NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, managed services and biometric solutions, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the latest version of the company's popular UNIVERGE 3C software-based unified communications, cloud and collaboration solution as a recipient of a 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award.

"NEC works each day to deliver innovation to our customers and help them be successful, so it is with great satisfaction to accept this award from INTERNET TELEPHONY recognizing our UC&C solution for how it redefines the way businesses and individuals communicate," said Larry Levenberg, vice president, NEC Corporation of America. "Our UNIVERGE communications platform has had an outstanding year, also being cited as having the lowest total cost of ownership in a survey by a leading research firm.*¹ Product of the Year is further validation of our success."

"It gives me great pleasure to recognize NEC with a 2014 Product of the Year Award for its commitment to excellence and innovation," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "In the opinion of our distinguished judges, NEC's UNIVERGE 3C has proven to be among the best communications and technology solutions on the market in 2014. I look forward to continued innovation from NEC."

The winners of the 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year are featured in the January/February 2014 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine and online at www.itmag.com. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

*¹ NEC's TCO results, published in the 2013 annual Nemertes Research report.

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