In order to enhance and accelerate synergy between its business and R&D to further new business creation, NEC Corp. is consolidating its R&D operations. Previously divided between corporate and business line divisions the newly created business line R&D unit will operate from the company’s Tokyo headquarters. The unit will consist of Central Research Laboratories, and Solution Research and Development, boosting the number of NEC R&D staff from 1450 currently to 2000.
The ubiquitous related development staff will be quadrupled with the addition of a new Ubiquitous Platform Development Division within Solution Research and Development, and staff increases in Internet Systems Research Laboratories. Furthermore, R&D staff in grid, mission critical systems in the open environment and security fields will double, and mobile R&D related staff will increase by 50 per cent.