ABI Research Coverage of

NEC Corporation

ABI Research named NEC a Leader in our Open RAN Vendor Assessment, NEC is one of the early adopters of Open RAN and the company is a proponent of an open ecosystem to drive innovation in the Open RAN domain. NEC’s extensive expertise in both IT and network technologies positions it at the forefront of System Integrators (SIs) in the industry.

NEC was named a Top Innovator in ABI Research's Open RAN Vendor Assessment. NEC has been recognized by several mobile operators for its broad product portfolio, mainly mMIMO RUs. NEC is also among a few vendors to achieve O-RAN Alliance compliance certification. Finally, NEC is keeping its active presence in O-RAN Alliance PlugFests around the world to accelerate Open RAN developments and demonstrate its commitments related to R&D.

NEC was named a Top Implementer in ABI Research's Open RAN Vendor Assessment. NEC has been active in developing its Open RAN ecosystem and partnering with Tier One operators, chipset vendors, and cloud providers. Recently, NEC obtained its first O-RAN Alliance compliance certificate from Japan’s OTIC. Prominently, NEC is among a few vendors that support commercial brownfield deployments globally.

NEC is a key player and top contributor in the Open RAN platforms space. The company has received recognition from Mobile Network Operators for its product performance and, in particular, its Massive MIMO products. NEC also has a full-stack product portfolio from the core to RA and is also active in many organizations, such as O-RAN ALLIANCE and TIP among others, advancing the development of Open RAN. NEC has also made advancements with RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) by partnering with Mobile Network Operators (e.g., NTT DoCoMo) and tapping on the expertise of its subsidiary Netcracker.