OREANDA-NEWS. June 16, 2011. NEC Corporation (NEC) announced today that it will attend this year's Femtocells World Summit, London from June 21 to 23, 2011.

The Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, has shortlisted NEC for five Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2011. The Awards recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the femtocell industry. The winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony in London on June 22, 2011.

"The femtocell industry has matured considerably and NEC is at the forefront of this evolution illustrated by NEC being shortlisted for five Femto Forum Awards, the most number of nominations this year," said Anil Kohli, General Manager, NEC Europe Ltd. "The occasion is a great opportunity to celebrate the femtocell ecosystem which is offering more choice to mobile operators looking to provide their customers with enhanced mobile services."

NEC is shortlisted for the following 2011 Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards, including NEC submission overview:
 ’NEC and Network-Norway deploy Enterprise FemtoSpace, for seamless mobility in large, high-traffic business environments’ shortlisted for ’Non-residential (enterprise, public access and other) femtocell access point design and technology innovation (vendor)’ category (3)

 ’NEC Multi-Access Femto Gateway (RAN-GW)’ shortlisted for ’Femtocell network element design and technology innovation (any)’ category (4)

 ’Social Femtocells - "Femto Places" and Automated Femto Check-in Service; NEC pioneers femtocells integrated with social and professional networks putting mobile operators at the heart of an ecosystem of Hyperlocal Applications and Services’ shortlisted for ’Femtocell application: new service or technology (vendor or operator)’ category (5)

 ’NEC successfully expands world’s largest IMS-based, residential femtocell network’ shortlisted for ’Progress in commercial deployment (vendor or ecosystem)’ category (6)

 ’Outdoor small cells for Rural & Developing Communities bridge the digital divide’ shortlisted for ’Social vision - promoting femtocells for social/ economic/ environmental development (any)’ category (11)

 Baldev Gill, Business Development Director for Femtocell, NEC Europe will present the speech "Monetising Femtocell: What's Stopping You?" on Day 1 at 15:45.

NEC has 16 contracts worldwide and 30 trials with operators around the world and is a board member of the Femtocell Forum, an industry association that was established in July 2007. NEC's activities and groundbreaking work in the femtocell field are well recognized with honors that include the Femtocell Forum's 2009 award for "Progress in Commercial Deployment" and the 2010 award for "Femtocell Network Design and Technology Innovation." Furthermore, NEC won Telecom Asia Magazine's "2010 Femtocell Vendor of the Year", an award intended to recognize vendors and suppliers of innovative products that cultivate new markets in the Asia Pacific rim.