IoT Cloud, Connectivity and Communications Services for Corporate Customers

「Cumulative IoT lines※1 57,500 thousand 60,632 thousand」

「Cumulative IoT lines 50,524 thousand lines 57,500 thousand lines」

「The cumulative number of our IoT lines exceeded 41.97 million in March this year, giving us the largest share in Japan. Leveraging our extensive operating experience and maintenance and management structure built up over approximately 20 years, the business has grown substantially in social infrastructure, including connected cars and electricity and gas smart meters, as well as in global markets. Over the medium term, we aim to reach 54 million lines by the end of fiscal 2025 and are contributing to the creation of sustainable industrial and infrastructure environments.」

「Our IoT business, including Group company Soracom, exceeded 45.5 million lines and continues to expand. Connected cars, which are driving this growth, are served by more than 24 million lines globally. In November last year, we established a new company in North America dedicated to the connected business.」

「We will continue to provide solutions globally on a one-stop basis, centred on 5G communications and leveraging IoT, DX and other technologies in collaboration with partner companies, thereby supporting the development and expansion of customers’ businesses.」

「We will continue to provide solutions globally on a one-stop basis, centred on 5G communications and leveraging IoT, DX and other technologies in collaboration with partner companies, thereby supporting the development and expansion of customers’ businesses.」

「The cumulative number of our IoT lines continued to grow steadily, exceeding 30 million on a standalone basis in December last year, and we now hold the largest share in Japan. Over the medium term, we aim to reach 44 million lines by the end of fiscal 2025. By providing innovative solutions for communications and other social infrastructure, as well as connected cars, we will contribute to the creation of sustainable industrial and infrastructure environments.」

「● In November last year, we began providing KDDI Video Management Service, a video integration and management service that manages and visualises surveillance camera footage on a highly secure cloud platform.」

「In November last year, our consolidated subsidiary KDDI Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding on business cooperation with DEEP C Management Co., Ltd., which develops and operates industrial parks in Vietnam, to promote smart and eco solutions for a decarbonised society at the DEEP C Industrial Park in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh Province in northern Vietnam. KDDI Vietnam will support the creation of the smart and eco industrial park envisioned for the site by providing evaluations of various IoT-related applications, IoT environment implementation, and operations and maintenance, thereby helping to increase the industrial park’s added value.」

「In June this year, we newly launched Global IoT Access, a connectivity service available in more than 200 countries and regions worldwide (scheduled for March next year), as part of the KDDI IoT Global Platform, a business platform supporting global business expansion.」

「The cumulative number of enterprise IoT lines we have provided since 2001 continued to grow steadily, with gas smart meters following electricity smart meters. The number exceeded 18 million lines as of the end of March 2021, including both domestic and overseas lines.」

「In June this year, we announced that we had jointly developed, with Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) and JR East Consultants Company, a handbrake detection system using IoT to improve the safety of freight trains. JR Freight will progressively introduce the system to all of its approximately 7,200 container cars from the second half of fiscal 2020.」

「The cumulative number of enterprise IoT data communications lines we have provided since 2001 exceeded 10 million in November last year.」

「We are co-creating customers’ digital transformations by providing one-stop solutions on a global scale that contribute to the development and expansion of their businesses, using technologies such as 5G and IoT in collaboration with partner companies.」

「In April this year, together with Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, we announced that we would integrate the KDDI IoT Global Platform with Toshiba SPINEX™ to provide one-stop services ranging from connectivity for IoT devices through data collection, storage, visualisation and analysis to data utilisation. Through this initiative, the three companies will promote business transformation for enterprises and strengthen competitiveness in the global IoT business.」

「During the fiscal year, we announced that we would begin accepting commercial trials of the KDDI IoT Global Platform in May this year. The platform provides one-stop services ranging from connectivity for various IoT devices and data utilisation services to procedures related to the laws and regulations of each country.」

「On 7 June this year, we announced that we aim to commercialise the IoT Global Platform in fiscal 2019. The platform will provide overseas IoT services end-to-end, from connectivity through data analysis, thereby contributing to the digital transformation of customers expanding their businesses globally, including greater management visibility and efficiency and the creation of new value. In addition, the KDDI IoT Communications Service LPWA (LTE-M), launched in January this year, became available in all prefectures from 26 June this year.」

「During the fiscal year, in anticipation of the arrival of the IoT era, in which things are connected to the Internet, we began providing the KDDI IoT Communications Service LPWA (LTE-M) in January to corporate customers. The cellular LPWA communications service delivers low-power, wide-area and low-cost IoT connectivity, enabling IoT use in a wide range of fields, including smart meters for gas and water, logistics and wearable devices.」

「In November last year, we also announced the provision of the new KDDI IoT Communications Service LPWA (LTE-M), the KYW01 ultra-compact LTE-M communications module compatible with cellular LPWA, and KDDI IoT Cloud Device Management, which remotely manages IoT devices and communications modules. To provide IoT solutions best suited to customers’ needs, we will deliver low-power, wide-area and low-cost IoT connectivity.」

「During the fiscal year, in anticipation of the arrival of the IoT era, in which things are connected to the Internet, we conducted field trials of LPWA (Low Power Wide Area), a communications technology for IoT, to meet customers’ diverse needs. We also began providing the SKM32 communications module for IoT, which uses LTE Category 1 and achieves more than 10 years of battery life from two AA batteries.」

「During the fiscal year, in anticipation of the arrival of the IoT era, in which things are connected to the Internet, we strengthened these initiatives across the Group. This included launching in June the KDDI IoT Cloud Data Market, which provides new added value by analysing various types of IoT data together with a wide range of other data.」

「During the fiscal year, the KDDI Group strengthened these initiatives by drawing on its full resources in anticipation of the arrival of the IoT era, including by providing IoT cloud services and connectivity services for IoT to corporate customers and promoting, together with Toyota Motor Corporation, the development of a global communications platform required for connected cars.」

「Since December last year, we have provided the KDDI IoT Cloud Creator IoT cloud service for corporate customers and the KDDI IoT Connect Air connectivity service for IoT. KDDI IoT Cloud Creator is an IoT cloud service that provides comprehensive support for customers’ systems and applications in their IoT businesses, from development and implementation through the start of operations and subsequent improvements. By using this service, customers can launch their IoT businesses on a small scale in as little as 2 weeks.」