- Commercial deployment follows successful operation in Hong
Kong field trials -
Tokyo, April 6th, 2006 --- NEC Corporation (NEC) today announced
that its High Speed Down link Packet Access (HSDPA) is to be
deployed in the 3G network of 3 Hong Kong, a subsidiary of
Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited. 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, 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.
“The absolute success of NEC’s HSDPA trials on 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 service 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.”
Amy Lung, Commercial Director - Consumer Market of 3 Hong Kong,
said, “3 Hong Kong once again charts the course in the development
of 3G in Hong Kong. With the successful trial and network rollout,
we are well positioned to be the first to provide 3 Hong Kong’s
supporters with supremely enhanced mobile communications
experience, once the HSDPA compatible devices are available. In
this significant stage of development, we are pleased to partner
with our existing 3G network supplier NEC who is renowned for its
proven expertise and global experience in deploying 3G and HSDPA
technology.”
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
installed Node-Bs with a 30.1 percent share of the worldwide
market.
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 NEC Electronics
Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people
worldwide and had net sales of 4,855 billion yen (approx. $45.4
billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2005.
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