ASIA Hong Kong : NEC Corp confirmed that its High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) system has started operation in the commercial 3G service "Turbo 3G" of 3 Hong Kong, the mobile telecommunications operation of Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited. 3 Hong Kong's HSDPA service realizes a maximum downlink transmission speed of 3.6Mbps. This contract has been awarded to NEC and its 3G partner Siemens following a successful field trial on 3 Hong Kong's UMTS network.

During the field trial earlier this year, NEC's HSDPA-based UTRAN achieved a high level of performance and functionality, including high-speed internet access, consecutive data transmission and handover in a HSDPA service environment, while allowing flexible and variable changes in transmission speed. With NEC's HSDPA-based UTRAN, the subscribers can enjoy further comfortable communication environment for "X-series" service which 3 Hong Kong newly launched.

"The absolute success of NEC's HSDPA system operation in Hong Kong's largest 3G network highlights our thorough confidence in the high performance of a commercial HSDPA system. NEC is ready to deliver its HSDPA to commercial networks worldwide", said Toshiyuki Mineno, Senior General Manager at NEC's Carrier Solutions Business Unit. "Since Europe's first commercial services launch by Hutchison 3G in the UK in March 2003, NEC has delivered many 3G networks to Hutchison. This latest win is further testimony of our leading competence in this field and another great milestone in the continuing success of the highly reliable 3G and HSDPA network provided by NEC to Hutchison, together with our 3G partner Siemens. We fully intend to implement further HSDPA operation trials in Europe and Asia with the cooperation of local mobile operators to ensure the successful spread of our high performance HSDPA."

NEC's HSDPA system is jointly developed by NEC and Siemens. HSDPA can be easily added to existing Node-Bs with channel cards and downloaded software. As the pioneer of the global 3G W-CDMA market, NEC/Siemens alliance has achieved outstanding success. Over 90% of the world's 3G subscribers are communicating with 3G network technology provided by Siemens/NEC. In a report from April 2005, NEC/Siemens was positioned as No. 1 by the independent MM Research Institute in Tokyo in the 3G W-CDMA market for commercially installed Node-Bs with a 30.1 percent share of the worldwide market.

NEC at ITU Telecom World 2006 (NEC Stand at Hall 6, Stand N0.6002)
At ITU telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong from December 4th to 8th, 2006, NEC will be presenting NEC's Next Generation Network (NGN), which is realized through the utilization of the world's highest level of technological capabilities in both the IT and network field. With NEC's NGN, NEC will open the door to a "ubiquitous society" in which information is easily and safely accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime, empowering enterprises, societies and individuals.Our exhibits consist of Seamless Community (Theme Stage), Triple Play, Service Delivery Network, Heterogeneous Access, Secure Networking, Broadband Access, Mobile Network Application, Enterprise FMC Solution and others.

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