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NOVEMBER 30, 2009 | Post a comment

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TOKYO -- NEC Corporation, a leader in femtocell technology, today announced the deployment of its
femtocell solution by SFR, a leading French telecommunications carrier which becomes the first
operator to launch femtocell services throughout France.

NEC is providing SFR with an end to end femtocell solution which includes compact indoor femto
access point to be installed in the customer premises of this carrier, the femtocell gateway which
aggregates and connects several access points to the core network and the management systems for
the access point and the gateway. The installation of the femtocell access point in customer premises
simply involves plugging in the femto access point to the broadband router and to the power supply –
much like the installation of any broadband home gateway product.

The low-power femto access point will provide a dedicated 3G network indoors for personal use by
customers. The enhanced coverage will improve the customer experience for both voice and data
services. The dedicated capacity will help customers to experience high data rates on their handsets
and their 3G enabled laptops providing an enhanced ubiquitous mobile broadband experience. Along
with providing benefits to operator customers, the femtocell network helps operators reduce CAPEX
associated with macro cell equipment and OPEX costs in the backhaul network. The increased
standard of service delivery will also help improve customer loyalty and creates new network capacity
wherever it is needed.

Michel Lignon, President and CEO, NEC France, says: “It’s been an exciting year for femtocell and
we’re delighted to be involved in some of the first commercial deployments in Europe and other parts
of the world. SFR is one of the first to implement a femtocell network in Europe and we’re seeing the
technology change the economic and deployment models for networks as well as providing superior
levels of service for consumers. This carrier is leading the way and soon we will see the femtocell
form part of all operators’ core offerings.”

NEC Corp. (Tokyo: 6701)

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