Establishing a Safe and Secure Society

Ensuring an Information Exchange Network in Disaster-hit Regions with a Robust Inter-Public Facilities Hotline System

NEC Technologies Play a Part at the FIFA World Cup

NEC Internet Safety Classes

Global society faces various issues, including addressing natural disasters, responding to burgeoning healthcare and medical needs, enhancing information security and ensuring human security.
Here, we spotlight how we are helping establish a society where people can lead safer and more secure lives. Examples include an inter-public facilities hotline system and an ICT system for FIFA World Cup stadiums.

Ensuring an Information Exchange Network in Disaster-hit Regions with a Robust Inter-Public Facilities Hotline System

Delivery to Elementary and Junior High Schools and Other Public Facilities in Iwate Prefecture’s Rikuzentakata City

The Great East Japan Earthquake damaged the public network in Rikuzentakata City, causing communication difficulties stemming from cable severances and extreme line overload. This greatly affected communications between such public facilities as elementary and junior high schools and other public facilities that served as shelters.
After disasters and other emergencies occur, fax-based communications become vital for handling evacuee rosters, and sending handwritten maps and messages in their original state, and providing massive volumes of visual information that is difficult to convey orally.
NEC delivered a robust disaster hotline system for communications between Rikuzentakata City’s elementary and junior high schools and other public facilities. The system combines an IP announcement broadcasting system with the existing public network. This setup has established proper phone and fax communication between local public facilities even if a disaster occurs.
So that school staffers can use it without confusion during emergencies, the system functions as a regular contact network between elementary and junior high schools.

Municipalities around Japan have drawn from the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake in reinforcing and rebuilding means of conveying and sharing information that is vital in disasters. Schools and other public facilities not only secure the safety of students and staffers but also function as disaster centers and shelters for residents, making it essential to maintain more robust information and communications infrastructures.
NEC will take advantage of its advanced wireless technologies, disaster information systems, and other knowhow to promote the use of this system going forward. NEC will also propose the system to hospitals, nursing care facilities, and community centers, as well as to elementary and junior high schools around Japan that serve as disaster refuges, thereby contributing to community safety and security.

NEC Technologies Play a Part at the FIFA World Cup

Supporting Stadium Construction and Smart City Plans for the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament held every four years, will be hosted by Brazil in 2014 in 12 cities around the country. And Brazil is also gearing up for the Summer Olympic Games in 2016. Stadium construction and other tournament preparations are progressing at a fever pitch in the host cities, and NEC is heavily involved in a number of construction projects.
NEC is in charge of building ICT systems at 4 of the 12 official World Cup stadiums and at 1 quasi-official stadium. The stadiums all boast state-of-the-art designs that incorporate advanced technology as well as sustainability, environmental and safety considerations. They will be leading examples of sporting facilities in Latin America.
n Brazil, which is undergoing rapid economic growth, the smart city concept is being developed in urban districts, starting with the areas around the stadiums, to help ensure development continues in the host regions even after this large-scale national event is over. NEC will be involved in this project as well and plans to support the creation of mechanisms for contributing to sustained growth while limiting environmental impact through the establishment of smart services that include ICT development and network infrastructure.

Building Stadiums Where Entire Families Can Enjoy Watching Matches Safely

Initiatives at Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador City

NEC is responsible for the ICT systems to be installed in the renovated Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, which is located in Salvador in eastern Brazil and has a capacity of roughly 48,000 spectators. We will build systems for a complete ICT infrastructure that will include an IP network that can simultaneously handle voice, data and video, a high-speed, large-capacity wireless network, jumbo display screen and more. Using this infrastructure, a range of information will be communicated and displayed in the stadium, and a security system, stadium management system, disaster preparedness system and other systems will be established with centrally controlled security cameras, a first for a stadium in the state of Bahia, where Salvador is located. The jumbo display screen and extensive digital signage will be utilized for outdoor advertising and to display a variety of information.

Initiatives at Grêmio Stadium in Porto Alegre

The new stadium for the football powerhouse Gremio built in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil is a multi-purpose facility and one of the premier stadiums in Latin America with cutting-edge design features and the latest in advanced technology. This large stadium meets FIFA standards with seating for 60,000 people, while also being designed for sustainability and environmental sensitivity. It is the first privately managed stadium in Brazil to earn LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
NEC’s role is to improve the stadium’s safety and convenience by developing a security solution with 246 security cameras, a fire detection system, stadium management system and other systems. These new security systems are expected to enable even more spectators to view football matches with total peace of mind. In addition, we are also in charge of designing and building an integrated ICT infrastructure for comprehensive management of an IP data network, communications network, sound system and more.

Developing Smart Cities After the Major Event

Initiatives at Itaipava Arena Pernambuco in Recife

The new Itaipava Arena Pernambuco with a capacity of roughly 44,000 people was built in Recife in eastern Brazil for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The state of Pernambuco is conducting an urban planning project to develop the area surrounding the new stadium into a next-generation smart city that will continue to grow even after the event is over.
NEC, in partnership with local companies and based on a memorandum of understanding signed in the presence of the state governor, has proposed construction of an intelligent energy system and ICT infrastructure that will support construction of various commercial and housing facilities. The goal in building this next-generation urban infrastructure with ICT is to enable Recife to continue to develop as a state hub for sightseeing and distribution.

Harnessing ICT to Respond to Local Community Needs

NEC established NEC Latin America S.A., a regional headquarters for operations in the region, in São Paulo in April 2011. The company oversees local affiliates in six Latin American countries (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Venezuela) and provides needed solutions in a timely manner through mutual utilization of management resources while delving deeply into local needs. We believe that providing ICT solutions and smart city solutions for stadiums in Brazil is the first step in making a difference in local communities throughout Latin America. Going forward, we intend to further accelerate such initiatives in a broad range of fields, including cloud services, femtocells, LTE and other communications systems.

NEC Internet Safety Classes

NEC inaugurated NEC Internet Safety Classes in 1999 as part of its social contribution initiatives, the goal being to ensure that children can use the Internet safely and securely. NEC conducts the classes in collaboration with NPO Eparts, to help safeguard children from online dangers.
By using computers to write on bulletin boards or on chat sites, children learn how to deal with the leakage of personal information and with character assassination and other forms of online bullying. They also learn from case study simulations of computer virus infections, phishing, and other issues, and how to protect themselves.
A total of 417 children took part in 9 classes nationwide in the year under review (since the inauguration of this program, about 25,000 children have attended a total of about 200 classes).

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