Telecommunications

NTTドコモビジネス's new enterprise solutions, announced on October 8 and 7 in quick succession, together with its partnership in quantum technology, drove this week's telecom industry headlines.

Parent company NTT Docomo also maintained its central position in the brand's narrative, with the impact of the 3G service shutdown in early October and network-related announcements. KDDI strongly highlighted its user experience advantage through the results of a network quality survey published by Opensignal, sparking comparative debate among rival carriers. SoftBank drew attention again on October 8 with news on disaster communications cooperation in Okinawa. Rakuten Mobile and Okinawa Cellular also joined the same framework, so the collaboration among the three companies spread as a topic across the industry. Research firm Opensignal itself played a role in reigniting competition among operators through its Japan mobile network quality report. NTT showed its presence as a foundation of communications infrastructure through announcements from the group as a whole and from each business division. In satellite communications, which NTTドコモビジネス expanded on October 1, Starlink Business emerged as a partner. The enterprise network transformation solution 'docomo business RINK', announced by the same company on October 8, was also covered as a topic in the corporate communications field.

Overall, this week saw NTT Group's corporate and infrastructure strategies advance in parallel with the disaster response collaboration among KDDI, SoftBank, and Rakuten Mobile. The telecom industry's agenda moved along two pillars: enterprise services and social infrastructure.