Emerging Markets Opportunities For NTT Urban Planning Research

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Japanese incumbent mobile operator NTT DoCoMo will conduct a joint research project with the University of Tokyo on urban planning based on mobile spatial statistics. The project will collect data from mobile users in Kashiwa City, Tokyo, from November 1 2010 to March 31 2011. BMI welcomes the integration of telecoms technology into urban planning and believes that mobile information provides rapid insight into societal trends. We also think that there could be similar benefits if these methods are applied in emerging markets.