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COMPANY NEWS by NEC/Telefonica: Telecommunications service provider Telefonica and NEC Corporation have entered an agreement to conduct Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) pre-commercial trials in Telefonica's four core global markets of Spain, Germany, the UK and Brazil.

NEC and Mavenir announced that they have jointly collaborated in a live 5G Open RAN massive MIMO deployment as part of Deutsche Telekom's initiative, "O-RAN Town".

NEC and Microelectronics Technology Inc (MTI), a network RF solutions provider, announced a collaboration to enhance the Open RAN ecosystem with a variety of radio options to cater to global 4G and 5G markets.

NEC announced the joint development of RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) in support of intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN). The two companies are aiming to reduce RAN operational costs, improve performance, and reduce power consumption through the use of RIC.

NEC announced the launch of new radio units (RU) for 5G base stations that are geared for global markets and are scheduled to be available in 2022.

Juniper Networks and NEC have worked closely together with Herotel to establish a commercial network in South Africa driven by segment routing. The network was designed to deliver fast and affordable user experience.

Japan's biggest mobile phone operator,Rakuten Mobile and NEC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote open radio access networks (Open RAN) in global mobile telecommunications markets.

Cloud data management vendor Rubrik has appointed Dean Kelly to the role of federal government and ACT regional sales director.

NEC has teamed up with its wholly-owned subsidiary and business support system vendor NetCracker and usage data platform DigitalRoute in a strategic partnership in which NEC will offer DigitalRoute's Usage Data Platform alongside its 5G mobile core network (5GC) in global markets.

NEC claims it has achieved the first demonstration of a distributed-MIMO 5G system in the millimetre-wave frequency band in an office environment.

The British Government says it will pump £1.6 million (A$2.9 million) into Japanese firm NEC to support a project to develop an open radio access network for 5G.

With the recent entry of NEC into the UK market as a 5G RAN supplier, and Dish Network entering the US 5G market building a new network from scratch using an open RAN (O-RAN) approach, the challenges are starting to mount against closed system vertically and horizontally integrated 5G RAN providers.

NEC has completed replacement of one of its first Australian digital microwave radio systems after 29 years of uninterupted service for the aviation industry.

Global security vendor Fortinet and NEC Australia have partnered to launch a managed cloud virtual private network (VPN) which they say is aimed at meeting the demands of the modern, distributed workforce.

Japan's NEC has been selected by the Asia Direct Cable Consortium to construct the 9,400-kilometre long Asia Pacific submarine cable which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.

Countries in the Asia Pacific region are showing keen interest in quantum computing and pledging significant investments, according to one analyst firm which says that the quest for quantum computing supremacy is set to gather momentum in the next few years.

IT solutions and services provider NEC Australia has secured a $39 million deal for transforming the WAN, LAN and IP telephony environments for the WA Police Force.

ICT services company NEC Australia has secured a $15 million deal to supply iPasolink Microwave radio equipment and professional services for one of the largest T1 mobile operators in Australia.

Japan’s dominant mobile operator NTT Docomo has started to plug gap left by the Abe government’s banning of Huawei equipment for its 5G network build, using NEC and Fujitsu for core and radio access network (RAN) components.

Melbourne firm Genix Ventures is utilising NEC’s NeoFace facial recognition solution to counter what it says is an increasing incidence of examination fraud, or people sitting exams for others.