Nokia Siemens Networks
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| Type | Joint venture |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters |  Espoo, Finland |
| Key people | Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO Eric Simonsen, CFO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Chairman |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Parent | Nokia Oyj (50%) Siemens AG (50%) |
| Website | nokiasiemensnetworks.com |
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading telecommunications solutions supplier which was created as the result of a merger (by means of a joint venture) between Siemens AG's COM division (minus its Enterprise business unit) and Nokia's Network Business Group.
The new company was announced on 19 June 2006. The Nokia Siemens Networks brand identity, created by London and Tokyo based branding agency Moving Brands, was created within a two month timeframe and subsequently launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in February 2007[1] [2]. Nokia Siemens Networks then began full operations on 1 April 2007[3] and has its headquarters in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland, while the West-South Europe headquarters and three of its five divisions are based in Munich, Germany. The Services division is based in India. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries.[4]
It is foreseen that, a combined 2005 revenue of more than € 15 billion, the new company would be one of the largest telecommunication equipment makers in the world. Telecommunications solutions supplier Nokia Siemens has acquired mobile network management provider Apertio For €140 million.
Bristol, UK based Apertio provides customer management tools to mobile operators, as well as “convergence” tools that enable the delivery of multimedia content to handsets. Apertio’s “One” suite also caters to the growing Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) market.
Apertio software is currently used by carriers including Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone and the company has offices in the United States, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia and China.
The acquisition is expected to be finalized prior to the end of the first quarter. [From TechCrunch] Simon Beresford-Wylie, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Nokia’s Networks unit was appointed as the new company's first Chief Executive Officer (CEO). On 1st June 2007 Eric Simonsen replaced Peter Schönhofer after 2 months in office as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The Chairman of the board of directors is Nokia's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, vice chairman is Siemens' CEO Peter Löscher since 1st July 2007 (replacing Klaus Kleinfeld).[5]
The main Business Units of Nokia Siemens Networks are 1) Radio Access 2) Broadband Access 3) Converged Core 4) IP Transport 5) OBS Services
The customer base of NSN includes 1400 Customers in 150 Countries.About 1 billion people are connected through its switches. The major manufacturing sites in China , Finland , Germany and India. It has around 60000 employees.
[edit] References
- ^ Brand New: The Wave of the Future
- ^ Identityworks: Reviews - 2007 - Nokia Siemens
- ^ Nokia - ShowPressRelease
- ^ Nokia Siemens Networks Fact Sheet (PDF). Nokia Siemens Networks. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
- ^ Nokia - ShowPressRelease
[edit] External links
- Nokia Siemens Networks
- Nokia Siemens Networks at 3GSM World Congress 2007
- Nokia Corporation
- Siemens AG
