A major facet of IFTECH's research operations involves observation and analysis of issues related to Information Technology (IT), including both hardware manufacturing/deployment, and software creation/integration, as well as trends and developments in the telecommunications industry at large.
These fast changing sectors are important to business operations, economic development, and social interaction; understanding and disseminating information related to this sector is critical to our world today.
Major past and present research in these fields include:
I. Government Policy Initiatives and Instruments in the IT and the
Telecommunications Industries
● Advisory work regarding international industrial, technological and policy developments
● Business and trade issues particular to the telecommunications industry
● Research and development (R&D) and future challenges in the telecommunications
industry
● Competition and market liberalization issues in both Japan and abroad
● Secretariat duties for CommerceNet Japan (an affiliate of U.S. CommerceNet)
II. Telecommunication Services and Products
● Internet, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and wireless networking
infrastructure and application development
● Business policy and strategy catering to emerging services and digital products
● Domestic and international telecommunication interconnectedness
● Space and satellite communication; N-ISDN services services
● Mobile communications standards and network optimization
III. Computers, Communications and Multimedia
● Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)
● Internet telephony
● Emerging trends in multimedia communications
● Multi-factor technologies for mobile communications
IV. Media and Society
● New media and human cognition
● New trends in perception of visual images
● New direction in multimedia development
● Evolving patterns of social communication including social networking
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