PERSPECTIVE AND EVOLUTION TOWARD GLOBAL RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT

In the telecommunication industry, which is dramatically moving toward a digital and multimedia world, a telecommunications carrier can perf orm business activities on a global scale but must survive fierce comp etitions with the mega carriers of the world. Thus, we need to perform research and development (R&D) that will both support the current glo bal telecommunications business and become the driving forces for the future business of the information distribution on a global scale. Thi s report describes the aims and the latest developments of the globali zation of R&D activities that NTT is currently promoting.