NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS

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NTT Docomo Business launched a new cloud service on July 22, featuring U.S.-based Nutanix's AHV Hypervisor on its Smart Data Platform (SDPF) Cloud/Server. This service allows for per-minute metered billing of Nutanix software licenses, with zero upfront costs and no minimum contract period, marking it as a first-of-its-kind initiative in Japan. Previously, on July 15, NTT Docomo Business, FamilyMart, and NTT Docomo initiated a pilot program in Japan's Noto region. This program tests mobile retail stores designed to provide shopping services during normal operations and function as communications and disaster support hubs during emergencies. Earlier, on July 9, NTT Docomo Business, in collaboration with Toshiba and NEC, began constructing a 600-kilometer quantum cryptographic communication network directly linking Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. This network represents an advance in the range of practical Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology demonstrations and forms part of a larger initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). This followed an announcement on July 7 by NTT Docomo Business and NTT Data that they will begin offering a new cyber risk response service on July 31, utilizing frontier AI to assist corporate and infrastructure customers in managing vulnerabilities from detection through remediation and ongoing operations.