NEC has expanded its lineup of optical transceivers for 100Gb/s transmission, and has started selling the new ‘100G QSFP28 ZR4 BiDi,’ which extends transmission distance to 80km.

NTT Corporation, NTT EAST, NTT WEST, and NEC Corporation have jointly devised a connection configuration to add optical fibre sensing functions to the IOWN All Photonics Network (APN).

NEC is developing a technology that uses AI to analyse the trustworthiness of information on the Internet from multiple perspectives and support fact-checking.

NEC has developed a technology for measuring sea levels with high accuracy from greater distances using 3D LiDAR, a remote sensing technology.

NEC and Ursa Space Systems have agreed to collaborate on satellite image data analysis services.

NEC has successfully developed and demonstrated a radio-over-fibre system with a 1-bit fibre transmission method making it possible to affordably build stable millimetre-wave communication networks for Beyond 5G/6G.

NEC Corporation has announced its involvement in a successful demonstration of a superconducting circuit for qubit control within large-scale quantum computer systems.

NEC Corporation and NTT Corporation have announced that they have successfully conducted a first-of-its-kind transoceanic-class 7,280km transmission experiment using a coupled 12-core multicore fibre (*1), which consists of 12 optical signal transmission paths in a standard outer diameter optical fibre (0.125mm).

NEC Corporation together with Arm, Qualcomm Technologies, Red Hat, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have successfully demonstrated end-to-end operation of NEC's Open virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) and 5G Core virtual User Plane Function (vUPF) products using the HPE ProLiant servers running Arm Neoverse-based CPUs and the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card, with Red Hat OpenShift in conditions equivalent to a commercial environment.

In April 2024, NEC will launch a new User Plane Function (UPF) product for telecom operators that can be used to process user data traffic in 5G core networks.

NEC has developed a RAN autonomous optimisation technology that dynamically controls 5G Radio Access Networks (RAN) according to the status of each user terminal, dramatically improving the productivity of applications, such as the remote control of robots and vehicles. NEC will incorporate the technology into RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) and conduct demonstration tests using this technology by March 2025.

NEC Corporation has announced that its face recognition technology has been ranked the world’s most accurate in a benchmark test conducted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

NEC Corporation will showcase its latest digital transformation capabilities, including a wide range of AI and global network technologies, at MWC Barcelona 2024 from February 26-29th at Hall 2, Stand 2H40.

NEC together with Kimuraya and Abema TV have teamed up to produce AI bread with flavours inspired by the romantic Japanese television program, "I Fell in Love with you Today."

NEC has enhanced and expanded the performance of its lightweight large language model (LLM) and is scheduled to launch it in the spring of 2024.

Yazaki Corporation and NEC Corporation have successfully conducted a demonstration experiment utilising the ‘NEC Digital Robot Motion Planning Solution.’

NEC has been awarded a Requirements Compliant Silver Badge for a 400G transponder solution in support of the Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP) Phoenix initiative for developing a transponder architecture that will promote the use of disaggregated, open hardware and software.

NEC has developed a 150 GHz transmitter IC chip and supporting technologies in preparation for Beyond 5G and 6G mobile access radio communication systems.

NEC has obtained O-RAN Certification from Japan OTIC (Open Testing & Integration Centres) for its MB5450 5G base station radio unit (RU), certifying that the RU conforms with the O-RAN Fronthaul Interface Specifications established by the Open Radio Access Network Alliance (O-RAN ALLIANCE). This RU has been delivered to Rakuten Symphony and is being deployed globally.

NEC Corporation has conducted verification tests to evaluate the performance of massive-MIMO (mMIMO) utilising the 28GHz band.