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Joint proposal by NTT, KDDI, Fujitsu, NEC, and Rakuten Mobile adopted as Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications/NICT's "Innovative ICT Fund Projects for Beyond 5G/6G" for social implementation and overseas expansion oriented strategic program (common infrastructure technology establishment)
Oct 25, 2024 20:59 JST
NTT Corporation, KDDI Corporation, KDDI Research, Inc. participating in research and development as a research collaborator, Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation, and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. were selected by the Japan-based National Institute of Information and Communications Technology to conduct newly commissioned research in FY 2024 pertaining to a strategic program oriented toward social implementation and overseas expansion (common infrastructure technology establishment) for the Innovative ICT Fund Projects for Beyond 5G/6G.
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Regarding the transfer of sales functions related to NEC-brand PCs for commercial customers
Oct 17, 2024 10:38 JST
NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and NEC Personal Computers, Ltd. (NECPC) today announced an agreement to transfer the sales functions related to NEC-brand PCs for commercial customers from NEC to NECPC.
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Fujitsu to combat fake news in collaboration with leading Japanese organizations
Oct 16, 2024 11:35 JST
Fujitsu today announced that it has begun a project to develop a disinformation countermeasure platform alongside a consortium of leading academic and private sector organizations. Fujitsu was selected as a primary operator for this initiative in July 2024 through a public call for proposals by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) .
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NEC C&C Foundation Awards 2024 C&C Prize
Oct 15, 2024 12:34 JST
The NEC C&C Foundation today announced that the 2024 C&C Prize will be awarded to two groups for their contributions to the development and implementation of large-capacity, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical submarine cable systems, and to pioneering research of the Transformer deep learning model serving as the foundation of generative AI, which is used in various fields such as global internet, web applications, data science, and artificial intelligence, that support modern society.
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NEC Security Provides Cybersecurity Capacity Building Exercises for Pacific Island Countries
Oct 11, 2024 13:37 JST
NEC Security, Ltd., an NEC Group company, has been commissioned by Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to conduct cybersecurity capacity building exercises for Pacific island countries.
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IOWN All-Photonics Network with Optical Fiber Sensing Functions Achieves Wide-Area Traffic Flow Monitoring
Oct 01, 2024 16:44 JST
NTT Corporation, NTT EAST Corporation, NTT WEST Corporation and NEC Corporation have jointly devised a connection configuration to add optical fiber sensing functions to the IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN).
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NEC Secures Fifth Consecutive Worldwide Partner of the Year Award from Juniper Networks
Sep 19, 2024 12:08 JST
NEC Corporation, a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, has been recognized as a Juniper Partner of the Year for 2023 in the category of Worldwide SP Partner (Top SP Alliance & SP Channel) by Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-Native Networks.
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NEC Orchestrating Future Fund invests in Sakana AI to promote development of generative AI
Sep 18, 2024 12:02 JST
NEC Orchestrating Future Fund (NOFF), an ecosystem-based corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, has made an investment in Sakana AI, a Japan-based company that gathers technical talent from around the world to conduct research and development of generative AI.
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NEC uses AI to analyze the trustworthiness of information and support fact-checking
Sep 13, 2024 09:18 JST
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) is developing a technology that uses AI to analyze the trustworthiness of information on the Internet from multiple perspectives and support fact-checking.
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NEC Publishes ESG Initiatives Supporting Sustainable Growth of Companies and Society in "ESG Databook 2024"
Sep 12, 2024 14:13 JST
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has published the ESG Databook 2024, a report on its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives from April 2023 onwards.
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Launch of IOWN Network Solution for 400Gbps High-Speed Inter-Data Center Connections that Reduces Construction and Operation Costs by 50%, and power consumption by 40%
Sep 05, 2024 10:58 JST
The IOWN Network Solution (400G) (hereinafter, The Solution) combines the IOWN-related technologies of NTT Corporation (NTT) and those of IP Infusion Inc. (IP Infusion)(1), a leading software company in the United States, to realize high-speed, high-capacity, and low-power consumption communication.
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NEC Launches new system using Biometric Authentication Technology
Sep 03, 2024 09:38 JST
NEC Corporation will launch a new system using biometric authentication technology that is capable of quickly authenticating large numbers of people at one time, even while they are in motion.
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NEC Bio Therapeutics and AGC Biologics Announce Collaboration to Manufacture Personalized Cancer Vaccines
Aug 08, 2024 10:12 JST
NEC Bio Therapeutics and AGC Biologics have announced a partnership to advance the production of NECVAX-NEO1, an orally delivered, bacteria-based DNA vaccine designed to target patient-specific tumor neoantigens.
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NEC to deliver communications, facility control, and data collection systems for Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit in Indonesia
Aug 01, 2024 10:51 JST
NEC Corporation has received an order to build a communications system and a Facility Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition System (Facility SCADA System) for the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) North-South Line Extension Project Phase 2 from Larsen & Toubro Limited, a major India-based construction company and a specialized subcontractor of the main contractor Sojitz Corporation, a leading Japan-based trading company.
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NEC Publishes TNFD Report (2nd Edition)
Jul 29, 2024 21:50 JST
NEC Corporation has announced publication of the NEC TNFD Report (2nd Edition), a report disclosing business risks and opportunities related to natural capital(1), including biodiversity, based on the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) Final Recommendations v1.0(2) issued by the TNFD in September 2023.
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NEC hosts U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Jul 29, 2024 17:20 JST
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited NEC?s headquarters, where he toured the NEC Future Creation Hub showroom and engaged in discussions about NEC?s cutting-edge technologies.
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VitalLife and Bumrungrad International Hospital in Thailand Launch NEC's FonesVisuas Test: First Major Deployment Outside Japan, Revolutionizing Disease Risk Prediction
Jul 18, 2024 14:34 JST
VitalLife Scientific Wellness Center, a subsidiary of Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, recognized as one of Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals for four consecutive years (2021-2024), and NEC Corporation, a leader in IT, network and AI technologies, have announced the introduction of NEC's FonesVisuas Test in Thailand.
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NEC technology reliably measures sea levels from a greater distance
Jul 16, 2024 16:45 JST
NEC Corporation has developed a technology for measuring sea levels with high accuracy from greater distances using 3D Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR), a remote sensing technology.
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NEC transfers a portion of its shares in NEC Capital Solutions, an equity method affiliate
Jul 15, 2024 15:58 JST
NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has decided to transfer a portion of its shares in NEC Capital Solutions Corporation, an affiliated company accounted for by the equity method, to SBI Shinsei Bank, Ltd. The share transfer is scheduled to take place in October of this year.
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NEC awarded by e& for contributions to digital transformation and partnership strength
Jul 01, 2024 22:00 JST
NEC Corporation, a leading global IT and network transformation services provider, has received three awards from e& for its leadership and innovation in e&'s digital transformation and the two companies' long-standing partnership strength.
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NEC and Ursa Space collaborate on satellite image analysis services using one of the world's largest virtual constellations
Jun 20, 2024 12:20 JST
NEC Corporation and Ursa Space Systems Inc. (Ursa Space) have agreed to collaborate on satellite image data analysis services.
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NEC hosts New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
Jun 19, 2024 18:00 JST
NEC Corporation today announced that New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visited NEC's headquarters in Tokyo, where he toured the NEC Future Creation Hub, a customer experience center highlighting technologies and business.
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NEC develops compact millimeter-wave distributed antenna for Beyond 5G/6G through the development of a radio-over-fiber system enabling low power consumption
Jun 17, 2024 15:06 JST
NEC Corporation has successfully developed and demonstrated a radio-over-fiber system with a 1-bit fiber transmission method making it possible to affordably build stable millimeter-wave communication networks for Beyond 5G/6G.
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NEC announces external appointment of executive personnel
Jun 05, 2024 16:43 JST
NEC Corporation today announced that Hidetoshi Uriu joined NEC as Chief Investment Officer on June 1, 2024.
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Successful demonstration of a superconducting circuit for qubit control within large-scale quantum computer systems
Jun 03, 2024 17:58 JST
In support of the development of large-scale superconducting quantum computers, researchers with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest public research organizations in Japan, in collaboration with Yokohama National University, Tohoku University, and NEC Corporation, proposed and successfully demonstrated a superconducting circuit that can control many qubits at low temperature.
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Celonis and NEC begin Proof of Concept Integrating Generative AI and Process Intelligence
May 28, 2024 19:20 JST
Celonis SE (Celonis) and NEC Corporation began a proof of concept in May this year to integrate NEC's high-performance Japanese language generative AI with Celonis market-leading process intelligence platform.
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NEC X Invests in Agtech Startup Verdi, Integrates AI-Powered Platform with NEC's Cropscope Smart Farming Initiative
May 23, 2024 10:20 JST
NEC X, the Silicon Valley innovation accelerator backed by NEC's portfolio of advanced technologies, today announced a new investment in Verdi Expeditions Inc., the world's first scalable platform for farm automation and personalized plant healthcare.
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NEC Leverages RISE with SAP and AI to Build Business AI in Move to the Cloud
May 17, 2024 10:19 JST
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701; NEC) today announced NEC has selected SAP S/4HANA Cloud through the RISE with SAP solution, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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NEC X Invests in Public Safety Startup Multitude Insights, Scaling AI-Powered Collaboration and Information Sharing for Law Enforcement
May 08, 2024 09:24 JST
NEC X, the Silicon Valley-based innovation accelerator and venture studio backed by global IT leader NEC, today announced a new investment in Multitude Insights, the provider of a transformative AI-powered solution enabling greater collaboration and faster case resolution for law enforcement agencies and first responders.
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