Tokyo, February 6, 2012 - NEC Corporation (NEC) and SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
(SAP Japan) today announced a global business partnership agreement to
provide billing services through SaaS that operate on NEC's cloud
computing systems.

Agreement objectives

Due to the growing popularity of smartphones and cloud based services,
there is increasing demand for billing systems, which are a core revenue
base for service operators. NEC and SAP Japan will provide these billing
services as cloud-based SaaS that enable a reduction in initial
investments, are easy to expand and will support a wide range of
businesses, including both large-scale enterprises and new businesses in
emerging segments.

Main content

NEC created cloud-based SaaS that utilize the "SAP(R) Convergent
Charging" system to provide billing services. Target customers include
telecom operators, cloud operators and service providers that offer
digital content. Existing NEC services such as M2M (*1) services,
"CONNEXIVE" and mobile cloud platforms for smartphones will use these
new billing services as well. Target markets are both in and outside of
Japan, including global companies and companies whose main
infrastructure is based in Japan. NEC will also promote this business
from its five regional (*2) competence centers throughout the world. SAP
Japan will conduct joint marketing and promotions at regional levels
(*3).

These new services are scheduled to begin in April, 2012. Service fees
are planned to start from 500,000 yen per month (provided that daily
transactions are under 200,000).