London & Tokyo, May 3, 2016 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) will be sponsoring, speaking and exhibiting at the 10^th annual SCWS World 2016 conference (previously Small Cells, Carrier Wi-Fi and Small Cells Backhaul World) in London on May 10-11 at the Intercontinental O2 Hotel.

At the event, NEC will be showcasing its latest developments in small cell and Cloud-RAN (C-RAN) solutions. Dr Xinjie Yang, Manager, Global RAN Strategy, NEC Europe, will deliver a presentation titled "Cloud RAN makes Small Cells Smaller", outlining  the benefits that NFV based Cloud RAN architecture offers to the deployments of small cells, which in NEC’s view will be a solid step towards 5G networks. The presentation will be held on May 11th at 9:20 am. Costa Tsourkas, Head of Business Development, Small Cells, NEC Europe, will participate in a panel session on May 12^th titled “Realising revenue from Wi-Fi, DAS and Small Cell deployments”, discussing options to generate value from small cells beyond the already well-established subscriber acquisition and retention business cases.

NEC Smart Small Cells enable todays smart cities, smart enterprises and smart homes, paving the way to 5G and the future of networks. NEC’s future proof C-RAN and small cell technologies incorporate Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), virtualization, licensed and unlicensed spectrum and flexible front-haul and backhaul options to drive economies of scale, new revenue streams and ROI for carriers. NEC’s broad range of C-RAN and small cell solutions also deliver exceptional network capacity for superfast wireless broadband and low-latency connections for secure Machine to Machine (M2M)/Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

NEC's multimode Smart Small Cell Solutions support 3G, LTE and dual-carrier LTE with carrier aggregation as well as the emerging LTE-U, LTE-LAA technologies. Its ongoing partnerships also allow NEC’s customers to benefit from market-leading Software-Defined Networking-enabled Wi-Fi small cell solutions.

As a pioneer and leader in the small cells industry with a proven delivery track record, NEC has led extensive commercial deployments of a wide range of compact, energy-efficient products, advanced services and end-to-end solutions for enterprises, including financial institutions, hospitals and government offices that are rapidly enhancing network quality and capacity.

Toshiyuki Oishi, Head of Small Cells, NEC Europe said, “We are looking forward to taking the opportunity of this year’s event to renew our commitment to the wireless community, to share experiences from trials and commercial projects, develop business cases, discover ground breaking new products and services and build long-term business relationships”.

For more information on NEC's Small Cell solutions, please visit:
http://www.nec.com/en/global/solutions/nsp/sc2/index.html

For more information on SCWS, see http://www.scwsworld.com/

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