-Marks total sales of 1000 digital TV transmitter
systems-
Tokyo, April 26th, 2007 -- NEC Corporation today announced that
it completed the supply of 12 digital terrestrial TV transmitters,
which were ordered in July, 2006, to National Company of Radio and
TV Broadcasting (SNRT). The broadcasting system started
operations on March, 2007.
In the project carried out by SNRT, NEC supplied 12 digital
terrestrial TV transmitters that adopt the Digital Video
Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) standard to 6 major cities
including Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Tangier, Oujda, and Meknes.
This is the very first full-scale commercial digital terrestrial
broadcasting system in the Middle East and Africa, and covers 54%
of the population of Morocco.
In order to promote the spread of digital terrestrial TV, SNRT
is now working on more projects, for which NEC has supplied an
order for 10 digital terrestrial TV transmitters to 9 major local
cities in Morocco in March 2007.
Morocco expects to realize full switch over from analog to
digital in 2015, and the backbone network among transmitter
stations will be developed along with the spread of digital
terrestrial TV. NEC intends to contribute to the development of
Moroccan infrastructure by leveraging its comprehensive expertise
in the areas of broadcasting and telecommunications.
In 1997, NEC received an order for the world’s first digital
terrestrial TV transmitters from NTL in England. Since then, NEC
has supplied digital terrestrial TV transmitters worldwide, and
recently achieved cumulative sales of 1000 systems (note 1*).
(note 1) The 1000th digital terrestrial TV transmitter was
ordered from Nagasaki Broadcasting Company in Japan.
About NEC’s Broadcasting Business
NEC is a highly accomplished total solution provider of
broadcasting systems, having supplied transmitters and studio
equipment to customers in 103 countries worldwide over the past
eight decades. On the strength of extensive business inroads made
with broadcasting stations, NEC has built up the know-how and
experience needed to supply and support customers with the most
advanced and reliable systems available. This expertise stands out
in the digital TV transmitter field in particular. In 1998, NEC
supplied transmitters to the U.K. for start up of the world’s first
commercial terrestrial digital broadcasting commercial service.
Over the years since, NEC has delivered digital terrestrial systems
to more than 27 countries including Sweden, Finland, Spain,
Australia, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, India, Brazil,
Mexico, China, and Japan, emerging as the leading supplier of
digital TV transmitter equipment worldwide. NEC has supplied the
world with a running total of around 1100 digital TV transmitter
systems to date.
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
150,000 people worldwide.
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http://www.nec.com
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