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Madrid & London, December 15, 2014 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), a leading network, communications and information technology company, today announced that it is the first company to test the new global oneM2M service layer standard in its Cloud City Operation Center (CCOC) solution to enable machine-to-machine device interoperability in a live smart city program.

Around the world cities are beginning to deploy a diversity of M2M sensors to improve the efficiency of transport, lighting, irrigation and waste collection services and boost public safety levels by minimizing pollution and waste. NEC's use of the open oneM2M specification makes it possible to collect data from a diversity of sensors in a consistent and secure way for statistical and billing purposes and use robust data management models to enable cities to make informed day-to-day management decisions.

NEC's Cloud City Operation Center (CCOC) solution is based on the FIWARE open source API-enabled platform and Generic Enabler, created by the EU-funded Future Internet project. The oneM2M stack has been added to this setup and connected to the Internet-of-Things (IoT) broker. It uses NEC's big data analysis platform for mass M2M data collection and processing. The Operation Center's advanced dashboard enables KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to be quickly cross-referenced and visualized to provide a fast overview of the status of the city. For example, data sets on traffic, carbon monoxide, temperature and wind levels can be cross- referenced using the intuitive user interface so localized air quality alerts can be automatically issued.

Using oneM2M, sensors can be integrated using highly efficient local area protocols, such as the IETF's (Internet Engineering Task Force) CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) or MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport), which is currently being standardized by OASIS (the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). NEC is also developing a new Open Linked Data service layer to enable M2M sensor data to be easily connected and queried by third party businesses and used in innovative social media and mobile apps to benefit citizens around the world.

Jose Luis Mate, Product and Solutions Senior Manager at EMEA Cloud Center of Competence at NEC Corporation, commented, "Testing our Cloud City Operation Center together with the oneM2M standard has already shown the value that the new international standard for M2M communication will bring for real-world computing systems. The flexibility of our product helped us to quickly integrate the new protocol stack. We can thus orchestrate a growing number of real world systems from various providers in a smart city and help create a brighter and smarter world. It also shows NEC's motto, 'empowered by innovation' drives our technology development."

NEC's smart city solution was also demoed at the oneM2M launch event and ETSI M2M workshop in Sophia Antipolis, France, on December 9-11. It will also be featured at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Hall 3 on stand #3N10 on 2-5 March 2015.

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About NEC Corporation
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About NEC Laboratories Europe
NEC Europe Ltd. established NEC Laboratories Europe in 1994. The Laboratories are located in Heidelberg, Germany and South Ruislip, UK. NEC Laboratories are conducting research and development on cutting-edge ICT technologies, in particular Future Internet, next generation fixed and mobile networks, the Internet-of-Things, Intelligent Transportation Systems, multimedia, security and service saving energy and protecting our environment. Special emphasis is placed on solutions meeting the needs of NEC's European customers. For additional information, please visit the NEC Laboratories Europe home page at: http://uk.nec.com/en_GB/emea/about/neclab_eu/

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About oneM2M
NEC is a member of oneM2M through TTC (Japan) and ETSI (Europe). oneM2M is a global organization creating a scalable and interoperable standard for communications of devices and services used in M2M applications and the Internet of Things. Formed in 2012 by seven of the world's preeminent standards development organizations, oneM2M membership today consists of thought leaders from a broad range of industries, including industrial manufacturers and suppliers, consumer device manufacturers, component suppliers, and telecommunications service providers.

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