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NEC positions the Social Infrastructure
business, which helps to achieve a secure and
reliable society, as one of its four core
businesses. To develop advanced social
infrastructure, it is crucial to cover the entire
sequence of events from gathering data about
the real world using sensing technology, to
efficiently transmitting the gathered data over
networks, and using the new added value
created through the processing and analysis
of such data to aid decision-making. NEC
possesses core technologies in sensing,
networking, information processing and other
areas that underpin such infrastructure. NEC
has also developed systems integration
technology in the course of numerous large-
scale systems integration projects. By taking
full advantage of these assets, we believe that
we can deliver social infrastructure solutions
totally unique to NEC.
To illustrate, NEC possesses a broad
range of sensing technologies such as high-
sensitivity infrared sensors that can image
objects through the detection of infrared
radiation, and high-sensitivity cameras that
can take color pictures even in brightness
settings as dim as starlight, as well as
underwater sensors that can detect intruders
based on underwater acoustics and other
factors. NEC combines these sensors with
technical advances such as video analysis
technologies that detect people and
behavior in real time based on NEC’s
network technology and video surveillance
technology. As a result, NEC is able to
provide optimal solutions for the surveillance
of key facilities that require a particularly
sophisticated level of security, such as
airports, railways, power plants and harbors.
By taking these solutions to an even higher
level, NEC believes that it may be able to
predict and forecast systems disruptions and
incidents, as well as crime, in the future.
In the safety field, including facility
surveillance and disaster prevention systems,
NEC will accelerate the development of new
solutions that integrate its technology assets,
with the goal of developing smart social
infrastructure worldwide in the coming years.
X-info Table integrated information
monitoring and analysis support solution
Emergency mobile
network
Unmanned
compact aerial
surveillance vehicle
Surveillance system
for suspicious vehicles/
persons
Biometrics
identification (face
and fingerprint)
Sensors installed
on seafloor Maritime visualiza- tion system
AEROEYE
Imaging sensor
ILLUSTRATION OF HARBOR SECURITY SYSTEM
communications infrastructure for LTE services to
Japanese telecom carriers, while promoting sales to
overseas telecom carriers through collaboration
with other companies. Efforts are also focused on
expanding NEC’s market share by enhancing the
product competitiveness of its ultra-compact
microwave communications system, PASOLINK.
Additionally, in submarine cable systems, NEC will
steadily execute large projects and seismic
observation system projects. Another priority is to
make the most of the business support system
(BSS) operations acquired from Convergys
Corporation of the U.S. in order to enhance service
operations for overseas telecom carriers. In addition
to these measures, NEC plans to increase upfront
investment in future growth, in such areas as next-
generation operational support systems (OSS) and
business support systems (BSS), carrier cloud, and
OpenFlow technology.
(3) Social Infrastructure Business
In Japan, business opportunities are being spawned
by developments including the rebuilding of social
infrastructure systems in association with disaster
Social Infrastructure Business
Creating a Safety Business Through a Multi-Faceted
Combination of Technology Assets
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Annual Report 2012