NEC Showcases Safer Cities concept at IFSEC 2011

Company Brief

New Delhi, December 12, 2011

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), a leading network, communications and IT company, will display its range of public safety and security solutions focusing on the concept of “safer cities” at IFSEC between 8th December till 10th December 2011 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi (booth A110, Hall 18). Themed “We Make Cities Safer”, the NEC exhibits will showcase how governments and businesses can use technologies to safeguard lives and property.

NEC’s proven track record in public safety, leveraging on its comprehensive suite of integrated security solutions empower and enable public institutions to take preventive and protective measures to enhance public safety and minimize damage to property. These solutions assist public institutions in the management of people movements across and within borders, enforcement of law and order within a territory, protection of public facilities and vital installations, and ensuring order in the virtual world.

Tan Boon Chin, Managing Director at NEC Asia Pacific’s Regional Competency Centre for Public Safety remarked, “NEC is a leading global biometric technologies and solutions provider, where we deliver the most advanced and comprehensive suite of integrated security solutions including multi-biometric identification, access gates, video surveillance, cyber security and behavior pattern analysis for governments and authorities worldwide. Over the last 30 years, NEC has installed its world’s fastest and most accurate1 biometric identification systems for more than 480 customers in over 30 countries.”

He further added, “NEC’s Regional Competency Centre for Public Safety focuses on the development of such applications to serve the needs of the global public safety market. In line with our concept of “Safer Cities”, we look forward to bring our best-of-breed and avant-garde security technologies and total solutions to help both the public and private institutions safeguard lives and property in the real and virtual world.”

According to the Frost & Sullivan- Aerospace, Defence & Security Practice Report 2011, India is expected to be a great market for safe city solutions with 7 announced projects to be completed in the next 10 years. Fostered by the national government, a major Safe City project is expected to be implemented in 6 major states across the country from 2011-2012*. As a technology partner, NEC’s vision is to bring its cutting edge technologies to help government and businesses achieve/realize this safe city framework.

Commenting on this occasion, Rajiv Bhalla, Associate Vice President & Country Head, Sales & Marketing, NEC India said “The public safety and identity solutions business in India has tremendous potential. Our cities are gold mines of heritage, architecture, culture and human wealth. Smart safe city initiative by the Government is a step in the right direction to and we at NEC India recognize this need and offer a wide range of public safety, security and surveillance solutions which can be seamlessly integrated into new or existing security systems and build a safer nation. We hope to constantly engage with central & state governments to drive E-gov projects in India, participate in infrastructure security projects and take keen interest in national security initiatives.”

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