Asia Netcom Delivers NEC's IPv6 Multicast Video Streamin
PRNewswire -- August 13, 2003 (9:35 a.m. ET)
Asia Netcom Delivers NEC's IPv6 Multicast Video Streaming Solutions
NEC Provides Next Generation Multimedia Applications to Businesses And Government Agencies in Japan Across Asia Netcom's Fiber Optic Infrastructure
TOKYO, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Netcom today joins NEC in announcing the launch of a powerful regional application-driven solution for business and government agencies in Japan. The NEC solution is delivered over Asia Netcom's pan-Asian fiber infrastructure and features end-to-end IPv6 support, including network deployment, content delivery and service provisioning. The new product will bring to market a cost-efficient multicast solutions package that facilitates next generation applications such as e-learning and security monitoring systems for both Japanese corporations and government agencies. ''We are pleased to be a strategic partner in providing network support to NEC in the deployment of key enhancements to their IPv6-based product portfolio, '' said Bill Barney, Asia Netcom's president and chief operating officer. ''This partnership enables NEC to fully leverage Asia Netcom's MPLS- based network to deliver voice, data and multi-media services to customers in Japan with unsurpassed quality, scalability, security and cost savings.'' NEC and Asia Netcom have agreed to jointly provide IPv6 multicast broadcast applications in Japan, based on NEC's multicast solutions and router provisioning, with Asia Netcom providing the network and IPv6 addressing. Combining the two company's systems integration capabilities, this total solution will not only be secure and cost-effective but provides robust support for high quality broadband content and IP VPN applications. According to NEC, IPv6 multicast video applications currently being adopted by local businesses and government agencies in Japan include:
-- Video broadcast to multiple locations for corporate seminars, presentations, etc; -- New service and product training to multiple office locations and franchisees; -- Security monitoring of factories and branch offices in multiple sites across Japan; and -- Local information distribution and public announcements from government sources to locally set up kiosks across Japan.
Through utilization of IPv6, customers with issues related to duplication of IPv4 private addresses, which may occur in the expansion of a VPN network, or complications with mobile IP or VoIP would be provided with immediate solutions with minimal interruption to their existing LAN environment. NEC and Asia Netcom expect total sales of IPv6 solutions to reach JPY5 billion in three years in Asia, including Japan.
About Asia Netcom Asia Netcom is a leading provider of city-to-city connectivity, data communications and IP-based solutions and services to enterprise, ISP and carrier customers in the Asia Pacific region. Formed in 2003 by a consortium including China Netcom, Newbridge Capital and Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund, Asia Netcom is headquartered in Hong Kong with local offices in all major Asian markets, the US and Europe. Asia Netcom owns and operates its own 19,500-km regional fiber optic submarine cable system and offers a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise and carrier services that connect Asia to the rest of the world, while providing global corporations direct access to key markets in Asia and China. For more information on Asia Netcom, please visit us at asianetcom.com .
About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (Nasdaq: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of approximately $40 billion in the fiscal year ended March 2003. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: nec.com .
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