LONDON -- NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the establishment of its new Middle East and Africa business operations in Turkey. The new entity, NEC Telecommunication and Information Technology Ltd. (NECTIT; Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkey; Representative: Hironobu Kurosaki), is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Europe Ltd.

NEC will provide wireless communication hardware products and total solutions that cover a broad range of non-hardware services, such as product and service customization as well as new and existing engineering services and products and maintenance support for Turkey and other markets in the Middle East and Africa.

“We have formed this new business structure in order to meet our customers’ business needs in the Middle East and Africa by harnessing local know-how and experience with our world-class expertise and knowledge of telecommunications and IT,” said Nobuyuki Yanaginuma, Associate Senior Vice President of NEC Corporation and President of NEC Europe, Ltd. “With the establishment of our new Middle East and Africa entity we plan to expand our business in this region while enhancing integrated functions, improving the efficiency of operations and carrying out governance through activities such as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)”.

NEC Corp. (Tokyo: 6701)