NEC Corporation has recorded over 300,000 sales of its point-to-point wireless access system “PASOLINK” in the global market.

NEC launched its first PASOLINK product in the mid 1980s, supplying 18GHz PASOLINK systems to a leading telecom operator in the UK. Recently, due to the rapid expansion of mobile networks, many operators have been deploying PASOLINK to connect radio base stations to facilitate the rapid and simple installation of mobile infrastructure. Sales of NEC’s PASOLINK exceeded 50,000 units in FY 2000, and 200,000 units in FY 2004. Recently, sales numbers have been rapidly expanding due to large-scale, long-term contracts with mobile operators, including those in BRICs, and exceeded 300,000 in FY 2005.

PASOLINK is chiefly designed for telecom carriers’ backhaul, business and emergency networks. It offers simple and highly reliable fixed wireless solutions. PASOLINK is a PDH/SDH microwave system which offers a variety of systems to cover small to large capacity requirements. The systems operate at various radio frequency bands ranging from 4 to 52 GHz and a maximum traffic capacity of 2 X 155 Mbps. It is applicable to various solutions such as mobile network infrastructure to connect base stations, business user links, private networks, LAN/WAN interconnection and back up for optical fiber networks. NEC’s PASOLINK allows for simple installation, speedy service introduction and efficient and economical solutions for day-to-day transmission as well as emergency situations.

NEC offers a wide range of products in the PASOLINK series, including iPASOLINK, PASOLINK Mx and PASOLINK+. PASOLINK features Ethernet interface functions and adds ATPC (Automatic Transmitter Power Control) functions to further improve transmission quality. PASOLINK Mx features the world’s largest capacity of 80 Mbps (40 x 2 Mbps) within the bandwidth of 28 MHz by 16QAM. It enables the easy and rapid expansion of broadband and mobile network infrastructure such as 3rd generation (3G) and mobile multimedia application services, without disrupting the current licensed bandwidth.

NEC will continue to expand its PASOLINK business to meet the demands of emerging 3G, mobile internet and IP network markets to gain a leading position in the mobile solution arena.