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While the Japanese technology giant is well known for its RFID systems and semiconductors, the company is also strong in IT services, with several big customers in this region including Hong Kong Police, Singapore's Ministry of Defense and Malaysia's Communication and Multimedia Commission.

To further cement its standing in the IT services market, NEC last year established a managed services and outsourcing center in Singapore to target organizations that wish to outsource their IT operations, from data centers to IT governance. The company expects to raise the revenues for its IT solutions business in the Asia-Pacific region by 20 percent to S$500 million (US$294 million) this year.

NEC has also instilled a strong culture of research and development among its ranks. With a clear focus on innovation, the company's research arm NEC Laboratories has constantly produced a slew of ground-breaking inventions such as the world's fastest magnetic RAM (random access memory) chip and the world's first Chinese-Japanese translation software providing real-time, speech translation of travel-related Chinese and Japanese conversations on a personal digital assistant.

This company is listed in Systems, Storage Management, Software Infrastructure, Networking & Communications, Security, Services.

Financials
Fiscal year-end March FY06 FY05 FY04 FY03 FY02
Global full-year
revenue (US$millions)
41,200.0 45,000.0 47,000.0 39,000.0
Global full-year net
income (US$millions)
100.0 600.0 300.0 -200.0

Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years 2.60 %
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years 88.89 %
Percentage of revenue from Asia
Percentage of Asian revenues from channel

Operations:
Founded Japan/1899
First Asian office Taiwan/ 1958
Global employees 154,180
Employees in Asia
Asian countries:
Total 10
China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Notes * Data correct as at September 2006. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites, and Hoover's. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

ZDNet Asia's Top Tech Index will be next updated in 2008.


ZDNet Asia Top Tech categories
Systems | Networking and communications | Storage management | Security | Software Infrastructure | Services | Business applications | Internet services



See also:  RFID, Offshoring
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