Can NEC Expand out of Japan With LTE?
Principal Analyst Julien Grivolas gives an update on NEC’s LTE strategy and how the Japanese vendor intends to differentiate its offering compared to competitors’. NEC is relying on a new network approach based on small cells as opposed to the traditional macro network approach.
Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Overview of NEC’s wireless infrastructure business
The V2012 program
What does V2012 mean for NEC’s telecoms carrier and wireless businesses?
LTE is critical for NEC’s future in wireless
NEC is currently a leading 3G infrastructure supplier in Japan but is almost nonexistent elsewhere
International LTE go-to-market strategy relies solely on NEC’s own channels
NEC’s LTE/EPC portfolio
NEC’s end-to-end approach to LTE
Enabling operators to add LTE at lowest TCO possible
NEC’s LTE radio network equipment portfolio
NEC’s RAN approach will allow the lowest TCO possible for LTE
Small cells are inevitable and NEC is readying itself for this new era
More details on NEC’s smaller cell solutions
Small cells make SON a natural strategic focus at NEC
What about TD-LTE at NEC?
NEC’s EPC portfolio
NEC’s strategy for EPC
Why ATCA-based platforms for all EPC functions?
NEC’s Voice over LTE (VoLTE) play
Can NEC expand out of Japan with LTE?
NEC’s LTE trial and commercial references
NEC struggles to gain commercial LTE contracts outside of Japan
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Overview of NEC’s wireless infrastructure business
The V2012 program
What does V2012 mean for NEC’s telecoms carrier and wireless businesses?
LTE is critical for NEC’s future in wireless
NEC is currently a leading 3G infrastructure supplier in Japan but is almost nonexistent elsewhere
International LTE go-to-market strategy relies solely on NEC’s own channels
NEC’s LTE/EPC portfolio
NEC’s end-to-end approach to LTE
Enabling operators to add LTE at lowest TCO possible
NEC’s LTE radio network equipment portfolio
NEC’s RAN approach will allow the lowest TCO possible for LTE
Small cells are inevitable and NEC is readying itself for this new era
More details on NEC’s smaller cell solutions
Small cells make SON a natural strategic focus at NEC
What about TD-LTE at NEC?
NEC’s EPC portfolio
NEC’s strategy for EPC
Why ATCA-based platforms for all EPC functions?
NEC’s Voice over LTE (VoLTE) play
Can NEC expand out of Japan with LTE?
NEC’s LTE trial and commercial references
NEC struggles to gain commercial LTE contracts outside of Japan
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: NEC’s commercial LTE/EPC contracts
Table 2: Examples of NEC’s LTE trial activities
Table 1: NEC’s commercial LTE/EPC contracts
Table 2: Examples of NEC’s LTE trial activities
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: NEC’s V2012 plan for its telecoms carrier business
Figure 2: NEC’s end-to-end LTE solution
Figure 3: Improved efficiency of NEC’s power amplifiers
Figure 4: NEC’s LTE access portfolio
Figure 5: NEC’s 3D SON simulator demonstration at MWC 2010
Figure 6: NEC’s EPC portfolio
Figure 1: NEC’s V2012 plan for its telecoms carrier business
Figure 2: NEC’s end-to-end LTE solution
Figure 3: Improved efficiency of NEC’s power amplifiers
Figure 4: NEC’s LTE access portfolio
Figure 5: NEC’s 3D SON simulator demonstration at MWC 2010
Figure 6: NEC’s EPC portfolio
