NEC a preferred solution vendor for Taj Group of hotels

NEC Corporation announced that NEC India (whose MD
is Koji Oda), a subsidiary of NEC, has been selected as a preferred
vendor by The Indian Hotels Company (whose MD and CEO is Raymond
Bickson), known as the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces. In addition to
its selection, NEC also received orders for IP telephone systems for
another eight new hotels being constructed by the Taj Group this year
in India.

The IP telephony system is based on NEC's UNIVERGE
SV8000 series communication server that supports voice, unified
communications and mobility solutions. The server is capable of
supporting up to 16,000 endpoints in a single system and features
scalable and energy-efficient solutions that are ideal for a wide
variety of hotel needs.

“Being a leader in the Hotel industry, our
endeavor at the Taj Group of hotels is to bring the most compelling
environment and experiences to our guests. We utilize NEC's
technology expertise for our Hotels,” said Prakash Shukla, Sr
VP-Technology and CIO, The Indian Hotels Company. “With the
robust, feature-rich, scalable and interoperable solutions by NEC, we
can be assured that our network delivers the highest quality services
that our customers demand.”

“NEC is honored to be selected as a preferred
vendor by the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and we look forward to
work closely together to optimize the hotel's facilities and to
provide superior services for their customers,” said Taichiro
Hashizawa, VP and Sr GM-Enterprise Solutions Operations Unit, NEC
Corporation.

NEC will continue to work closely with Taj Hotels
Resorts and Palaces to collaborate on further services for guests and
operations to become a leader in the growing hospitality market.