20th September , 2006 -- NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) and NEC Europe Ltd. today announced the successful completion of assisted-GPS (A-GPS) interoperability testing (IOT) on a commercial GPRS/WCDMA network in Japan and London. IOT was conducted using QUALCOMM gpsOne®-enabled mobile phones and NEC’s proven location-information system built upon QUALCOMM’s QPoint™ platform to confirm the accuracy, protocol and end-to-end interoperability of Secure User Plane for Location (SUPL) Version 1.0.

 

SUPL Version 1.0, adopted by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), is a standards-based protocol that allows a mobile handset client to communicate with a location server and realizes a cost-effective way to provide higher-accuracy location-based services. NEC and QUALCOMM support the standard to meet the rapidly accelerating demand for higher-accuracy location-based services in Europe, North and South America and Asia.

 

“NEC is committed to the global success of location-based information services. In 2001, our technology enabled the first commercial user-plane location information system built in Japan,” said Ruth Brannvall, Head of Value Added Services, NEC Europe Ltd. “Today, the success of our IOT with QUALCOMM ensures the user-plane A-GPS location-information system is no longer dependent upon operators' control plane networks, providing continual improvements to mobile operators' location-based information services.”

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NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701; NASDAQ: NIPNY) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately 4,825 billion yen (approx. $41.2 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2006. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com/ or the newsroom: www.nec.co.jp.

 

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