TOKYO, JAPAN, November 21, 2006 --- NEC
Corporation announced that NEC will develop equipment for Super 3G
handsets, following a request for proposal from NTT DoCoMo, NEC
plans to deliver commercial Super 3G mobile handsets in 2010 to NTT
DoCoMo.
The Super 3G standard is expected to provide
super fast downlink data rates of over 100Mbps and uplink data
rates of over 50Mbps, low-latency data transmission and improved
spectrum efficiency. Super 3G features highly advanced versions of
high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) and high-speed uplink
packet access (HSUPA), which are W-CDMA packet transmission
technologies standardized by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project
(3GPP). The 3GPP, a telecommunications standards body, has been in
discussion to standardize Super 3G under the name Long Term
Evolution (LTE). The 3GPP plans to release LTE's final
specifications
in 2007, but has completed most of the
basic system designs at its June meeting. DoCoMo is thus set to
begin developing equipment for practical application of the Super
3G technology and started to accept supplier proposals from July
this year.
Aiming to complete the development of a
communication platform to realize the Super 3G mobile handsets
within 2009, NEC, together with Panasonic Mobile Communications
Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited, will actively promote development
efforts. As the main contractor of the joint development, NEC will
manage all of the joint development of the Super 3G communication
platform with Panasonic Mobile Communications and Fujitsu. .
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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
150,000 people worldwide.
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