NEC/Netcracker Wins Best Ecosystem Program Award at SDN NFV World Congress 2017

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology announced today that they have received the 2017 Network Transformation Award for "Best Ecosystem Program" at the SDN NFV World Congress. NEC/Netcracker's Ecosystem 2.0 program was selected for its innovative approach to partner collaboration.

"We are excited that our comprehensive partner program with our parent company NEC has been recognized for its innovation and ability to drive collaboration across a large-scale ecosystem," said Sanjay Mewada, Chief Strategy Officer at Netcracker. "Our Ecosystem 2.0 program was created to help today's service providers leverage a robust ecosystem in an effort to best monetize virtual investments and roll out new digital and cloud services."

NEC/Netcracker's Ecosystem 2.0 offers the industry a whole new level in partner collaboration that goes beyond VNF onboarding to solve operational and monetization issues for service providers that result in a digital marketplace of commercially ready services.

Ecosystem 2.0 helps service providers accelerate revenue growth by enabling:

• Faster time-to-market with access to commercially ready services.
• Continuous service innovation with rapid onboarding, service design and new software asset commercialization.
• The use of pre-integrated, best-of-breed VNFs with minimal risk.

For more information on this Netcracker's Ecosystem 2.0 program, please contact Erin O'Reilly at Erin.OReilly@Netcracker.com.

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.

The NEC Group globally provides "Solutions for Society" that promote the safety, security, efficiency and equality of society. Under the company's corporate message of "Orchestrating a brighter world," NEC aims to help solve a wide range of challenging issues and to create new social value for the changing world of tomorrow. For more information, please visit https://www.nec.com/en/global/about/vision/.

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About Netcracker Technology

Netcracker Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is a forward-looking software company, offering mission-critical solutions to service providers around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of software solutions and professional services enables large-scale digital transformations, unlocking the opportunities of the cloud, virtualization and the changing mobile ecosystem. With an unbroken service delivery track record of more than 20 years, our unique combination of technology, people and expertise helps companies transform their networks and enable better experiences for their customers.

For more information, visit www.netcracker.com.

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