Poles

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Jun Sawada,
President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT▼Overview

Ranking 20th in this year’s “Brand Finance Global 500,” NTT has built up a global
corporate brand and firmly established its position in the world. Jun Sawada, NTT
President and Chief Executive Officer, states that a further transformation is neededto ensure growth in both the domestic and international markets. We asked him
about his beliefs and management principles in light of this statement.

Feature Articles
Global Research and Development Activities by the NTT GroupNTT Research and Development Efforts Supporting GlobalBusiness Expansion▼Abstract

Global business is one of the pillars of growth of the NTT
Group, and it has been expanding a great deal due to factors
such as mergers and acquisitions. Research and development(R&D) efforts to support that growth are also expanding invarious forms. The Feature Articles in this issue introduce
examples of the R&D efforts underway at operating companiesof the NTT Group in various regions around the world.

Feature Articles
5G Field Trials toward Social Implementation

Overview of 5G Field Trials toward Social Implementation,
and Experimental Trials of 5G in the Entertainment Area

▼Abstract

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan began field trials of fifth-generation mobilecommunications systems (5G) in fiscal year 2017. This effort is aimed at developing a new market throughsocial implementation of 5G. These Feature Articles explain the results of experimental trials conducted byNTT DOCOMO and NTT Communications. In this article, a brief overview of the project is outlined, andsome experimental examples concerning applications of 5G in the entertainment area are introduced.