Nokia 2008 Annual Report Download - page 46

over deployed field fiber (with Verizon), and; the worlds fastest IHSPA data call using a mobile
device.
• Nokia Siemens Networks secured major 3G radio access deals all over the world, from the UK
to Mexico and Brazil to Indonesia.
• Nokia Siemens Networks’ Services expanded its global remote delivery capability, delivering
more than 200 projects across the world with successes including major event support
ensuring network quality and performance, software upgrades and maintenance, and network
monitoring and planning services.
• Nokia Siemens Networks continued to win major managed services deals including a
breakthrough network operations agreement with Embarq Corporation in the United States.
• Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to developing innovative solutions for emerging
markets, Nokia Siemens Networks launched its eCommerce rural trading platform with Fujian
Mobile in China, and added internet capability to its Village Connection solution.
• Nokia Siemens Networks acquired Carrier Ethernet specialist Atrica, and Apertio, a leading
provider of open realtime subscriber data platforms and applications.
• In November, Nokia Siemens Networks announced that it completed the preliminary planning
process to identify the proposed remaining headcount reductions necessary to reach its
previously announced synergyrelated headcount adjustment goal of 9 000 and began the
process of sharing those plans with employees and their representatives.
Nokia Siemens Networks Business Units
Nokia Siemens Networks has five business units: Radio Access; Converged Core; Broadband
Connectivity Solutions; Operations and Business Software; and Services. These are supported by
Operations; Research, Technology & Platforms; and Customer and Market Operations.
Radio Access develops GSM, EDGE and 3G/WCDMA/HSPA radio access networks and cellular transmission
for operators and network providers. It also develops new technologies such as IHSPA, LTE and
mobile WiMAX to support the uptake of mobile data services and introduce flat architecture for
wireless and mobile broadband applications. The main products offered by Radio Access are base
stations, base station controllers and cellular transmission equipment.
Converged Core develops core network solutions for mobile and fixed network operators. The main
products are switches, different kinds of network servers, subscriber databases and media gateways.
Nokia Siemens Networks circuitswitched network solutions are aimed at helping operators provide
high quality voice solutions and reduce the cost of providing voice minutes to subscribers. Nokia
Siemens Networks has expanded its portfolio in subscriber data management solutions with the
acquisition of Apertio, completed in 2008. Apertio is an innovator of realtime subscriber data
platforms and applications. Many of Nokia Siemens Networks core network products are used in both
fixed and mobile networks as part of socalled fixedmobile convergence.
Broadband Connectivity Solutions focuses on transport networks, which are the underlying
infrastructure for all fixed and mobile networks. To better meet customer requirements in the
converging transport and broadband sectors, the Broadband Access and IP Transport business units
were merged from January 1, 2009 into this new business unit. Consumer applications, the needs of
large enterprise, the growth of the Internet and new services have increased the demand for
bandwidth. Broadband Connectivity Solutions provides the fundamental elements for highspeed
transmission via optical and microwave networks, including packetoriented technologies such as
Ethernet and traditional protocols such as TDM. The business unit also provides a comprehensive
portfolio for the wire line connectivity area such as digital subscriber line access multiplexers, and
narrowband/multiservice equipment. The business unit aims to provide costefficient high bandwidth
for access networks, enabling high quality “triple play” services such as highspeed Internet, VoIP and
IPTV.
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