End-to-End Solution for Femtocell, WiMAX, and LTE Helps Mobile Operators Rapidly Monetize Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure

BARCELONA – February 16, 2009 – NEC Corporation and NetCracker Technology announced today a joint solution aimed at helping operators streamline their operations and optimize their investments in wireless broadband. This joint solution exemplifies the commitment made to the market by the two companies to jointly bring unique new capabilities that enable service providers to quickly exploit the opportunities offered by the rising demand for wireless broadband. The solution leverages NEC’s expertise in the area of Femtocell, WiMAX, and LTE, and NetCracker’s next-generation OSS capabilities. Wireless broadband is the foundation of delivering innovative services such as video streaming, rich media content, and multi-media gaming. With these new opportunities come the challenges of rolling out new infrastructure in the most cost-effective manner, operationalizing it quickly, and managing it optimally. These challenges can only be met when the hardware component of the infrastructure comes well-integrated with the Operations Support Systems (OSS) for service management.

The joint solution will be on display this week at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, February 16-19.

“Wireless Broadband offers unprecedented opportunities to enter new markets, offer a diversity of services, and meet the bandwidth and quality needs of mobile customers,” said Mr. Masanobu Yamaguchi, Vice President and Executive General Manager, Network Software Operation Unit, NEC Corporation. “NEC’s cutting-edge Femtocell, WiMAX, and LTE innovations, combined with NetCracker’s decade-long experience enabling mobile operators to maximize their return on investment, ensures that wireless broadband can become the foundation for growth for service providers around the world.”

The Wireless Broadband Solution provides the following key benefits for service providers:

*** Rapidly plan, design, and rollout Femtocell, WiMAX, and LTE;

*** Cost effectively operationalize, optimize, and manage networks from end to end;

*** Manage a seamless transition to 4G;

*** Introduce new services cost effectively; and

*** Save on CapEx and OpEx by managing Network and IT domains from a single platform.

“We are excited to demonstrate to the industry how NEC and NetCracker solutions complement each other to provide a full end-to-end solution for mobile operators,” said Andrew Feinberg, President and CEO of NetCracker. “As service providers look for ways to optimize their investments in mobile broadband, this powerful joint solution focuses on helping service providers rapidly monetize these investments.”

The NetCracker-NEC Joint Solution Suite

Wireless broadband joins NetCracker and NEC’s existing suite of joint solutions that include Software as a Service and Device Management, which were previously demonstrated at Management World Americas in November 2008.

*** Device Management. This joint solution provides comprehensive capabilities to facilitate targeted marketing, monitor customer service usage, and improve customer experience. Proactive management of device, customer, and service utilization ensures that customers have a positive experience from their very first interaction with the operator while they activate and start to use the services offered. Customer experience is also improved through network optimization and configuration management – and leads to increased customer loyalty.

*** SaaS. This unique joint solution combines NEC’s SaaS platform and third-party applications with NetCracker’s provisioning capabilities. NEC provides comprehensive application and IT infrastructure that enable the hosting of third-party applications for sales, HR, accounting, and other enterprise applications. NetCracker’s service management enables the delivery and management of these services. Service providers can sell the SaaS platform to their enterprise customers, or they can use it to create, design, provision, and activate their own SaaS offerings.

About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is one of the world’s leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of a diversified global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide.

For additional information, please visit their website: http://www.nec.com

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About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology is the leading global Solution Company enabling Service Providers to deliver rapidly and manage effectively convergent and content-rich offerings. NetCracker delivers service and resource management through its software and implementation expertise. NetCracker’s portfolio includes a comprehensive suite of product modules as well as specialized vertical solutions (such as Triple Play), all pre-integrated with the NetCracker Framework.

Founded in 1993, NetCracker Technology was acquired by NEC Corporation in 2008. NetCracker Technology is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

For more information, please visit their website: http://www.netcracker.com

NetCracker is a registered trademark of NetCracker Technology Corp. All other company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.