Hakuhodo DY Media Partners and Telepathy’s Business alliance in research and development of communication services using wearable devices

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. and Telepathy, Inc. have announced that they have agreed to form a business alliance in research and development of communication services using wearable devices.

From mobile phones to smartphones to wearable devices, digital devices are expected to shift from “carry” to “wear”.Wearable devices such as eye-wear, watch, and outfit type devices have been released from various cutting-edge digital manufactures around the world.

Telepathy is a wearable device development company that has attracted attention from all over the world since their announcement of the development of the “Telepathy One”in March 2013. Telepathy One is the next-generation wearable device to be worn on the head. Hakuhodo DY Media Partners has been developing various communication services using digital technology and providing solutions to meet the needs of marketers as well as consumers, with “Technology Mirai Works”, a team consists of specialists with digital knowledge and business experience.

On the basis of the business alliance, while performing device development and manufacturing of the “Telepathy One”, Telepathy provides Hakuhodo DY Media Partners with information and progress of technical specifications and development in regards to the development and manufacturing of the “Telepathy One”. Hakuhodo DY Media Partners is responsible for providing human resources, ideas and know-how to support the research and development of communication services of “Telepathy One” to Telepathy. Combining Telepathy’s product development capabilities of wearable devices and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners’ idea development capabilities that capture the needs of consumers and the network power of the stakeholders, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners and Telepathy aim to develop communication services to lead the next generation utilizing the “Telepathy One”.