2006-
- July 3, 2008
- NEC to Provide Ocean Bottom Seismograph System for the Japan Meteorological Agency
- NEC Corporation announced today the commencement of construction of an Ocean Bottom Seismograph (earthquake observation) System (OBSS) for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
- July 1, 2008
- NEC and Sumitomo Electric to Acquire Leading Submarine Cable Manufacturer
- NEC Corporation and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. today announced the acquisition of OCC Holdings and its subsidiary OCC Corporation, which manufactures fiber optic submarine cables of exceptional quality and reliability.
- June 24, 2008
- Tyco Telecommunications and NEC Begin Construction of Unity Cable System
- Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc. and NEC Corporation today announced the commencement of construction on the Unity Cable System, a high-bandwidth, trans-Pacific, optical submarine cable system that will link Los Angeles, U.S. to Chikura, Japan.
- May 13, 2008
- NEC Wins Contract for Submarine Cable System to Bridge Indonesia and Singapore
- NEC Corporation (NEC) today announced that it has signed a turnkey contract with PT Indosat, Tbk ("Indosat") in Indonesia for the supply of a submarine cable system to the "JAKABARE" project linking Indonesia and Singapore.
- October 11, 2007
- NEC Wins Contract to Supply Submarine Cable to GCI Alaska
- NEC Corporation has received an order from General Communication, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNCMA; hereinafter GCI) to supply a submarine cable, amplifiers and line terminal equipment.
- September 18, 2007
- UK-based publication Global Telecom Business recognizes Asia America Gateway with 'Most Innovative Project' award in 'International Fixed Network Infrastructure' category
- The Asia America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable network received the Most Innovative Project award by the UK-based publication Global Telecom Business in a ceremony held in London on September 17, at the presence of representatives from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Telecom Malaysia, Alcatel-Lucent and NEC.
- April 27, 2007
- NEC and Alcatel-Lucent Win Contract to Supply 20,000km Submarine Cable Network Between Southeast Asia and the United States A cable network spanning almost half the length of the equator
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) will jointly deploy the Asia America Gateway (AAG), the first direct Terabit submarine cable network between Southeast Asia and the United States.
- December 12, 2006
- NEC Wins Contract for Russia- Japan Cable Network
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) today announced that it has signed a contract with Rostelecom, the largest long distance telecom operator in Russia, and KDDI Corporation in Japan for supply of a Russia- Japan cable system.
- May 25, 2006
- NEC Wins Contract for First Optical Submarine Cable System Linking Maldives to Sri Lanka
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) announced that it has signed a contract valued at US$22.7million with Dhiraagu (Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Private Limited), the largest telecom carrier in the Maldives and Sri Lanka Telecom for an optical submarine cable system.
- January 16, 2006
- NEC to Upgrade Maya-1 Submarine Cable System in Caribbean
- NEC Corporation today announced that it has signed a contract with purchasers, which comprise of 17 of the world's leading operators, for the upgrade of the Maya-1 Submarine Cable System.
- January 16, 2006
- NEC Wins Capacity Upgrade Contract for APCN2 Submarine Cable System
- NEC Corporation today announced that it has signed a capacity upgrade contract with major telecom operators in the Asia Pacific region.
2005-2001
- October 17, 2005
- NEC Wins Contract for Submarine Cable System to Bridge India & Sri Lanka
- NEC Corporation today announced that it has signed a turnkey contract with Sri Lanka Telecom ("SLT") and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ("BSNL") in India for the supply of the Bharat Lanka Cable System.
- June 28, 2005
- NEC Signs Contract for EAC1 Qingdao Landing Extension Submarine Cable System
- NEC Corporation announced today that it has signed a turnkey contract with China Network Communications Group Corporation....
- June 27, 2005
- NEC to jointly supply nationwide telecommunications system for Indonesia with Siemens
- NEC Corporation and Siemens Communications announced today that....
- May 14, 2004
- NEC Wins Contract to Supply Submarine Cable System linking Indonesia and Malaysia
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) announced today that it has signed a contract with PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, tbk ("PT Telkom") and Telekom Malaysia Berhad ("Telekom Malysia") for the supply of optical fiber submarine cable system linking Indonesia and Malaysia.
- December 2, 2003
- NEC Completes Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore Cable Network
- NEC Corporation today announced that it has successfully completed the construction of a new submarine optical cable network, named TIS (Thailand - Indonesia - Singapore) Cable Network for a consortium formed by CAT Telecom Public Company Ltd. of Thailand, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk of Indonesia and Singapore Telecommunications Limited of Singapore.
- July 22, 2003
- NEC teams up with Sumitomo, OCC and Global Marine To Build Fiber Optic Cable for General Communication Inc in Alaska
- NEC Corporation (NEC), announced that the Consortium of NEC, OCC Corporation (OCC) and Global Marine Systems Limited (GMSL) headed by Sumitomo Corporation, received order to build submarine fiber optic cable system connecting Seward, Alaska and Warrenton, Oregon for General Communication, Inc (GCI).
- September 17, 2001
- NEC to Offer DWDM Repeaterless Optical Submarine Cable System to Japan Telecom
- NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY) (FTSE:6701q.1) (TSE: 6701) announced today that it has received an order from Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. to supply DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing ) Repeaterless Optical Submarine Cable System that will offer backbone network in the northeast area of Japan.
- June 1, 2001
- NEC to Introduce Terrestrial/Submarine Integrated Global Seamless Network
- NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY) (FTSE:6707q.1) (TSE:6701) announced today that it has launched its next generation network concept based on the DWDM technologies. NEC will introduce the "Terrestrial/Submarine Integrated Global Seamless Network" to global network carriers.
- March 8, 2001
- Global Marine, OCC and NEC Announce Strategic Alliance To Deliver Integrated Submarine Cable Networks
- NEC Corporation (NEC), Global Marine Systems Ltd.(Global Marine) and OCC Corporation (OCC) today announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated submarine cable networks. Combining their respective expertise in the development and the turnkey implementation of submarine cable networks,...
-2000
- October 18, 2000
- NEC Signed the Construction Contract of East Asia Crossing Phase 2 - $475M Submarine Cable Project -
- NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPTY) (FTSE: 6701q.1) (TSE: 6701) announced today that it has signed on the 13th of October, the construction contract with Asia Global Crossing Ltd. (NASDAQ: AGCX) for the Phase 2 of East Asia Crossing Submarine Cable System Project, that will connect Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan.
- July 3, 2000
- NEC signed Supply Contract for Australia - Japan Cable System
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) announced today that it has signed a Supply Contract for a submarine cable system between Australia and Japan, a system that, when completed in 3Q 2001, will connect Australia and Japan with designed bandwidth capacity of 640 gigabits per second.
- April 18, 2000
- NEC Signs US$ 800 million Contract for Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 Submarine Cable System
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) announced that it will sign a contract worth approximatelyUS$800 million for the supply of a submarine cable system for the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) project tomorrow.
- September 17, 1999
- NEC To Launch 160Gbps WDM Non-Repeatered Optical Submarine Cable System for Highly-reliable, Large-capacity Backbone Network
- NEC Corporation (NEC) (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) announced that it has launched a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) based 160Gbps (10Gbps x 16) optical submarine cable system called "SLR160S". NEC will start to deliver the system in March 2000.
- September 3, 1998
- Completion of the World's Largest Manufacturing Facility for Optical Transmission Systems and Devices
- NEC Corporation announces that NEC Yamanashi Ltd., Otsuki Plant has completed the construction of its new building and is ready to start its operations. The expansion, initiated in April 1997, costs 10 billion yen.
- September 18, 1996
- NEC Receives Order for the First Optical Fibre Submarine Cable in China
- NEC Corporation announced that it has received the order from China Communications System Corporation for China Unicom's Shenzhen to Zhuhai submarine cable communication system contract, the first fibre optic submarine cable in China.