Leading global technology and business
solutions provider will work with Project Kuiper, Amazon’s low
Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network, to bring Japanese
customers the flexibility, resiliency, and availability benefits of
LEO communications technology
This is the first strategic collaboration
Project Kuiper has announced in the Asia-Pacific region
Today, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT
DOCOMO, Inc. (NTT DOCOMO), NTT Communications Corporation (NTT
Com), and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) announced
they have formed a strategic collaboration with Project Kuiper, the
low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network from Amazon
(NASDAQ: AMZN), to bring advanced, reliable, and far-reaching
satellite connectivity options to customers in Japan. The companies
expect to use Project Kuiper satellite connectivity services to
enhance communications availability and resiliency for Japanese
customers.
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As part of this collaboration, NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT plan to
distribute Project Kuiper connectivity services to enterprises and
government organizations in Japan, while NTT Group companies become
customers of Project Kuiper. The companies plan to use Project
Kuiper to provide their customers with new connectivity options to
build out resilient, redundant communications networks.
Although Japan is well served by terrestrial communications
technology like fiber and wireless, the country’s mountainous
terrain and many islands makes it challenging to restore
connectivity in the event of natural disasters and other
emergencies. Project Kuiper provides a rapid, scalable solution to
that challenge. For instance, NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s leading mobile
network provider, plans to use Project Kuiper to connect rural and
hard to reach parts of Japan back to its core telecom network
without the time and expense required to build out fiber and fixed
wireless infrastructure.
As a result of this collaboration, Japanese businesses will be
able to use Project Kuiper connectivity to support a broad range of
applications, including internet of things, predictive maintenance,
fleet management, remote manufacturing, and more. Customers will
also be able to use Project Kuiper to connect to Amazon Web
Services (AWS) to run advanced technologies such as machine
learning and AI.
Moving forward, Project Kuiper, NTT, SKY Perfect JSAT, and the
other companies will explore a broader range of collaborations
related to seamless communication between Earth and space to help
Japanese businesses innovate. The goal is to create new services to
help customers make more sustainable use of their resources and
give consumers improved options for healthcare, financial services,
entertainment, and more.
“Improving connectivity infrastructure will become even more
important in the future to help solve various issues facing society
and to establish sustainable economic and social activities,” said
Katsuhiko Kawazoe, senior executive vice president of NTT. “We look
forward to accelerating innovation and achieving a future in which
we deliver further value in cooperation with Project Kuiper,
bringing together the respective technologies and resources of each
company, such as NTT’s IOWN technology.”
“Our philosophy at NTT DOCOMO is to prioritize our customers and
satisfy them with personalized communications solutions and
unparalleled customer support, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper shares
those priorities,” said Hozumi Tamura, executive vice president of
NTT DOCOMO. “In Japan, where we are fortunate to offer such robust
communications services, Project Kuiper can help us take customer
satisfaction to a new level by providing even more options for
powering innovation and helping our customers communicate wherever
and whenever they like.”
“Japan has a long history of innovation and an insatiable demand
for connectivity,” said Toru Fukuoka, representative director,
senior executive vice president of SKY Perfect JSAT. “The existing
partnership between SKY Perfect JSAT and NTT has brought Japanese
businesses more opportunities to create and grow, and the addition
of Project Kuiper into our family of services is a very exciting
development that accelerates further business innovation and
technical development in Japan.”
“NTT, SKY Perfect JSAT, Project Kuiper, and the NTT Group
companies share the mission of keeping customers connected no
matter what situations arise and helping them continue to innovate
by harnessing data from virtually anywhere,” said Rajeev Badyal,
vice president of technology and head of Project Kuiper. “NTT is a
trusted communications services provider in Japan and an ideal
partner for Project Kuiper as we prepare to offer reliable, secure
LEO broadband services in the country.”
“AWS and NTT Group have a proven track record of innovating for
our customers, and we’re excited to expand what is possible with
Project Kuiper,” said Tadao Nagasaki, president of AWS Japan. “The
introduction of Project Kuiper connectivity services will give our
customers new options for connecting remote locations and using the
world’s leading secure, resilient, and flexible cloud provider to
transform their operations.”
Project Kuiper recently achieved a 100% success rate for its
prototype satellite test mission, validating the key technologies
that make up its satellites and network. Project Kuiper expects to
begin beta testing connectivity services with select customers and
partners in the second half of 2024. NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT plan
to take part in that testing as part of this collaboration.
To learn more about working with Project Kuiper, visit
http://amazon.com/projectkuiperenterprise.
About NTT
NTT contributes to a sustainable society through the power of
innovation. We are a leading global technology company providing
services to consumers and business as a mobile operator,
infrastructure, networks, applications, and consulting provider.
Our offerings include digital business consulting, managed
application services, workplace and cloud solutions, data center
and edge computing, all supported by our deep global industry
expertise. We are over $95B in revenue and 330,000 employees, with
$3.6B in annual R&D investments. Our operations span across 80+
countries and regions, allowing us to serve clients in over 190 of
them. We serve over 75% of Fortune Global 100 companies, thousands
of other enterprise and government clients and millions of
consumers.
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO, Japan's leading mobile operator with over 87 million
subscriptions, is one of the world's foremost contributors to 3G,
4G, and 5G mobile network technologies. Beyond core communications
services, DOCOMO is challenging new frontiers in collaboration with
a growing number of entities ("+d" partners), creating exciting and
convenient value-added services that change the way people live and
work. Under a medium-term plan toward 2020 and beyond, DOCOMO is
pioneering a leading-edge 5G network to facilitate innovative
services that will amaze and inspire customers beyond their
expectations. https://www.docomo.ne.jp/english/
About SKY Perfect JSAT
SKY Perfect JSAT is Asia’s largest satellite operator with a
fleet of 17 satellites, and Japan’s only provider of both
Multi-channel Pay TV broadcasting and satellite communications
services. SKY Perfect JSAT delivers a broad range of entertainment
through the “SKY PerfecTV!” platform, the most extensive in Japan
with over 2 million subscribers. SKY Perfect JSAT’s satellite
communications services, which cover Asia, Indian Ocean, Middle
East, Pacific Ocean and North America, play a vital role in
supporting communications infrastructures for mobile backhaul,
government, aviation, maritime, oil & gas and disaster
recovery. For more information, visit our corporate website
(https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/en) and Space Business website
(https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/jsat/en/).
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