NEC to Establish Mobile WiMAX Research Centre in Taiwan to Promote Global WiMAX Business
(ASSODIGITALE.IT) Tokyo and Taipei, May 14, 2007 --- NEC Corporation announced its plan to establish a mobile WiMAX research centre in Taiwan. This will form a part of NEC's global WiMAX business expansion strategy. A Memorandum of Understanding for the cooperation within the area of WiMAX business was signed today with the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The "Multimedia E2E R&D Center" will be established as part of the "M-Taiwan" project being lead by the Taiwanese Government. M-Taiwan is a national project to establish a networked information society and to cultivate IT-related industries in the domestic market. Taiwan aims to upgrade its IT infrastructure based on wireless broadband application technology and cultivate domestic industries related to WiMAX - two major objectives of the M-Taiwan project.
End-to-end live wireless development environments, using NEC's WiMAX base stations and application service platforms, will be provided at the new centre. NEC will open the centre to local equipment vendors to enable the implementation of inter-operability tests, supporting service providers and software vendors in the development and verification of application services. Demonstration results will be fed back to enable further development by NEC. The centre will be established in Taipei within 2007.
Currently, NEC is conducting a WiMAX trial as part of the M-Taiwan project with Tatung Company* and has demonstrated internet access and video streaming in Hualien city. As a result, Tatung plans to acquire an official WiMAX business license in June.
NEC will collaborate with Taiwanese WiMAX-related industries and contribute to the establishment of a ubiquitous society in Taiwan. By leveraging its experience and achievements in Taiwan, NEC plans to pioneer the global expansion of WiMAX business.
The "Multimedia E2E R&D Center" will be established as part of the "M-Taiwan" project being lead by the Taiwanese Government. M-Taiwan is a national project to establish a networked information society and to cultivate IT-related industries in the domestic market. Taiwan aims to upgrade its IT infrastructure based on wireless broadband application technology and cultivate domestic industries related to WiMAX - two major objectives of the M-Taiwan project.
End-to-end live wireless development environments, using NEC's WiMAX base stations and application service platforms, will be provided at the new centre. NEC will open the centre to local equipment vendors to enable the implementation of inter-operability tests, supporting service providers and software vendors in the development and verification of application services. Demonstration results will be fed back to enable further development by NEC. The centre will be established in Taipei within 2007.
Currently, NEC is conducting a WiMAX trial as part of the M-Taiwan project with Tatung Company* and has demonstrated internet access and video streaming in Hualien city. As a result, Tatung plans to acquire an official WiMAX business license in June.
NEC will collaborate with Taiwanese WiMAX-related industries and contribute to the establishment of a ubiquitous society in Taiwan. By leveraging its experience and achievements in Taiwan, NEC plans to pioneer the global expansion of WiMAX business.
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