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Research and Development in 5G, Network Virtualization and AI Operations Technologies

First written in FY2016. 19 of 30 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: 2026-09-30.

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  1. 2026-09-30Advancedfinance.yahoo.co.jp
    AIが運用支援を担う法人向け自律型ネットワークサービスを2028年度に提供予定だと発表した。
  2. 2026-08-07AdvancedEarnings presentation

    「Successfully migrated from a single site to multiple sites in a commercial environment through APN deployment, leading international standardization」

    Network-technology R&D progressed to commercial all-photonic network connectivity, with a reported approximately 60% reduction in power consumption through multi-site connections.
  3. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company introduced technology under which multiple AIs work together to autonomously optimize base station parameters, such as radio transmission direction and strength. In the areas where it was introduced ahead of schedule, the technology improved the incidence of low-speed communications by 25% and reduced the time required to optimize base station parameters by more than 95%.」

    Advanced 5G and network research by introducing autonomous base station optimization using multiple AIs, reporting a 25% improvement in low-speed communications and a reduction of more than 95% in the time required for the work.
  4. 2026-05-12AdvancedEarnings presentation

    「In the 6G era, integrate approximately 100,000 base stations nationwide as sensing hubs」

    Next-generation communications R&D was made more concrete through a vision for the 6G era in which base stations nationwide are integrated as sensing hubs.
  5. FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report

    「Under its “Innovation Promotion” initiative, the company continues to pursue research and development into advanced technologies aimed at Beyond 5G/6G, while promoting open innovation through industry-academia-government collaboration and collaboration with external partners.」

    Continues advanced technology research for Beyond 5G/6G, industry-academia-government collaboration and cooperation with external partners even after the commercial 5G rollout.
  6. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「In December 2024, the company and Kyocera Corporation achieved the world’s first successful development of wireless relay technology to efficiently expand millimeter-wave coverage. Performance testing in the Nishi-Shinjuku office district confirmed that road coverage could be increased from 33% to 99%.」

    Advanced 5G and Beyond 5G/6G research and development through the world’s first development of millimeter-wave wireless relay technology with Kyocera and confirmation that road coverage could be expanded from 33% to 99%.
  7. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「The group continues research and development into Beyond 5G/6G, positioned as the next generation after 5G communications, based on its anticipated characteristics.」

    In addition to the commercial 5G rollout, is advancing research and development into technologies for Beyond 5G/6G, including ultrawideband optical transmission, cell-free systems and post-quantum cryptography.
  8. FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「As part of its innovation initiatives, the company will strengthen research and development and capital investment in 5G and Beyond 5G.」

    Reiterates its policy of strengthening research and development and capital investment in 5G and Beyond 5G even after the commercial 5G rollout.
  9. FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「As part of its innovation initiatives, the company will strengthen research and development and capital investment in 5G and Beyond 5G.」

    Continues its policy of strengthening research and development and capital investment in 5G and Beyond 5G even after the commercial 5G rollout.
  10. FY2023AdvancedAnnual report

    「For example, in May 2022, in connection with “Cell-Free massive MIMO technology (Note 1),” the company developed “inter-CPU coordination technology,” which coordinates the wireless signal processing functions (CPUs) of base stations distributed across equipment buildings to achieve both interference suppression and reduced computational requirements for wireless signal processing. It successfully conducted an end-to-end communications proof-of-concept using this technology.」

    Continued research and development for 5G and Beyond 5G, reporting concrete results including the successful proof-of-concept of inter-CPU coordination technology for Cell-Free massive MIMO.
  11. FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「As part of its innovation initiatives, the company will strengthen research and development and capital investment in 5G and Beyond 5G.」

    Continues its policy of strengthening research and development and capital investment in 5G and Beyond 5G.
  12. FY2022AdvancedAnnual report

    「In addition to the non-standalone 5G service provided since 2020, the company began offering 5G SA (standalone), combining a 5G-dedicated core network and 5G base stations, to corporate customers in February this year.」

    Advanced the commercial 5G rollout from the non-standalone configuration to providing 5G SA for corporate customers, making new functions such as network slicing available.
  13. FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company is expanding 5G coverage mainly along railway lines and in commercial areas used in people’s daily travel. In September this year, it completed 5G coverage on station platforms and between stations on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo and the Osaka Loop Line in Osaka, and completed coverage in 80 commercial areas nationwide, including Sapporo Odori, Shinjuku and Fukuoka Tenjin.」

    For the 5G rollout, completed coverage on station platforms and between stations on the Yamanote and Osaka Loop lines, as well as in 80 commercial areas nationwide.
  14. FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「The company announced its “5G Railway Lines” initiative, aiming to provide 5G coverage by the end of this fiscal year on platforms, within stations and inside trains in motion on the main sections of 21 lines in the Kanto region and 5 lines in the Kansai region, including JR and private railway lines.」

    For the commercial rollout of 5G, set a specific target of providing coverage on the platforms of all 30 stations on the Yamanote Line and all 19 stations on the Osaka Loop Line, and covering the main sections of 21 lines in Kanto and 5 lines in Kansai with 5G by the end of this fiscal year.
  15. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「Cumulative sales of 5G devices exceeded 2.4 million units at the end of March this year.」

    Following the commercial launch of au 5G, cumulative sales of 5G devices exceeded 2.4 million units at the end of March 2021, expanding the commercial rollout.
  16. FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「Meanwhile, in March last year, the company began offering the fifth-generation mobile communications service “au 5G.”」

    Following the launch of commercial 5G services, advanced the full-scale commercial rollout by expanding 5G offerings to all customers and broadening 5G pricing plans.
  17. FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「In September this year, the company announced that it would sequentially launch, from October this year onward, 6 5G-compatible smartphones offering a broad lineup ranging from high-end models equipped with 108-megapixel high-resolution cameras to mid-range models with carefully selected features and models offering strong value for money. Going forward, all smartphones launched as au smartphones will be 5G-compatible.」

    For au 5G, which has already been commercialized, announced the addition of 6 models and a policy of making all future au smartphones 5G-compatible.
  18. FY2020AchievedAnnual report

    「In March this year, the company began offering “au 5G,” its commercial 5G service, in some areas across 15 prefectures nationwide.」

    Regarding 5G, which had been targeted for service launch in 2020, began commercial au 5G services in some areas across 15 prefectures nationwide. Progressed from 5G research and development to the commercial service stage.
  19. FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「In September this year, in preparation for the commercial launch of 5G services in March 2020, the company installed the first base station using the frequency bands allocated for 5G and commercial equipment and began transmitting radio signals. It will begin installing commercial 5G base stations nationwide in stages.」

    In preparation for the commercial launch of services in March 2020, began installing the first base station using the allocated frequency bands and commercial equipment and began transmitting radio signals, advancing to the nationwide rollout stage.
  20. FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「In addition, 5G trial services began this year, and the company is approaching a new era in which 5G/IoT will become fully established and a variety of services using advanced technologies will be created.」

    States that 5G, which had been targeted for service launch in 2020, had progressed to the stage of launching trial services.
  21. FY2019AdvancedAnnual report

    「Regarding 5G in particular, the company is working with a broad range of partner companies to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G, with the aim of launching trial services in September this year.」

    Made the previous policy of beginning service in some areas in 2019 more specific by setting a plan to launch trial services in September 2019. Its research and development activities included 14 5G proof-of-concepts.
  22. FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「The company will work with a broad range of partner companies to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G, with the aim of launching services in some areas from 2019.」

    Continues the plan to begin services in some areas from 2019, work with partners, verify technologies and create new services.
  23. FY2019-Q2RaisedAnnual report

    「The company will work with a broad range of partner companies to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G, with the aim of launching services in some areas from 2019.」

    Brought forward the planned launch from the previous target of 2020 to a plan aiming to begin service in some areas from 2019.
  24. FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「With the aim of launching 5G services in 2020, the company will work with a broad range of partner companies to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G.」

    Continues the plan to launch 5G services in 2020, work with partners, verify technologies and create new services.
  25. FY2018AdvancedAnnual report

    「In March 2018, the company established an area using a 28 GHz-band experimental system in the spectator stands at Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha and successfully conducted a proof-of-concept that simultaneously distributed 4K high-definition video to 50 5G tablet devices.」

    Against its policy of launching 5G services in 2020, the company successfully conducted a simultaneous 4K video distribution experiment to 50 devices using the 28 GHz band. Its research and development activities also include a successful optical fiber transmission experiment at 10.16 petabits per second.
  26. FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「Regarding next-generation mobile communications system “5G,” the company conducted an experiment last October with East Japan Railway Company to transmit 8K/4K video on a moving train using 5G, achieving the world’s first successful result. With the aim of launching services in 2020, it will work with a broad range of partner companies to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G.」

    Achieved the world’s first successful 8K/4K video transmission experiment on a moving train with East Japan Railway Company, and is advancing technology verification toward launching services in 2020.
  27. FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「With the aim of launching next-generation mobile communications system “5G” services in 2020, the company is working with a broad range of partner companies, including Samsung Electronics, Ericsson Japan and East Japan Railway Company, to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G.」

    Continues the plan to launch services in 2020, work with a broad range of partners, verify technologies and create new services.
  28. FY2018-Q1RaisedAnnual report

    「With the aim of launching 5G services in 2020, the company will work with a broad range of partner companies to accelerate technology verification and create new services using 5G.」

    Explicitly stated the timeline of launching services in 2020 and the approach of working with partners, verifying technologies and creating new services, in addition to its existing 5G research and development.
  29. FY2017AdvancedAnnual report

    「In February 2017, the company conducted a proof-of-concept in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band, one of the candidate frequency bands for 5G, to test handovers. It successfully completed handovers between vehicles traveling on urban roads and expressways and multiple base stations communicating through beamforming, achieving maximum throughput of 3.7 Gbps while the vehicles were in motion.」

    In its 5G research and development, the company successfully completed handovers between base stations while in motion using the 28 GHz band, achieving a maximum of 3.7 Gbps. In addition, an optical fiber transmission experiment measured spectral efficiency of 947 bit/s/Hz.
  30. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「The company is advancing research and development related to the fifth-generation mobile communications system, a next-generation mobile communications technology (hereinafter, “5G”), as well as advanced network operations technology required in the era of network virtualization.」

    States that coordination between the 60 GHz band and LTE reduced download times to one-fifth or less of those using LTE alone, offloaded up to approximately 90% of traffic, and achieved accuracy of more than 90% in detecting signs of anomalies using AI.
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  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Maximizing the au ecosystem, including payments, commerce, energy and financial services15×
  3. 2Launch of New Pricing Plans and Device Purchase Programs13×
  4. 3Maintaining a dividend payout ratio above 35%13×
  5. 4Treasury Share Acquisitions and Cancellations Targeting a Treasury Share Ratio of 5%13×
  6. 5IoT Cloud, Connectivity and Communications Services for Corporate Customers13×
  7. 6Expansion of financial services through au insurance and loans12×

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