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Focused on end-to-end M2M services for businesses
Tokyo, February 23, 2012 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and Transatel, a leading MVNE in Europe, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance to explore end-to-end M2M service opportunities for businesses in Europe.
This partnership enables NEC to leverage Transatel's innovative capabilities as the first multi-country MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) and the first European MVNE (Mobile Virtual Network Enabler) / MVNA (Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator). The agreement will allow the companies to deploy and operate connectivity management solutions, including core networks, and to provide end-to-end M2M services for enterprises.
"NEC and Transatel customers reach across a broad range of business verticals that can expand business through the use of M2M services in areas that include the construction, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics fields. This agreement will enable NEC to provide its customers with immediate access to M2M services throughout Europe," said Mr. Shigeru Okuya, Vice President and Senior General Manager, NEC Corporation. "Our partnership with Transatel is a great opportunity to mutually extend our focus on M2M business capabilities for international enterprises, including Japanese businesses in the manufacturing industry."
Commenting on the agreement, Mr. Jacques Bonifay, CEO of Transatel said, "NEC is a strong market leader and has successfully deployed M2M services across the globe by capitalizing on their expertise providing end-to-end services and applications to internationally minded enterprises. We are proud of NEC's recognition of Transatel's technological expertise with MVNO and M2M business as well as our European footprint. This partnership will enhance NEC's M2M services and enable it to deliver innovative end-to-end services and applications to businesses."
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About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company’s experience and global resources, NEC’s advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com .
About Transatel
Transatel is a European company founded in August 2000 with headquarters in Paris France and operations in France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. Transatel is a leading actor in the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) space and the M2M (Machine-to-Machine) space as Enabler (MVNE), Aggregator (MVNA) and Operator (MVNO). Transatel offers turnkey solutions to Mobile Operator and companies wishing to launch an MVNO service and/or support innovative and flexible M2M services. As MVNE, Transatel is already connected to 8 major mobile operators in Europe (Bouygues Telecom and Orange in France, Orange in Switzerland, Everything Everywhere in the UK, Base and Mobistar in Belgium, Telfort in the Netherlands and Tango in Luxembourg).
For more information, please visit www.transatel.com/, www.transatel-solutions.com and www.transatel-m2m.com
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. ©2012 NEC Corporation.
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PRESS CONTACTS:
Takehiko Kato
NEC Corporation
+81-3-3798-6511
t-kato@cj.jp.nec.com
Joseph Jasper
NEC Corporation
+81-3-3798-6511
j-jasper@ax.jp.nec.com
Masako Hirano
NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
+65 6379 2570
m-hirano@nec.com.sg
Eliza Lim
NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
+65 6379 2571
eliza_lim@nec.com.sg
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