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NEC and SAP Japan Agree to Provide Cloud-based Billing Services
Tokyo, February 6, 2012 – NEC Corporation (NEC) and SAP Japan Co., Ltd. (SAP Japan) today announced a global business partnership agreement to provide billing services through SaaS that operate on NEC’s cloud computing systems.
Agreement objectives
Due to the growing popularity of smartphones and cloud based services, there is increasing demand for billing systems, which are a core revenue base for service operators. NEC and SAP Japan will provide these billing services as cloud-based SaaS that enable a reduction in initial investments, are easy to expand and will support a wide range of businesses, including both large-scale enterprises and new businesses in emerging segments.
Main content
NEC created cloud-based SaaS that utilize the “SAP(R) Convergent Charging” system to provide billing services. Target customers include telecom operators, cloud operators and service providers that offer digital content. Existing NEC services such as M2M (*1) services, “CONNEXIVE” and mobile cloud platforms for smartphones will use these new billing services as well. Target markets are both in and outside of Japan, including global companies and companies whose main infrastructure is based in Japan. NEC will also promote this business from its five regional (*2) competence centers throughout the world. SAP Japan will conduct joint marketing and promotions at regional levels (*3).
These new services are scheduled to begin in April, 2012. Service fees are planned to start from 500,000 yen per month (provided that daily transactions are under 200,000).
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Notes
*1) Machine to Machine Service
*2) Five regional headquarters include Europe, Middle East and Africa, Greater China, Asia Pacific, North America and Central & South America
*3) EMEA, Asia Pacific, Japan and the Americas
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.
NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. ©2012 NEC Corporation.
About SAP Japan
SAP Japan is the Japanese subsidiary of SAP (NYSE: SAP), a market leader in enterprise application software, helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 183,000 customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com/japan.
PRESS CONTACTS:
NEC Corporation
Akiko Shikimori
+81-3-3798-6511
SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
Kaori Suzuki, Naoko Ishibashi
kaori.suzuki@sap.com / naoko.ishibashi@sap.com
+81-3-3273-3880
