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Nokia Siemens Networks Cuts 17,000 Jobs Worldwide

After numerous Nokia-related mass layoffs, it turns out that Nokia Siemens Networks is now forced to cut no less than 17,000 jobs as part of its global restructuring plan.The company explains its desire to realign its business by initiating this global restructuring program and states that it will try “to focus...

23 November 2011
08:50 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Intros Three 4G Devices

After Nokia Simenes Networks demoed a data call peak of 336 Mbps HSPA+ at PT Expo Comm in Beijing, China, the company came forward with a series 4G devices.A 4G plug-and-play USB dongle, an indoor and an outdoor wireless router promise to deliver broadband access at up to 102 Mbps downlink and 51 Mbps uplink.All thre...

28 September 2011
16:01 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Demonstrates 336 Mbps HSPA+

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the leading telecommunication services provider that regularly pushes the boundaries of the networks wireless speeds.The latest test run by the company at PT Expo Comm in Beijing, China, demonstrated an HSPA+ data call with peak throughput of 336 Mbps (megabits per second).According t...

28 September 2011
08:04 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Expands the Chennai Production Facility

Nokia Siemens Networks surprisingly announces plans to expand its production facility in Chennai, India from 35,000 to 55,000 square meters.The company also stated that it will increase the number of product lines to 33, which will make it one of the largest international telecom infrastructure manufacturer based in ...

9 August 2011
15:01 GMT

Telenor and 3 Select Nokia Siemens to Improve Their 4G LTE Network

Swedish carriers Telenor and 3 have just announced that they have selected Nokia Siemens Networks to improve their 4G LTE networks.Under the new agreement between the companies, Nokia Siemens is to improve high traffic areas of the network with one of its highly-acclaimed solutions, Flexi Multiradio Base Station, whi...

23 May 2011
11:41 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Finally Completes Acquisition of Motorola Solutions for $975 Million

Announced last year in July, the acquisition of Motorola Solutions by Nokia Siemens Networks had to be a simple business, but the deal was delayed for almost a year due to a Motorola's Chinese partner that was afraid for its business secrets being transferred to Nokia for free. Although Nokia announced its i...

2 May 2011
04:00 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks to Improve MegaFon Mobile Broadband Services

Russian carrier MegaFon has just announced that it has signed an agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade its mobile broadband services. Known as the General Partner of the XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Paralympic Games in 2014 in Sochi, MegaFon is owned by AF Telecom Holding group, the TeliaSonera grou...

19 April 2011
13:31 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Shapes Telecom Italia LTE Infrastructure

After demonstrating its 200 Mbps HSPA+ technology at the 2011 CTIA Wireless event, Nokia Siemens Networks has signed an agreement with Telecom Italia to modernize the carrier's LTE mobile infrastructure with 7,000 base stations able to offer a throughput of more than 140 Mbps.In light of the new partnership, Nok...

28 March 2011
13:31 GMT

CTIA 2011: Nokia Siemens Networks Demonstrates 200 Mbps HSPA+

Even though LTE (Long Term Evolution) services are a relatively new thing for the general public, Nokia Siemens is leaping forward with something even more impressive. The company has announced an upcoming 200 Mbps HSPA+ technology demo at the 2011 CTIA, in Orlando Florida. The demonstration will be conducted usin...

24 March 2011
06:58 GMT

SK Telecom Plans LTE Roll-Out for July 2011

Wireless services provider SK Telecom, the largest carrier in Korea in terms of subscribers, has just announced plans to greatly increase its broadband capacity and data transfer speeds it offers to its customers through the deployment of a LTE (Long Term Evolution) in July 2011.According to the mobile phone carrier...

10 February 2011
16:31 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Launches Smart WLAN Connectivity Solution

Telecom and network equipment supplier Nokia Siemens Networks has recently announced the launch of its Smart WLAN Connectivity Solution, which helps operators deal with mobile network traffic congestions. According to Nokia Siemens Networks, the solution improves mobile broadband by offloading traffic to Wi-Fi wit...

8 February 2011
12:31 GMT

O2 and Nokia Siemens Networks Team Up for Southern UK Network Upgrade

A few days after announcing plans to deploy one of the largest public Wi-Fi networks in the UK, O2 is also improving coverage and capacity, as the carrier has just hired Nokia Siemens Networks with a three-year contract. Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize the Telefónica O2 UK radio ne...

28 January 2011
06:29 GMT

Nokia Siemens and T-Mobile Austria Team Up to Offer Faster Mobile Broadband

T-Mobile Austria and Nokia Siemens have just announced a new partnership for the upgrade of the carrier's GSM network. This is the second time the two companies team up, after Nokia Siemens Network previously helped the carrier modernize its 3G network in 2009.Following the announcement, the communication networ...

19 January 2011
12:31 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Selected to Deploy Elisa LTE Network in Finland

Elisa, one of the most important Finnish network carriers has recently announced that it has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to build its first phase Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. In addition, as part of the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize Elisa's GSM and 3G networks with Single Radio Acc...

16 December 2010
08:43 GMT

T-Mobile US and Nokia Siemens Networks Team Up for HSPA Standardization

T-Mobile US and Nokia Siemens Networks have just announced that they will collaborate for the standardization of Long Term HSPA Evolution that will enable carriers to reach speeds of up to 650 megabits per second (Mbps). Nokia Siemens Networks will start working on the new standard immediately, while T-Mobile will...

16 December 2010
06:21 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Demonstrates TD-LTE Technology in India

Nokia Siemens Networks has just announced that it successfully demonstrated the Time Division Duplex version of LTE (TD-LTE), while using broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in India. This seems to be the first company to get this achievement.According to the official announcement, the first video call was made ...

20 October 2010
05:09 GMT

Telecom Italia and NSN Trial LTE Network in Italy

Today, Telecom Italia, the largest wireless service provider in Italy has announced that it is undertaking a trial of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in Italy, in partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks, a global leading telecommunications infrastructure and services provider.According to the mobile phone carri...

24 August 2010
15:01 GMT

Introducing LightSquared 4G-LTE Network with Satellite Coverage

A new, revolutionizing nationwide 4G-LTE wireless network was launched in the United States on Tuesday, namely LightSquared. Complemented by integrated satellite coverage, the solution is expected to provide wireless broadband and satellite connectivity to various customers in the country, including retailers; wirel...

21 July 2010
10:10 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Acquires Motorola's Wireless Network Infrastructure Business

The recent rumors about a possible deal between Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola proved to be true, as today the companies made public an agreement under which  Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets. Valued at  $1.2 billion, the transa...

19 July 2010
09:22 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Interested in Motorola Telecom Unit

According to the latest news around the Internet, Nokia Siemens Networks would be interested in the purchase of the telecom-equipment arm of Motorola Inc. It seems that the talks have already advanced, and that the two companies are currently discussing the terms of the deal, which could worth between $1.1 billion a...

14 July 2010
10:08 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Wins £400M Contract in the UK

Today, leading telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced that Mobile Broadband Network (MBNL), the UK based joint venture company between T-Mobile and 3G UK, had selected it for network capacity enhancements. T-Mobile and 3 UK are set to build the largest shared network in...

16 April 2010
06:34 GMT

Telefónica Spain to Upgrade 3G Network to 42Mbps

Nokia Siemens Networks, leading infrastructure solutions provider, announced today that it has been selected by Telefónica Spain for the deployment of a 3G network upgrade. According to the company, the HSPA+ upgrade will result in increased data download speeds from 7.2 Mbps to 42 Mbps over the following thr...

30 March 2010
10:03 GMT

M1 Announces Successful 100 Mbps Call on LTE

Leading mobile operator in Singapore MobileOne (M1) announced today that it managed to successfully complete a 100 Mbps data call on its trial LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. According to the wireless carrier, it thus becomes the first South Asian operator to achieve the milestone while using commercial LTE ...

12 February 2010
15:11 GMT

Record LTE Data Speeds Announced by NSN and LG

Leading telecommunications infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks and LG Electronics announced recently that they managed to achieve impressive data transfer speeds over an LTE network, namely a downlink data transfer rate of 100 Mbps, which is the maximum speed supported by a Class 3 LTE terminal. According...

27 January 2010
14:31 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Plans a Move into the Energy Area

Leading telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced recently that it planned on using its existing portfolio of solutions, as well as the partnerships it had already created, to make a move into the energy sector. According to the company, it aims at using its expertise in t...

2 December 2009
14:21 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks and Samsung Receive Green Awards

Infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks and South Korean leading mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics have been recently announced as being the winners of Juniper Research’s 2010 Future Mobile Green Awards. According to the research firm, Nokia Siemens Networks received the Gold Award in the...

1 December 2009
09:30 GMT

Telefonica and Nokia Siemens Networks Announce LTE Trial

Wireless carrier Telefonica announced recently that it had selected Nokia Siemens Networks as a partner for an LTE (Long Term Evolution) trial it planned on making in the Czech Republic. According to the company, during the six-month trial, which is part of its series of LTE trials conducted in Europe and Latin Ameri...

26 November 2009
15:01 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks and LG Announced LTE Interoperability Tests

Leading telecommunication-equipment and -service provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced today together with LG that they had managed to successfully complete the first end-to-end LTE (Long Term Evolution) interoperability tests using the 2100 MHz frequency band. According to the duo, the tests were conducted in th...

24 November 2009
17:51 GMT

Nokia Won't Exhibit at MWC 2010

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia is reported to plan not having a stand at the Mobile World Congress 2010, which is to take place in Barcelona. The company focuses only on Nokia Siemens Networks for the event; at least this is what it stated when asked about its objectives. “Nokia is committed to M...

21 November 2009
04:30 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Delivers New Site Solution

Leading telecommunications infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced recently the launch of a new site solution that should offer carriers around the world the possibility to modernize their wireless networks in a cost-effective and fast manner, namely the High-Performance Site Solution. According to t...

6 November 2009
17:21 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Plans Cost Reduction, Layoffs

Leading infrastructure service provider Nokia Siemens Networks has announced today that it plans to improve its financial performance and to return to growth. According to the company, the plans include reorganizing its business units, cutting operational expenses, reducing personnel, ongoing purchasing savings, expa...

3 November 2009
09:22 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Announces LTE Interoperability Testing

Infrastructure telecommunications provider Nokia Siemens Networks has announced today that it is conducting end-to-end LTE interoperability testing with four of the world’s leading mobile phone vendors. The frequency bands the company is testing include AWS, 700 MHz and 2100 MHz, based on the fact that differen...

30 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Completes First LTE Handover Test

Nokia Siemens Networks, the worldwide leading infrastructure provider, announced on Monday the completion of the first LTE (Long Time Evolution) handover test in the world, which has been made on a commercially available base station and on software fully compliant with standards. According to the company, the new te...

27 October 2009
17:01 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Seen as Leader in Infrastructure Market

Nokia Siemens Networks has been recently placed on the first position in a mobile infrastructure vendors top, a recently published survey from Infonetics Research showed. According to the report, the telecommunications vendor has been ranked first by a series of service providers that were asked to name the companies...

22 October 2009
05:53 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Wins GSM Network Deal in India

Telecommunications infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks announced on Monday that it has won a deal with Unitech Wireless’ to supply the company's GSM network for operations in six areas in India, including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The company wi...

13 October 2009
15:41 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Delivers Services to Unitech Wireless

Leading telecommunications infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced on Tuesday that it was selected as the exclusive pan-India supplier for Unitech Wireless. According to the company, it will help the carrier deploy and manage its GPRS core network, based on a three-year agreement. Nokia Siemens Netwo...

7 October 2009
15:51 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Announces TD-LTE Femtocell Demo

Infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks and wireless carrier China Mobile have announced today that they managed to successfully complete the world’s first TD-LTE femtocell demonstration. According to the duo, their demonstration proved that future mobile broadband could come with impressive in...

21 September 2009
07:30 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Announces First LTE Call

Infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced recently that it managed to make the first LTE call while using a commercial base station, as well as the necessary software solution for it. According to the company, its LTE call was made on base stations that included software fully compliant with the 3GPP R...

18 September 2009
15:01 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Announces Successful EDGE Evolution DLDC Trial

Leading infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that it managed to conduct the first successful trial of EDGE Evolution Downlink Dual Carrier (DLDC) in the world. The technology is meant to offer service continuity between GSM and the evolving 3G network in China, and the trial was conducted in...

14 September 2009
09:25 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Welcomes New CEO

Worldwide leading infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Rajeev Suri as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2009. The company also announced that Suri would be supported until November 1 by the current CEO, Simon Beresford-Wyli...

1 September 2009
09:53 GMT

Ericsson Bids for Nortel's CDMA and LTE Units

Swedish telecommunication equipment company Ericsson announced on Saturday that it had placed a bid of $1.13 billion in an auction for Nortel Networks' CDMA and next-generation LTE wireless technologies divisions, and that it won. According to the company, the agreement between bankrupt Nortel and Ericsson state...

27 July 2009
05:04 GMT

Vodafone Essar Extends Its Networks in India

Vodafone Essar has announced today the completion of a rapid expansion of its services across seven new regions in India, and the infrastructure service provider that made this possible was Nokia Siemens Network. Mobile phone users in India who live in or will travel to Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir...

29 June 2009
08:58 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Purchases Nortel LTE and CDMA Divisions

Nokia Siemens Networks recently announced the acquisition of key assets from Nortel. With the new purchase, the company is moving forth in the strengthening of its leading position in Long Term Evolution, or LTE, next generation wireless technology, and is also expanding its presence on the market in North America.Th...

22 June 2009
06:37 GMT

Elisa Expands Its 3G Networks

Finnish communication service provider Elisa has announced today plans to expand its 3G network so as to be able to deliver faster mobile broadband services to its customers. According to the company, the new network will include HSPA+ capabilities, as well as support for LTE deployments. In addition, the carrier has...

9 June 2009
10:11 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Rolls Out 3G Networks in China

Nokia Siemens Networks announced recently that it was among the first to manage to complete the second phase of the deployment of China Mobile’s 3G network, which is based on the TD-SCDMA technology. The infrastructure provider has been working with China Mobile's subsidiaries Fujian Mobile, Henan Mobile, ...

27 March 2009
11:44 GMT

Nokia Launches High-End Services in Japan

Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks announced in a joint statement that Vertu, the luxury mobile phone brand owned by the giant Finnish mobile phone maker, would begin offering a range of mobile services in Japan starting this year. Nokia will be present on the Japanese market as a so-called Mobile Virtual Network Opera...

27 January 2009
03:31 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Announces OSC Innovation

Nokia Siemens Networks announced having managed to complete a drive test for the Orthogonal Sub Channel (OSC), supposed to double the voice capacity of GSM radio networks. According to the company, the test showed four calls being carried in one GSM radio timeslot, which marks an important GSM evolution step. The OSC...

23 January 2009
11:37 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Will Provide DVB-H Solution for Qtel

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Qatar Telecom, aka Qtel, announced yesterday the signing of a commercial Mobile TV deployment contract, stipulating that NSN would supply Qtel with the latest Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (best known as DVB-H) solution, and the OMA BCast smart card profiles (the SCP) technology...

8 October 2008
03:10 GMT

Nokia Siemens Enhances Taiwan's Largest 3G Network

Nokia Siemens Networks and Chunghwa Telecom, the largest mobile operator in Taiwan, have signed a new deal in order to enhance the Taiwanese carrier's 3G network. Following the new agreement, which is valued at 72 million Euros ($113.5 million), the new 3G network will allow Chunghwa Telecom's subscribers t...

14 July 2008
10:19 GMT

Hutchison 3G Enhanced Its Austrian Network

Hutchison 3G Austria, subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, has recently enhanced its network, allowing its subscribers to benefit from faster and more reliable mobile Web browsing. The upgrade was made by Nokia Siemens Networks which, in order to improve Hutchison 3G's network, used its flat-netw...

1 July 2008
11:36 GMT


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