NEC & H3C Partner to Bring Unified Communications Networks to the Commercial Market in Hong Kong

HongKong, 21 August 2008 — H3C Technologies, one of the world’s leading IP technology and solution providers, today announced a strategic partnership with NEC Hong Kong to meet the rapidly increasing demand from customers for unified communications networks for commercial market in Hong Kong.

The agreement leverages NEC’s leadership position in the Hong Kong telecommunications market, specifically the supply of IP telephony systems and broadband networks to a wide variety of customers, and H3C’s strength in corporate networking solutions including network backbones, wireless solutions and switches.

“This alliance represents another milestone for H3C, both in our efforts to provide H3C technology to the rapidly growing networking marketplace and in our strategy to partner with industry, technology and market leaders,” said Harry Liu, Managing Director, H3C, Hong Kong. “NEC is a leading supplier of telephony systems in Hong Kong, and its decision to embrace H3C technology is again proof of the international acceptance of H3C switching and networking technologies as the international standard.”

“By partnering with H3C we expect to be able to provide our customers with a competitive business advantage,” said Mr. Ray Cheung, General Manager of Business Solution & Services of NEC Hong Kong Ltd. “H3C is clearly complimentary to our efforts to provide complete communications solutions to our customers.”

NEC telephony systems are widely used across many business sectors in Hong Kong including hospitality industry, banking and finance, government and enterprises of all sizes. H3C is strong in the enterprise sector, including small and medium sized businesses, and has secured a number of high profile wins in the government and finance sectors.

During the initial phase of the collaboration, H3C will bundle its PoE switches with NEC’s products to deliver a comprehensive telecommunication solution. By cross selling products into key accounts both companies expect to further boost sales and also help customers better address their communication needs.

The initial NEC product packages will bundle NEC’s VoIP products, unified communication and unified messaging solution with H3C’s renowned network switches. “Customers can pay less and get more, and fully enjoy the benefits of unified communication and unified messaging solutions from NEC and H3C,” said Mr. Cheung.

Over years of close partnership with banking and hospitality sectors, NEC has established its market leadership in the telecommunication industry. Its full range of products includes key telephone system (10 to 20,000 lines), multiple functional analogue, digital and IP phones and unified communication, and unified messaging solutions.

As one of the world’s major IP-based Internet architecture solution providers, H3C has been expanding rapidly in recent years. H3C is R&D-centric and aims to create maximum value for its global customers and partners. It provides a broad spectrum of IP products and solutions, including routers, LAN switches and network security, providing excellent networking solutions.

“The collaboration offers customers access to the latest networking technologies, and a seamless and cost-effective bundling program,” said Liu. “More diversified promotional campaigns will be rolled out to let our customers experience the robustness of our products and enjoy the benefits resulted from the NEC-H3C collaboration.”