Akasaka Tec Inc. in Yokohama concluded a technical support program, "AU Fit All Program" with KDDI.(Akasaka Tec Inc. Address: Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-city,Name of the president: Junnichi Kase,Phone: 045-789-4041)In April 2003, they will start a map information system for companies called (GIS) service (Web GIS) which utilizes KDDI's GPS mobile phone with a digital camera.Information including letters, numbers, and images on maps that are multilaterally gathered and the information is provided to the mobile phones.
As of September 2002, total number of the Internet accounts for mobile phones are more than 57 million. Akasake Tec Inc. estimated that 10% of the total numbers of the Internet accounts for mobile phones are used by companies, and plans to obtain more than 10,000 users for the service in the first year, and 100,000 users by the third year.With high-speed communication infrastructures being popularized, Akasaka Tec Inc. provides users with multilateral map information service in remote areas making use of KDDI's GPS mobile phones with a digital camera.The service fee for each mobile phone is 2,000 yen per month.
In fact,they provide electric power and gas companies with images attached to map information and local public bodies with the images of the current situation of the infrastructure, the recovery situation for disasters, or the amount of pollution going into the ocean.Users of the mobile phone service can do remote control of maintenance and actual work, operation, delivery of products, or payments.Since the users can make use of the information service with their mobile phones, they can save money for gathering information they need. In the future, Akasaka Tec Inc. will provide greater contents and will develop the application software for the services which are suitable for five or six industries, including distribution and things related to the environment.

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