NEC UNIVERGE SV8500 Now Certified with Verizon IP Trunking Service

Released: May 19, 2011

Business customers can now enjoy cost and management benefits of NEC's enterprise communications servers with IP Trunking service from Verizon in U.S. and Europe

IRVING, TX - May 19 and TOKYO - May 20, 2011 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), today announced that the UNIVERGE SV8500 Communications Servers are now certified with Verizon's award-winning IP Trunking Service.

With NEC and Verizon, companies can now more easily manage their networks and control operating costs with centralized and decentralized designs using NEC IP PBX equipment and Verizon's IP Trunking network features and enterprise reporting tools. NEC's UNIVERGE SV8500 and Verizon IP Trunking, now available in the United States and a number countries in Europe, is an excellent fit for medium- and large-sized enterprises seeking to deploy advanced IP features, streamline network management and control operational costs.

In addition, by adding NEC's unified communications (UC) applications enterprises and vertical businesses, such as healthcare, hospitality, education and government, can streamline processes and improve communications efficiency through enhanced collaboration and mobility.

"Verizon IP Trunking service provides direct SIP connectivity to the NEC IP PBX eliminating the need for expensive customer premises gateway equipment," said Tom Dalrymple, director of enterprise global voice services for Verizon. "The winning combination of the cost-effective, flexible NEC IP PBX with Verizon's advanced IP Trunking capabilities can create a powerful unified communications solution for our customers to improve collaboration and productivity."

Certification of the UNIVERGE SV8500 with Verizon IP Trunking service means NEC's enterprise-class communications server has successfully passed Verizon's rigorous interoperability testing. It also means engineers from both NEC and Verizon are familiar with the features benefits of both solutions. Some of the key benefits of Verizon's IP Trunking Service include:

Flexible designs - centralized or decentralized designs that allow customers to simplify administration of their voice services across their enterprise
Network efficiency - customers using centralized or decentralized designs can share local and long distance concurrent call resources leveraging Verizon's Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks (BEST) feature.
Cost control - customers can leverage Verizon's powerful web based reporting tools to closely monitor concurrent call utilization in order to optimize their VoIP configuration and drive cost savings
Business continuity options - IP enabled network based failover capabilities that complement the NEC IP PBX capabilities and enhance the reliability of communications

Additional Quotes:
"NEC is happy to have received Verizon's certification and we are hoping to provide better service to business customers along with Verizon's technology at the global level," said Takemi Hosaka, Associate Senior Vice President, NEC.

"Since its introduction, the UNIVERGE SV8500 has proven repeatedly to be a great enterprise communications platform for both IP and hybrid network environments in a wide variety of business settings," said Larry Levenberg, Vice President of Channel Sales and Marketing, Communication Technologies, NEC Corporation of America. "The SV8500's SIP interoperability with Verizon should provide customers additional peace of mind that the platform is not only reliable and feature-rich, but it can contribute to significant operational cost savings."

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About Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 104 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 196,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of $106.6 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

About NEC Corporation of America
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is a leading provider of innovative IT, network and communications products and solutions for service carriers, Fortune 1000 and SMB businesses across multiple vertical industries, including Healthcare, Government, Education and Hospitality. NEC Corporation of America delivers one of the industry's broadest portfolios of technology solutions and professional services, including unified communications, wireless, voice and data, managed services, server and storage infrastructure, optical network systems, microwave radio communications and biometric security. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with operations in 30 countries and more than $37.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please visit http://www.necam.com.

About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.

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