NEC Telecom MODUS was originally established as Telecom MODUS in March 1998 as a joint venture between NEC Corporation of Japan and ERA Technology Limited (now Cobham Technical Services) in the UKThe Joint Venture agreement ended on 31 March 2008 and Telecom MODUS Limited became a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation from 1 April 2008.

From 1 April 2010 Telecom MODUS Limited has been re-branded; adopting the NEC logo and name in order to clearly identify it as a part of the NEC Global group of companies.

This unique company is dedicated to the design, development and innovative application of advanced mobile radio-communication base stations, associated switching and control systems, primarily based on the 3GPP standards.