NTT DOCOMO businesses overcome the challenges of the pandemic , but fully embrace the potential of Industry 4.0 . During the past year , when specialised labourers from Japan were unable to leave the country , NTT DOCOMO used 5G powered virtual reality ( VR ) headsets in order to support a partner in Thailand . “ Using our AceReal for DOCOMO AR headsets , skilled waterproof roof painters from Japan who couldn ' t travel to Thailand to do a job were able to give instructions to unskilled workers on site in real-time over a 5G connection with utilisation of DOCOMO Open Innovation Cloud , an MEC platform that directly connects to NTT DOCOMO ' s secure and lowlatency network ,” he explains .
Partnerships like this , Siddiqi continues , are key to NTT DOCOMO ’ s efforts to integrate 5G technologies into the modern enterprise . He explains : “ When you ' re approaching digital transformation , there ' s more to it than just leveraging cutting edge technologies into new customer experiences .” Unless the needs of the customer , and the underlying market forces at play , can be truly understood , “ 5G doesn ’ t mean anything ,” says Siddiqi , adding that in order to find the right contexts for deployment , “ Selection of the right partners is extremely important to delivering on the potential value of 5G .” “ We have 3,600 partners in Japan , who we are working with to develop new 5G solutions ”
HISAKAZU TSUBOYA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER , NTT DOCOMO , INC .
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HISAKAZU TSUBOYA
TITLE : SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF NTT DOCOMO ’ S 5G & IOT BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
LOCATION : JAPAN
Academic history
Completed the master ' s course of the Graduate School of Engineering , the University of Tokyo in March 1992 . 2003 Completed the MIT Sloan School Management of Technology ( Master of Engineering Management )
Career
• Apr . 1992 Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ( NTT )
• July 1992 Joined NTT Mobile Communications Network , Inc . ( The current NTT DOCOMO , INC .) Oct . 2005 Director , International Business Department ( technical planning ) and Director , Ubiquitous Services Department
• July 2008 Director , Frontier Service Department
• Feb . 2015 President of DOCOMO BIKE SHARE , Inc .
• July 2017 General Manager , Chiba Branch , NTT DOCOMO , INC .
• June 2019 General Manager of Solution Service Department
• July 2020 Senior Vice President , General Manager of 5G & IoT Business Department