Tokyo, December 4th, 2006 --- NEC Corporation
(NEC)today announced that its High Speed Downlink Packet Access
(HSDPA) system has started operation in the commercial 3G service
"Turbo 3G" of 3 Hong Kong, the mobile telecommunications operation
of Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited. 3 Hong Kong's
HSDPA service realizes a maximum downlink transmission speed of
3.6Mbps. This contract has been awarded to NEC and its 3G partner
Siemens following a successful field trial on 3 Hong Kong's UMTS
network.
During the field trial earlier this year, NEC's HSDPA-based
UTRAN achieved a high level of performance and functionality,
including high-speed internet access, consecutive data transmission
and handover in a HSDPA service environment, while allowing
flexible and variable changes in transmission speed. With NEC's
HSDPA-based UTRAN, the subscribers can enjoy further comfortable
communication environment for "X-series" service which 3 Hong Kong
newly launched.
"The absolute success of NEC's HSDPA system operation in Hong
Kong's largest 3G network highlights our thorough confidence in the
high performance of a commercial HSDPA system. NEC is ready to
deliver its HSDPA to commercial networks worldwide", said Toshiyuki
Mineno, Senior General Manager at NEC's Carrier Solutions Business
Unit. "Since Europe's first commercial services launch by Hutchison
3G in the UK in March 2003, NEC has delivered many 3G networks to
Hutchison. This latest win is further testimony of our leading
competence in this field and another great milestone in the
continuing success of the highly reliable 3G and HSDPA network
provided by NEC to Hutchison, together with our 3G partner Siemens.
We fully intend to implement further HSDPA operation trials in
Europe and Asia with the cooperation of local mobile operators to
ensure the successful spread of our high performance HSDPA."
NEC's HSDPA system is jointly developed by NEC and Siemens.
HSDPA can be easily added to existing Node-Bs with channel cards
and downloaded software. As the pioneer of the global 3G W-CDMA
market, NEC/Siemens alliance has achieved outstanding success. Over
90% of the world's 3G subscribers are communicating with 3G network
technology provided by Siemens/NEC. In a report from April 2005,
NEC/Siemens was positioned as No. 1 by the independent MM Research
Institute in Tokyo in the 3G W-CDMA market for commercially in
stalled Node-Bs with a 30.1 percent share of the worldwide
market.
NEC at ITU Telecom World 2006 (NEC Stand at Hall 6, Stand
N0.6002) At ITU telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong from December 4th
to 8th, 2006, NEC will be presenting NEC's Next Generation Network
(NGN), which is realized through the utilization of the world's
highest level of technological capabilities in both the IT and
network field. With NEC's NGN, NEC will open the door to a
"ubiquitous society" in which information is easily and safely
accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime, empowering enterprises,
societies and individuals.Our exhibits consist of Seamless
Community (Theme Stage), Triple Play, Service Delivery Network,
Heterogeneous Access, Secure Networking, Broadband Access, Mobile
Network Application, Enterprise FMC Solution and others. http://www.nec.com/telecom2006/
About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (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
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