NICT

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is Japan’s national research institute for information and communications technology. NICT conducts research and development in electromagnetic technologies, networking, wireless communications, cybersecurity, and quantum ICT. NICT’s Space-Time Standards Group maintains and disseminates Japan Standard Time and also develops Wi-Wi, a precision wireless time synchronization technology, exploring its applications in distributed timing, data centers, broadcasting, positioning, and resilient timing systems.