From research to service delivery and beyond

Nokia Siemens Networks will be structured for agility, to make sure we can react quickly in the fast-changing communications market. At the heart of this structure lie six Business Units, offering world-leading expertise and end-to-end products, services and solutions.

Mini-profile: Radio Networks

Key objective:

  

To help service providers maximize profits from mobile data by providing leading-edge multi-radio solutions and by reducing service providers’ CAPEX and OPEX

Solution highlights:

  

All key radio access technologies: GSM/EDGE, WCDMA 3G/HSPA/I-HSPA, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX and LTE

Pioneering:

  

2003 World’s first live HSDPA air interface call
   

2005 World’s first live HSUPA air interface call

2006 World’s first 900 MHz HSDPA call in commercial WCDMA/HSPA network

Word from the top:

  

“Our pragmatism helps with service provider costs. We put ourselves in our customers’ shoes. We know their biggest cost is in radio, and site acquisition issues and the operational costs associated with those sites.”

Ari Lehtoranta, Head of Radio Access Business Unit

Mini-profile: Broadband Access

Key objective:

  

To meet increasing bandwidth demand and support Next Generation IP Networks by providing complete solutions to help service providers reduce CAPEX and OPEX, increase efficiency and build higher capacity

Solution highlights:

  

Access solutions for fixed and converged networks: DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexer), PON (Passive Optical Networks), Ethernet Access Switching, Metro Switching, and Narrowband / Multi-service

Pioneering:

  

2004 New ADSL2+ technology line cards
   

2005 First GPON lab deployment

2006 First VDSL2 compliant IP DSLAMs2006 First commercial GPON Triple Play Solution

Word from the top:

  

“We aim to reduce the TCO for every customer through today’s broadest offering of fixed and mobile solutions. We are passionate in investing time with our customers to support them through the explosive growth in bandwidth demand.”

Martin Lüst, Head of Broadband Access Business Unit

Mini-profile: Service Core and Applications

Key objective:

  

To focus on service providers’ continuous demands for new revenue-generating services while keeping their existing business profitable

Solution highlights:

  

Voice, data and multimedia platforms with advanced middleware functionalities. Also provides systems to support service provider business processes, such as convergent charging

Pioneering:

  

2004 First commercial end-to-end 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem
   

2005 First IMS in live commercial use

2005 First commercial IPTV deployment (ADC)

2006 First Personalized VoIP in commercial use (NVS 1.0)

2006 First to present service continuity (VCC) between Radio and WLAN

Word from the top:

  

“Our consultative approach will bring benefits in forming the strategies of our customers. We can help them work out how to react and develop their business models to cope with future trends.“

Christian Unterberger, Head of Service Core and Applications Business Unit

Mini-profile: IP Networking and Transport

Key objective:

  

To help service providers to increase their revenues by improving time to market and optimizing life cycle costs for their service offerings

Solution highlights:

  

Multi-haul WDM solutions including Metro, Regional, Long Haul and Ultra Long Haul

Next Generation SDH multi-service provisioning platform and packet transport portfolio

Carrier-grade IP network solutions covering core, BRAS, edge, multi-service and site routers

PDH, SDH access, SDH trunk and PMP (LMDS) microwave link systems

Pioneering:

  

2004 First 40G live traffic

2005 First Ethernet L2 switching with RPR

2006 First surface mounted RF technology based microwave radio product up to 38GHz

2006 20,000 microwave transceivers per month milestone achieved
     

Word from the top:

  

“Transport is integral to our customers’ success. No matter what the application may be - from straight data to peer-to-peer downloading - we can tailor the best possible solution.”

Bernd Schumacher, Head of IP Networking and Transport Business Unit

Mini-profile: Operations Support Systems

Key objective:

  

To provide software that automates operational and business processes to reduce complexity for service providers and improve their business performance

Solution highlights:

  

Interoperable software to automate operations and business processes, reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and raise customer life-time value by addressing key challenges of complexity, differentiation and customer loyalty.

Pioneering:

  

2002 World’s first AMR network implementation

2002 World’s first 2G/3G network management solution on the same platform

2003 World’s first GSM/EDGE-WCDMA Interworking

2003 World’s first EDGE network
     

Word from the top:

  

“Our passion lies in driving down costs for our customers. We help service providers to directly address their challenges, such as delivering more at lower cost, reducing ARPU and optimizing CAPEX and OPEX. We’re also the key to launching and managing new services for end-users.”

Christian Fredrikson, Head of Operations Support Systems Business Unit

Mini-profile: Services

Key objective:

  

To improve customers’ Total Cost of Ownership by helping them to reduce OPEX and generate new revenues

Solution highlights:

  

Installation, commissioning, maintenance

Consultation

Integration

Managed services

Hosting

Pioneering:

  

2004-2006 Bharti India signs Managed Services deals worth USD 800 million

2006 Fastest BTS swap in the world: 451 BTS swapped in 4 months

2006 Global Networks Solutions Center opened in Chennai, India
     

Word from the top:

  

“Our pragmatic approach ensures compliance and on-time delivery, helping our customers sleep at night. With the new company we have both a global and local reach that is unique to the market.”

José Costa e Silva Head of Services Business Unit