NEC Establishes "Safer Cities" Strategy for Global Expansion of Public Safety Business

TOKYO, Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has combined its competitive technologies, products, and services to establish "Safer Cities," a new strategy for global expansion of its public safety business, while launching sales of globally available solutions in seven business domains.

To date, NEC has offered a wide range of safety solutions that combine state-of-the-art technologies, such as biometrics, sensors, and big data processing technologies. In addition to these solutions, NEC is currently developing common solution models, to fast track the global expansion of its safety business, while enhancing its overseas system integration capabilities and global customer base.

Under the new "Safer Cities" strategy, NEC has defined seven business domains. NEC will begin offering solutions in these domains through its 500-member global operation structure.

The following are the solutions and business domains that NEC will launch under the new Safer Cities strategy. For more information, visit at http://www.nec.com/safety

(1) Citizen Services & Immigration Control
(2) Law Enforcement
(3) Critical Infrastructure Management
(4) Emergency & Disaster Management
(5) Public Administration Services
(6) Information Management
(7) Inter-Agency Collaboration

NEC has already played an important role in more than 500 safety-related systems and projects in approximately 40 countries around the world. Going forward, NEC will leverage this wide deployment experience to develop technologies, products, and services, form partnerships, and actively offer solutions to customers in order to further enhance its global safety business and contribute to the creation of advanced social infrastructure.

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society.  For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.

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Seiichiro Toda        
NEC Corporation                    
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Joseph Jasper        
NEC Corporation     
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