NEC Technologies India is a fully owned subsidiary of Japanese technology company – NEC Corporation now has collaborated with Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC) to jointly develop intelligent mobility solutions in rural and urban India. Now NEC India and UMTC will start working on transport-related system integration projects for benefiting state governments, local administration and smart city projects in India. The joint venture will benefit fleet operators that are in search of consulting services (including planning and selection of the most appropriate solution and vendor). NEC presently manages a fleet of 4000+ public buses in India and contributes to the bus

operators’ reduced running cost and increased revenue.

NEC has contributed bus rapid transit (BRT) projects in Ahmedabad, Pune, and Surat. The company has implemented its information communication technology-based city solutions for the Hubballi Dharwad Smart City project. Currently, it is working on the Kalyan-Dombivli smart city project for providing a wide range of smart city solutions including intelligent traffic management system with AI-Based video analytics.

Pankaj Bhatiya, General Manager and Business Unit Head, Transportation Business, NEC India, says, “As an experienced player in the public transport and mobility domain, UMTC will guide us to offer globally proven mobility solutions for public transit. I’m confident through this partnership we will be able to help the state road transport corporation and other public transport operators in India and upcoming smart city projects in streamlining their public transportation operations with efficient usage of their assets and resources.”

NEC will be providing cutting edge information communication technology solutions like Software As A Service (SaaS), Mobility As A Service (MaaS), and Data As A Service (DaaS) for enabling seamless, end-to-end multimodal travel experience to both inter and intracity commuters in India.

UMTC is a JV between Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Andhra Pradesh Govt., Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS).