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Open RAN is still too new for Indian telcos right now
Open RAN tech hasn’t seen much traction among Indian telcos despite initial enthusiasm due to worries around its maturity, says a senior executive at NEC. Read more…
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NEC and SS8 certify Trans-Pacific lawful interception
Secure provisioning, monitoring, mediation, and handover of data from lawful interception have long been critical considerations for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) in the design and buildout of public networks. Full interoperability with lawful intelligence solutions Read more…
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DoCoMo and NTT unveil 6G partners – spot the metaverse reference!
NTT DoCoMo and NTT will partner with Fujitsu, NEC, and Nokia to conduct 6G experiments – which may or may not include the metaverse. Read more…
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NEC installs vibrating AI traffic monitoring system for NEXCO Central
NEC says its traffic monitoring system uses fiber optic sensing and AI to visualize traffic conditions by detecting vehicle vibrations. Read more…
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Facial recognition with masks – no problem for new NEC system
Japan’s NEC Corp has launched a facial recognition system that identifies people even when they are wearing masks. Read more…
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NEC and ARM to develop AI-enabled IoT for smart cities
NEC has announced a strategic collaboration with ARM to drive the development of secure IoT solutions for smart cities using artificial intelligence (AI). There is already a wide range of IoT connected devices in the Read more…
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NEC tapped to build BtoBE subsea cable connecting Frisco and HK
The Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE) consortium – which includes China Mobile International, Facebook and Amazon Web Services – has signed an agreement with NEC to build a submarine cable connecting Singapore, Hong Read more…
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DoCoMo and NEC find a way to reduce 5G antenna interference
NTT DoCoMo and NEC announced that they have succeeded in transmitting a 5G signal on the 4.5-GHz band to eight mobile terminals whilst using beamforming and inter-base station coordination to reduce interference. Some part of Read more…
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NEC and Google leverage AI to boost subsea cable capacity
NEC says it has carried out successful transmission tests with Google over a commercial long-haul subsea cable in which it more than doubled capacity using artificial intelligence (AI) and probabilistic shaping at a modulation of Read more…
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NTT DoCoMo taps NEC to upgrade existing base stations to 5G
NEC has announced an agreement with NTT DoCoMo to provide control units for 5G base station equipment to help DoCoMo down the road to commercialization of 5G services. NEC is slated to carry out development Read more…
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DoCoMo 28-GHz 5G trial connects car moving at 305 km/h
NTT DoCoMo announced that it has successfully completed a trial in which it managed to transmit data over the 28-GHz mmWave band between a 5G base station and a 5G mobile terminal mounted on a Read more…
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NEC and DoCoMo test 5G for remote medical exams
NEC says it has been participating with NTT DoCoMo in field trials of remote medical examinations in Wakayama prefecture using 5G. NEC provided a base station system as part of comprehensive 5G demonstration experiments carried Read more…
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New JGA cable to connect Japan, Guam and Australia by end of 2019
Yet another regional Asia-Pacific submarine cable system is on the way – the 9,500-kilometer Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) cable system, which is funded partly by Google, officially commenced construction on Wednesday. Ownership-wise, the JGA is technically two Read more…
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Facebook and seven telcos to build bigger, faster SEA-Japan cable
A new consortium comprising seven APAC telecoms players – plus Facebook – have signed a deal with NEC to build the Southeast Asia-Japan 2 (SJC2) submarine cable connecting nine countries across the region. The SJC2 Read more…
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Qualcomm, KDDI and NEC deliver 802.11ax carrier gateway
Qualcomm, KDDI and NEC Platforms have announced shipment of what they’re billing as the world’s first commercially available draft 802.11ax carrier gateway. The BL1000HW – scheduled for delivery to KDDI home subscribers in Japan this Read more…
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Lockheed Martin and NEC to take AI into outer space
NEC has announced that Lockheed Martin will use its AI-powered analytics engine, SIAT (System Invariant Analysis Technology), in space for various apps. SIAT uses data collected from sensors to learn the behavior of systems, including Read more…
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NEC wraps up AI-powered energy-efficient tower demo in India
NEC says it has completed a demonstration project in India to introduce energy management technology utilizing renewable energy, lithium-ion rechargeable battery systems and artificial intelligence at telecom tower sites with unstable power supplies. Mobile operators Read more…
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SEA-US subsea cable open for business, HK-G extension underway
RAM Telecom International (RTI) and NEC announced that the Southeast Asia-United States Cable System (SEA-US) is ready for commercial service, and that construction has begun on an extension of that system – the Hong Kong-Guam Read more…
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NEC, Netcracker and friends to build 5G SDN/NFV platform for Malaysia
NEC Corporation of Malaysia and Netcracker Technology will collaborate with Red Hat, Juniper Networks and Dell EMC to offer an end-to-end multivendor 5G-ready virtualization platform for service providers and enterprises in Malaysia. The partnership aims Read more…
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NTT and vendors demo multi-core fiber with standard diameter glass
NTT and six partners – KDDI Research, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Fujikura, Furukawa Electric, NEC and Chiba Institute of Technology – say they have demonstrated the world’s largest transmission capacity of 118.5 Tbps using a multi-core Read more…