Expansion at pace – a period of exceptional achievement for NEC Over the last 18 months alone , NEC has implemented some vast changes . These include the acquisition of two major companies : Blue Danube , now NEC Advanced Networks , to aid NEC ’ s development of radio products , and , more recently , Aspire Technologies , a network consulting and integration firm based in Dublin .
“ So the changes there , organisationally , have been to add on those capabilities and integrate them within our product and our services portfolio , making sure that we make the best of those synergies ,” says Lopez .
Alongside this , NEC has invested heavily in expanding its product line .
“ Over the last 18 months , NEC has launched 18 new radio products – all of which are Open RAN , all high performance , and high capacity – also RAN software that has some of the most advanced capabilities in the world in that space , and a converged core that is infinitely scalable and cloudnative ,” Lopez outlines .
“ So , taking all those products that were cutting-edge in Japan , we ’ ve adapted and launched them internationally . In this time , we ’ ve really emerged as a global vendor with very mature products and solutions . Seemingly overnight , for people looking from the outside ,” Lopez states .
“ There has been significant change in our posture globally ,” Cohen adds .
“ And , in order to service the global market , you need to have boots on the ground everywhere that you hope to serve customers . So , our team in North America has grown from basically zero to more than 30 people in a year-and-a-half . Patrick has built a robust product line management team globally , and I was hired within the
last year to establish a 5G-centric global marketing organisation . All of these changes are geared towards making Open RAN real for everyone around the globe .”
So , as NEC launches its global growth strategy , there are high hopes that it can replicate the same success internationally that it has achieved in its home market .
“ We want to take our success in Japan and bring the same high quality solutions and service to everyone , everywhere . We want to be an iconic brand that is recognisable and be an irreplaceable partner to our customers ,” says Lopez .
“ Our goal is to earn the distinction of being a globally recognised vendor of choice because of our ability to deliver high performance , high-quality products , which are also blazingly innovative and radically open .”
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