The telecommunication company's R&D unit, which works alongside Silicon Valley start-ups, has moved to Palo Alto as it prepares to launch its first product.

NTTi3, the US-based research and development subsidiary of Japan-based telecommunications corporation NTT Group, has moved from Silicon Valley to a new office in Palo Alto, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The move comes as NTTi3 prepares to launch its first product, a cloud orchestration platform that incorporates technology from several of the start-ups with which NTTi3 has worked, in beta.

NTTi3 does not directly invest or acquire any startups, instead directing them to NTT’s corporate venturing arm NTT Docomo.…