ON Vendor Profile: NEC

Publication Date	July 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	25
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00801

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Summary

NEC has solid technology, R&D operations, corporate backing, and tier-1 experience in two of the world's largest optical networking markets. Over the last few quarters, its global position has improved.

Content

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- In a nutshell
- Ovum view
- Market position
- Key changes affecting NEC since the last update
- Analysis of competitive position
- Corporate
- Optical networks
- Strategy definition and execution
- Product line management
- Globalization
- Solutions selling
- SWOT analysis
- Despite growth of domestic market and product enhancements, NEC's SWOT metrics remain the same
- Strengths
- NEC's corporate strengths
- Optical product strengths
- Solution strengths
- Weaknesses
- NEC's corporate weaknesses
- Optical product weaknesses
- Solution weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
- NEC's ON ratings
- Global rank up despite missed opportunities abroad
- NEC more competitive on paper than its global results indicate; gaps in backbone WDM and aggregation
- Products
- NEC strongest in Japan's metro WDM segment but aggregation enhancements look promising
- Key product: UN5000
- Key product: DW4200 series
- Key product: CX2x00 mobile backhaul portfolio
- Regional market data by product segment
- Metro WDM driving improved position
- Leads metro WDM market in AP and has strength in SCA aggregation
- Marketing strategy
- Messaging
- Channel strategy and partnerships
- Acquisitions
List of Tables
- Table 1: Ovum's overall rating of NEC
- Table 2: NEC's key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
- Table 3: Mapping of NEC's products to Ovum's segmentation
- Table 4: NEC's regional ON revenues by product segment, 2Q08-1Q09
- Table 5: NEC's regional market share and rank by product segment (rolling 4Q, 2Q08??