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NEC Corporation has recently commenced a full-scale mobile WiMAX
(16e)trial with Tatung Company (Tatung), a major Taiwanese
conglomerate companywhich runs manufacturing, sales of
consumer-electronics and LCDs, as well as ISP business. This
mobile WiMAX trial marks the first project to be conducted by NEC
outside of Japan, and will continue until September, 2007.
After receiving an order for the trial system from Tatung in
January of this year, NEC worked in collaboration with Tatung to
prepare for implementation of the trial in Hualien city, which is
located in the eastern part of Taiwan. Hualien city plans to
utilize the system for tourism and medical services in the
future. In this trial, NEC demonstrated internet access and
video streaming service which achieved 6 Mbps throughput per
user. It also verified the excellent performance of NEC's
WiMAX system by realizing smooth handover between base stations,
and stable in-vehicle access while running. As a result, Tatung
plans to acquire an official WiMAX business license in June.
NEC will aim to install commercial systems in Hualien,as well as
other service areas.
This trial was conducted as part of the "M-Taiwan" project being
lead by the Taiwan. M-Taiwan is a national project to
establish a networked information society and to cultivate
IT-related industries in the domestic market. Taiwan aims to
upgrade its IT infrastructure based on wireless broadband
application technology and cultivate domestic industries related to
WiMAX, including application services, which are one of the major
objectives of this project.
NEC signed a memorandum of understanding with a Taiwan's
affiliated organization in February this year as part of the
M-Taiwan project to cooperate with Taiwanese hardware and software
industries in the development of WiMAX related products and
applications. This will play an important role in the spread
of WiMAX.
Many government and telecom carrier officials are expected to
participate in the Asia Pacific WiMAX Conference &
Exhibition (May 14 - 15), which is sponsored by the Taiwan.
NEC is ready to receive existing and potential customers at the
event where NEC President Kaoru Yano will make the keynote speech
and NEC will present live demonstrations of WiMAX with Tatung.
NEC plans to use the valuable experience gained in the Tatung
project to deliver integrated network solutions worldwide.
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.
For additional information, please visit the NEC home page
at: http://www.nec.com
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