Policy of Making IoT a Medium- to Long-Term Focus Area

「Giga Prize, which provides 5G Homestyle (an internet service for multi-unit residential buildings), invested in NHNアイカメ株式会社, established by NHN JAPAN株式会社, to improve service quality and strengthen competitiveness with a view to expanding IoT solution services such as cloud camera services. It also strengthened its operating structure for further market-share growth and expansion into new markets such as restaurants and nursing-care facilities.」

「In addition to services supporting entry into the MVNO business and business support services for ISPs, we are promoting support services to help various business corporations implement cloud, IoT and other technologies.」

「In addition to business support services for ISPs and services supporting entry into the MVNO business, we provide support services to help various business corporations implement cloud, IoT and other technologies.」

「In addition to business support services for ISPs and services supporting entry into the MVNO business, we provide support services to help various business corporations implement cloud, IoT and other technologies.」

「As strategic investments, our Group is allocating resources not only to marketing to expand sales but also to developing new services using technologies including AI, IoT and blockchain, in order to meet new demand arising from diversifying lifestyles in the era of 5G, Web3 and the metaverse.」

「To play an important role in these new markets, our Group is promoting the integrated management of technologies and data held within the Group and working to deepen collaboration with numerous partner companies in Japan and overseas.」

「Interest in new services using technologies such as AI and IoT is high, and demand for new services is expected to grow further, including smart cities that use various IoT devices to address local issues and create new value, such as safety and security, in daily life, and smart homes adapted to increasingly diverse lifestyles.」

「To play an important role in these new markets, our Group is promoting the integrated management of technologies and data held within the Group and working to deepen collaboration with numerous partner companies in Japan and overseas. Going forward, we will strengthen our sales capabilities for new technologies, provide cutting-edge services through ongoing technology development, and reinforce intellectual property-related functions to protect the Group’s technologies, with the aim of actively providing our technologies and services to more customers.」

「The company entered into a comprehensive partnership with ALPS ALPINE CO.,LTD. and undertook various initiatives toward realising a “seamless car life” in the CASE/MaaS era, including announcing fundamental technology using blockchain to mitigate tampering with internet and IoT infrastructure.」

「In the mobile market, the expansion of sub-brands and announcements of new plans by major mobile network operators affected the growth of independent MVNO service providers that are customers of our Group. However, the market is expected to continue expanding as demand for IoT trends upward.」

「In light of changes in the MVNE market environment and the need to develop the business with a view to new expansion in the mobile communications services market, including IoT (the Internet of Things), we decided to transfer all shares in トーンモバイル株式会社 held by our company to カルチュア・コンビニエンス・クラブ株式会社, have all of トーンモバイル株式会社’s businesses transferred to 株式会社ドリーム・トレイン・インターネット, and optimise our business portfolio.」

「To play a central role in the IoT market, our Group is promoting the integrated management of the technologies and services it possesses and actively encouraging numerous partner companies in Japan and overseas, manufacturers handling consumer electronics that had not previously been connected to the internet, and service providers seeking to offer new communications services to adopt our Group’s technologies and services.」

「フリービットEPARKヘルスケア in the Health Tech field, our company in the IoT field, Giga Prize in the Real Estate Tech field, and アルク in the EdTech field are each taking the lead, advancing these businesses while making maximum use of the resources of our Group.」

「フリービットEPARKヘルスケア leads the Health Tech field, the Company leads the IoT field, and ギガプライズ leads the 不動産Tech field, with each business being advanced by making maximum use of the Group's business resources.」

「Our company in the IoT field and Giga Prize in the Real Estate Tech field are each taking the lead, advancing these businesses while making maximum use of the resources of our Group.」

「フリービットEPARKヘルスケア in the Health Tech field, our company in the IoT field, and Giga Prize in the Real Estate Tech field are each taking the lead, advancing these businesses while making maximum use of the resources of our Group.」

「In the Health Tech field, フリービットEPARKヘルスケア is the central company; in the IoT field, our company; and in the Real Estate Tech field, Giga Prize, respectively.」

「(Addressing the IoT market) With the spread of the internet, the communications field has seen rapid expansion of IoT, in which devices exchange data with one another, in addition to the conventional focus on communication between people.」

「Going forward, we intend to use the Giga Prize Group’s network infrastructure, system development capabilities and real estate-related expertise to develop various services together with the company using IoT devices, VR technology and other tools, and to provide services that meet the diverse needs surrounding the home, thereby pursuing further business expansion.」

「The Group has adopted the mid-term business policy SiLK VISION 2020 and is working to achieve consolidated revenue of ¥50 billion and consolidated operating profit of ¥5 billion in the fiscal year ending April 2020. Under its strategy of pursuing entry into new fields focused on growth areas and continued development, the Group is working to sustain growth in its mobile and ad technology businesses and expand its businesses over the medium to long term in the lifestyle domain (Health Tech, IoT and real estate Tech).」

「IoT is positioned as one of the focus areas for medium- to long-term business expansion.」