Sunway Iskandar and NEC sign safety and security MoU

JOHOR: Sunway Iskandar township and NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore a collaboration which aims to augment safety and security for the 1,800-acre Sunway Iskandar township in Johor and to develop smart city solutions together in an innovation centre of excellence (CoE).

The MoU will see the appointment of NEC Asia Pacific as one of Sunway Iskandar’s preferred ICT vendors.

NEC plans to invest an estimated RM100mil into the township of Sunway Iskandar, which will create skilled tech jobs and develop local technopreneurs and tech-savvy talents within the economic growth corridor of Iskandar Malaysia.

As part of the MoU, NEC will explore:

> The implementation of the lat- est NEC technologies, including biometrics and video analytics, towards making Sunway Iskandar a smart, secure and sustainable township.

> The establishment of a one-stop service desk support centre for NEC’s managed service business in Sunway Iskandar.

> The creation of a CoE in Sunway Iskandar in partnership with Sunway iLabs, which may eventual- ly create hundreds of job opportunities over the years.

NEC will be exploring the implementation of its range of digital solutions, including integrating Internet of Things and artificial intelligence technologies such as fingerprint and facial recognition and video analytics technologies in Sunway Iskandar, augmenting its ongoing township security endeavours.