Urban Evolution: Unpacking NEC's Vision for Next-Gen Smart Cities
Voice and Data|May 2024
In an era where cities confront significant challenges like overcrowding and pollution, NEC’s innovative solutions such as NEC Mi-Command, NEC Mi-City, NEC Mi-Eye, and NEC Mi-WareSync are pioneering the transformation of urban spaces into smarter, more efficient, and inclusive environments.
Urban Evolution: Unpacking NEC's Vision for Next-Gen Smart Cities

These technologies not only reflect NEC’s commitment to enhancing urban life but also embody their global vision 'In India, for India, and From India, For Global. Aalok Kumar, President & CEO, NEC India and Head of Global Smart City Business, NEC Corporation in an interview with Minu Sirsalewala delves into the strategic advancements within NEC's Global Smart City Suite and their potential to reshape urban infrastructure globally.

NEC has recently unveiled a series of advanced technology solutions within its Global Smart City Suite. Could you provide insights into these solutions and the vision behind them?

NEC has been instrumental in transforming India's digital and social infrastructure, making significant strides in key areas such as public safety, smart cities, smart logistics, and smart transportation. Our stateof-the-art solutions are steering society towards enhanced security, smarter governance, and digital empowerment for citizens. At the core of our efforts is the 'Global Smart City Suite', within which we have recently launched four new solutions that are entirely India IP. They are the NEC Mi-Command, NEC Mi-City, NEC Mi-Eye, and NEC Mi-WareSync.

These four solutions cover various facets of any Smart City operation and are developed to enhance transparency and visibility, enable greater efficiency in day-to-day living and operation management, and facilitate insightful decision-making across stakeholders.

This initiative dually aligns with NEC's vision of 'In India, for India, and From India, For Global'.

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