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
¡ü Advisory work regarding international industrial, technological and policy developments
¡ü Business and trade issues particular to the telecommunications industry
¡ü Research and development (R&D) and future challenges in the telecommunications
industry
¡ü Competition and market liberalization issues in both Japan and abroad
¡ü Secretariat duties for CommerceNet Japan (an affiliate of U.S. CommerceNet)
II. Telecommunication Services and Products
¡ü Internet, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and wireless networking
infrastructure and application development
¡ü Business policy and strategy catering to emerging services and digital products
¡ü Domestic and international telecommunication interconnectedness
¡ü Space and satellite communication; N-ISDN services services
¡ü Mobile communications standards and network optimization
III. Computers, Communications and Multimedia
¡ü Computer Telephony Integration (CTI)
¡ü Internet telephony
¡ü Emerging trends in multimedia communications
¡ü Multi-factor technologies for mobile communications
IV. Media and Society
¡ü New media and human cognition
¡ü New trends in perception of visual images
¡ü New direction in multimedia development
¡ü Evolving patterns of social communication including social networking
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