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NEC and Sumitomo Corporation Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement to Expand Global Sales of the CropScope Agricultural ICT Platform

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Monday, March 4, 2024

TOKYO, Mar 4, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand global sales of NEC's agricultural ICT platform CropScope.

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  • TOKYO, Mar 4, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to expand global sales of NEC's agricultural ICT platform CropScope.
  • Based on this partnership, NEC and Sumitomo aim to develop markets mainly in South America and the ASEAN region by utilizing Sumitomo's global network.
  • Through this partnership, CropScope is initially being introduced on a trial basis to major sugar companies in Thailand and Brazil.
  • Through this partnership, Sumitomo will utilize its global network to expand CropScope's sales area to Thailand, Brazil, and India, aiming for business growth.

NEC named to list of Top 100 Global Innovators by Clarivate for 13th consecutive year

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

TOKYO, Mar 7, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has been named to the list of Top 100 Global Innovators 2024 by Clarivate Plc., which selects companies and organizations that "sit at the very top of the global innovation ecosystem, with the most consistent above-the-bar innovation performance."

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  • TOKYO, Mar 7, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has been named to the list of Top 100 Global Innovators 2024 by Clarivate Plc., which selects companies and organizations that "sit at the very top of the global innovation ecosystem, with the most consistent above-the-bar innovation performance."
  • This is the 13th* consecutive year that NEC has been selected for the award.
  • *Only 18 organizations in the world have been selected for this award for 13 consecutive years.ShareNEC's intellectual property activities.
  • Top 100 Global Innovators 2024: https://clarivate.com/top-100-innovators/

Transgene, NEC, and BostonGene Expand Collaboration for Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Neoantigen Cancer Vaccine TG4050

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

BostonGene is partnering with NEC and Transgene to continue performing tumor molecular profiling and microenvironment analysis and provide high-throughput sequencing services.

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  • BostonGene is partnering with NEC and Transgene to continue performing tumor molecular profiling and microenvironment analysis and provide high-throughput sequencing services.
  • The partnership with BostonGene will enable fast turnaround of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, and sophisticated analytics will enable comprehensive profiling of patient immune contexture.
  • "Our collaboration with BostonGene has provided in-depth information on patient phenotypes in the Phase I trial.
  • "We are committed to supporting Transgene and NEC as they advance these clinical trials," said Nathan Fowler, MD, Chief Medical Officer at BostonGene.

Cisco, NEC and TIM Brazil improve TIM Brazil network quality with automation and advanced data analytics to enhance business customers experience

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Friday, March 1, 2024

The collaboration aims to improve TIM Brazil network performance, service quality and end-to-end visibility, providing an enhanced experience for customers business of all sizes.

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  • The collaboration aims to improve TIM Brazil network performance, service quality and end-to-end visibility, providing an enhanced experience for customers business of all sizes.
  • TIM Brazil, leading 5G mobile operator and leader in network coverage in Brazil, has identified key areas for improvement, including end-to-end visibility, automation, and network quality.
  • The company aims to continue its journey of quality improvement, offering a premium network quality and availability to its customers.
  • Our Center of Excellence (CoE) places a strong emphasis on network automation to enhance our customer's operations and network quality.

NEC Selected by NTT DOCOMO as a Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) Vendor

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Monday, February 26, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (DOCOMO) as a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) vendor for DOCOMO's nationwide 5G commercial network services.

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  • TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (DOCOMO) as a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) vendor for DOCOMO's nationwide 5G commercial network services.
  • Going forward, NEC plans to provide DOCOMO with vRAN for use in creating flexible and highly scalable 5G networks to be operated on the company's commercial networks.
  • NEC already provides virtualization technologies for vEPC (*3) for DOCOMO's 4G commercial services and 5G mobile core network (5GC).
  • Michio Kiuchi, Corporate Executive Vice President of NEC said, "We are honored to be selected by DOCOMO as a commercial 5G vRAN vendor.

Clear Mobitel Successfully Deploys NEC 5G SA Cloud Native Core Network to Accelerate the Adoption of Innovative 5G Solutions in the UK and the Channel Islands

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Clear Mobitel Ltd., and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) have announced the successful deployment of NEC's state-of-the-art 5G Standalone (SA) Cloud Native Core Network solution in the UK to accelerate the delivery and adoption of advanced 5G services.

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  • TOKYO, Feb 22, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Clear Mobitel Ltd., and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) have announced the successful deployment of NEC's state-of-the-art 5G Standalone (SA) Cloud Native Core Network solution in the UK to accelerate the delivery and adoption of advanced 5G services.
  • This initiative with NEC is set to accelerate the delivery and adoption of advanced 5G services.
  • Clear Mobitel will utilise this cutting-edge 5G core technology to support its software-centric ecosystem approach to remain agile and responsive to meet customer needs.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with NEC to leverage their innovative 5G Core solution in the UK.

NEC UPF Achieves Industry-Leading High Performance in 5G Core Networks, reaching 1.3Tbps Throughput

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has confirmed that its User Plane Function (UPF) for processing user data traffic in 5G core networks (5GC) has achieved an industry-leading throughput of 1.3Tbps per server on Intel servers with 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

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  • TOKYO, Feb 22, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has confirmed that its User Plane Function (UPF) for processing user data traffic in 5G core networks (5GC) has achieved an industry-leading throughput of 1.3Tbps per server on Intel servers with 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.
  • In recent years, NEC has been working to improve UPF performance and its processing efficiency by applying advanced approaches such as optimizing CPU processing, accelerating memory access, and reducing memory access delays(1).
  • NEC has also been continuously evaluating the latest hardware to improve performance and has now successfully confirmed the groundbreaking high throughput of 1.3Tbps in testing of a UPF on servers using 4th generation Intel Xeon scalable processors.
  • This achievement helps to significantly improve the performance of mobile network traffic processing, as well as contributing to lower power consumption and costs.

NEC, Arm, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise demonstrate Open vRAN and 5G Core UPF using Arm-based CPUs

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.

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  • NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.
  • They support multiple servers and virtualization platforms and are highly flexible and scalable for a variety of network scenarios and configurations.
  • The new solution includes the HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 powered by Ampere Altra Arm Neoverse-based processors with the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.
  • HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 servers offer an open and power-efficient platform for telco environments, broadening operator choice of infrastructure foundations for vRAN networks."

NEC launches new User Plane Function (UPF) product for telecom operators, aiming to achieve networks for the Beyond 5G/6G era

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Accordingly, service-level agreements (SLA, *3) will become more diversified, requiring low latency, high reliability, stable throughput, and more.

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  • Accordingly, service-level agreements (SLA, *3) will become more diversified, requiring low latency, high reliability, stable throughput, and more.
  • The enhancement of the built-in DPI function has made it possible to visualize and convert the data required for each application type used.
  • It not only gives telecom operators greater freedom in building their networks, but it also reduces deployment time, accelerates service delivery, and maximizes revenue.
  • (3)SLA is an agreement signed between a service provider and a customer that sets the purpose and standards related to service quality and performance.

NEC Develops AI Technology for Robotics Capable of Autonomous and Advanced Handling of Disorderly Placed Items

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

- Using "World Models," NEC's AI technology for robotics enables precise actions in response to the environment, contributing to improved productivity and work-styles -

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  • - Using "World Models," NEC's AI technology for robotics enables precise actions in response to the environment, contributing to improved productivity and work-styles -
    TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed AI technology for robotics that enables precise handling operations on unorganized and disorderly placed items.
  • According to NEC research, this is the world's first technology of its kind to be applied to robot operations.
  • The handling of objects performed manually at a work site are executed by a combination of various actions.
  • This has been attracting attention in recent years as a key technology for autonomous control.Share