Formerly known as Nippon Electric Company, Limited, the NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is a part of Sumitomo Group which provides information technology (IT) and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government. NEC is ranked among the “Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders” for its semiconductor products.

In its first inception, the company started with the production, sales and maintenance of telephones and switches. In 1901, NEC modernized the production facilities with the construction of the Mita Plant at Mita Shikokumachi which was completed in December 1902.

The Japanese Ministry of Communications also adopted a new technology in 1903. It was the common battery switchboard supplied by NEC. The common battery switchboards powered the subscriber phone, eliminating the need for a permanent magnet generator in each subscriber’s phone. The switchboards were initially imported, but were manufactured locally by 1909.

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