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Maybe I'm missing something here but why is the mobile phone listed separately? Shouldn't it go under NEC Corporation? --82.181.25.86 19:42, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

I probably agree with you. Perhaps one could mention areas (such as making of mobile phones) where NEC Corporation is active. Jonas Olson 14:55, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Definition of NEC 2 1940's 3 Turbografx? 4 Lack of references 5 Nihon Denki Kabushiki Gaisha 6 NEC Pronunciation

[edit] Definition of NEC

Well, we all know NEC is a japanese electronic company. But, beside that, is there other meaning of the word 'NEC'?

Nippon Electric Company.cmacd 19:02, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1940's

why lack information in the 1940s? 203.171.64.188 13:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

That is kind of my fault. I originally used the NEC History published on the NEC web site to help outline the article. There is little detail about the wartime management of NEC in the web site history. In the book, NEC Corporation, The First 80 Years, it tells how NEC became partly nationalized and it's large western stock holders became an issue for NEC. It is my take that the whole set of events during WWII were/are a sensitive issue for issue for NEC. I had not added the history about WWII because I didn't want to do it in an way that would embarrass NEC. I’m a descendent of one of the NEC founders, though I’m not affiliated with NEC in any other way. I do feel like I have a stake in being sensitive, about how the NEC story is told. I’ll try to add the history that is available to me.

Rbcwa 18:03, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turbografx?

Didn't NEC make the Turbografx16? If so, I think someone who knows about it should mention it here. -Unknownwarrior33 04:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

The Turbografx page says NEC was one of the developers, yes. Someone write something about it. No, not me ;P RafaelLopez 02:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

NEC liscenced the tech from Hudson Soft to make the system. I added it in. 68.42.168.172 22:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lack of references

The text has numerous sections lacking properly citing its references. "World War II has been described as being the company's blackest days of its first eighty years." Described by whom? RafaelLopez 02:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't use many citations because most of the information came from:

NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation, The First 80 Years, 1984, ISBN 4-931172-01-6.

I hold a copy of the book. I do have the book listed as a reference.

I had hoped to find additional references, but have not found them yet. I suspect that most of the information I'm after is in Japanese. My uncle holds some additional references, but I will not be able to take a look at them until 2008. The references are rare enough that I don't want him to subject the books to the postal system.

Rbcwa 02:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nihon Denki Kabushiki Gaisha

In a parallel cut and pasted article, this "(also called as Nihon Denki Kabushiki Gaisha)" was added, but no source was provided and the Google test is not conclusive.. --Edcolins 20:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Its official name is "Nippon Denki (にっぽんでんき)." However, in Japan, many people (even some NEC employees, national network TV announcers) pronounce the company name as "Nihon Denki (にほんでんき)." Google search: にっぽんでんき vs にほんでんき Please see: Names of Japan. --Krtek2125 12:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC); modified --Krtek2125 23:24, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NEC Pronunciation

How is NEC properly pronounced?

I have always pronounced it N.E.C., as three letters, but I've heard other people pronounce the letters as a single word, with the same pronunciation as the word neck.

Thanks.