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Fujitsu and NEC win Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)

Fujitsu Limited,NEC Corporation

Tokyo, January 31, 2011

Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu; TSE 6702) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE6701) today announced an agreement with NTT Communications, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, StarHub Limited and Telekom Malaysia Berhad to construct the Asia Submarine-cable Express system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that will link Japan to Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

"NEC is proud to be the supplier for the ASE, a 40G state-of-the-art long haul system, incorporating OADM technologies that will provide additional connectivity and capacity between regions of Asia and the world that increasingly require more bandwidth," said Junji Yasui, Executive Vice President at NEC Corporation.

"Fujitsu is honored to be a part of the ASE and to deliver one of the key elements of the system, featuring newest technologies, which enables higher speed, larger capacity and ultra-long transmission. Fujitsu commits itself to continue to contribute, with industry leading technologies, to fulfill strong demands for more capacity in cloud computing society" said Hideyuki Saso, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President at Fujitsu Limited.

The ASE is designed for a transmission speed of 40Gbps. Overall project management will be carried out jointly by the Fujitsu and NEC consortium. The manufacture and installation of all submersible plants such as Repeaters, OADM Branching Units and Cables, Power Feeding Equipment, and submersible plant monitoring system will be implemented by NEC. The manufacture and installation of Submarine Line Terminal Equipment and the Management controller will be implemented by Fujitsu.

The ASE will meet the demand for intra-Asia connectivity between South East Asia and North Asia.

ASE Project Route map

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 170,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.



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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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Date: 31 January, 2011
City: Tokyo
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