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For Further Growth
The environment for business targeting telecom carriers
is expected to be marked by an ongoing increase in
data traffic, and in the mid-term, the global need for
network infrastructure is trending upward. At the same
time, in the near term no significant increase is forecast
in capital investments by carriers, meaning that for the
time being, growth is expected to remain moderate in
this market.
Under฀this฀operating฀environment,฀NEC฀will฀continue฀
to focus mainly on wireless broadband access,
submarine cable systems and mobile backhaul, as it
works to increase sales.
In wireless broadband access, in addition to meeting
domestic demand for LTE networks, NEC will focus on
efforts to build on its track record overseas, including a
joint project with Sumitomo Corporation to build
infrastructure in Myanmar, which is now receiving
Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Japan. In
submarine cable systems, NEC will steadily seize
demand for the shift to broadband networks, working
to execute existing projects and capturing new deals. In
the mobile backhaul business, NEC aims to expand
market share through expanded sales of new products
and by promoting cost reductions to enhance cost
competitiveness.
In addition to these efforts, NEC will focus on
expansion of TOMS and SDN, core businesses for
future growth. As network infrastructure scales up and
becomes increasingly complex, the need to streamline
operations management and reduce costs has become
a major issue. As a result, telecom carriers are looking
to TOMS and SDN solutions as a means of resolving
those issues.
In the TOMS business, NEC is building on the global
track record of NetCracker Technology Corp. to expand
sales to telecom carriers as one of the top providers of
complete OSS and BSS. At the same time, NEC will
expand this business by working to offer these
solutions to companies other than telecom carriers,
including those in the electric power and logistics
industries. In the SDN business, NEC is already building
on its lead in development, having begun collaboration
with Spain’s Telefónica S.A. in solutions development,
and in a joint evaluation project with Portugal Telecom,
and accelerating its efforts to quickly bring practical
applications to the world’s advanced carrier markets.
NEC will further work to deploy those achievements in
emerging nations, expanding the business globally.
A wireless outdoor unit, the smallest and lightest of its kind
in the world, for ultra-compact microwave communications
systems (iPASOLINK)
NEC has received an order for a core
optical transmission network in Myanmar
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