For the second year in a row, NEC Corporation (NEC) has been ranked first in worldwide enterprise telephony equipment market share by Gartner. According to the firm's July report titled "Market Share: Enterprise Telephony Equipment, Worldwide, 2006," authored by Megan Fernandez and Isabel Montero, NEC is ranked first in global extension line shipments with 12 percent market share.

NEC Corporation has licensed its U.S. digital microwave radio patents and counterpart patents covering fundamental telecommunication techniques such as quadrature amplitude modulation to the American DMR manufacturer Microwave Networks , Inc. NEC and MNI also made a cross- agreement not to assert their DMR patents in the future.

NEC Corporation today announced that it completed the supply of 12 digital terrestrial TV transmitters , which were ordered in July, 2006, to National Company of Radio and TV Broadcasting (SNRT). The broadcasting system started operations on March, 2007.

Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co. Ltd. and Cypress Semiconductor Corp. have signed an agreement whereby Cypress will license its 0.13um SONOS embedded nonvolatile memory (NVM) technology to Hua Hong NEC .

NEC Corporation has succeeded in the development of packet transport network technologies for next generation networks (NGN), which enable construction of 10Gbps-class broadband metropolitan area networks that deliver carrier-grade reliability, fast recovery, and flexible network expandability.

NEC Corporation today announced that it has strengthened its partnership with Unisys Corporation to include Unified Communications.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and its subsidiary, NEC TOKIN Corporation, have signed an agreement to establish a joint-venture company - Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) - to focus on lithium-ion battery business for wide-scale automotive application by 2009.

Europe's largest van maker, Renault, will create a bespoke stand at this year's Commercial Vehicle Show 2007 at the NEC, Birmingham, from 24th - 26th April.

NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. will begin sample shipment of a new 2.7-inch (6.8-centimeters-diagonal) quarter video graphic array (QVGA), amorphous silicon, color, thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) module, part number NL2432HC17-07A, in August

NEC Corporation has developed a completely new kind of bioplastic composed of plant-based material and carbon fiber, which realizes heat conductivity higher than that of stainless steel. The innovative bioplastic is expected to make electronic products more environmentally sound, while solving conventional heat release issues.

NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. has begun sample shipment of a new 3.5-inch (8.9-centimeters-diagonal) video graphic array (VGA), low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) module, part number NL4864HL11-01B.

On April 3, 2007, NEC received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing and Hearings Review Council stating that the Council has determined to stay the delisting of NEC's American depositary receipts.