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• Nokia Siemens CEO Says Focus on Market Share: Report

  Reuters - 2009-11-29

  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Ailing telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks NSN has changed its business focus to increasing its market share, the new chief executive of the venture was quoted as saying on Sunday."In early 2008 we made a strategic decision to focus more on cash flow and profitability than...

  Tags: Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, Market Share, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications

• Infonetics Research: Carriers name Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens top IMS vendors

  - 2008-08-21

  A new study by Infonetics Research that provides an in-depth view of service provider thinking and plans for IMS equipment and services , including service provider perceptions of leading IMS vendors, names Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Nokia Siemens as the "top IMS equipment manufacturers." According to the...

  Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, carrier, Ericsson Inc., Infonetics Research, NETWORKING, Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VoIP

• Siemens AG

  - 2008-07-15

  Siemens AG expects to cut up to 4 percent of its workforce worldwide, or about 17,200 of its 435,000 workers. About 6,400 of the cuts will be in Germany, where the company employs 136,000 people, according to the Financial Times. The company will close its telecommunications division and will lay...

  Tags: Financial Times, NETWORKING, Siemens AG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• SIEMENS NOKIA COMPANY SET UP MOBILE TELECOM RESEARCH CENTER IN CHINA

  - 2007-12-10

  According to fdi.gov.cn: As reported by German hot website?www.heise.de?on Dec.3, Siemens Nokia Company, the JV between Germany and Finland found the largest mobile telecom research center outside of Europe at the "Software Reform Technological Zone" of Hangzhou, China. This center is planned to hire 600 employees, mainly researching and developing...

  Tags: China, MARKETING, mobile, NETWORKING, Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, WIRELESS

• Nigerians, Russians and Libyans took Siemens bribes: WSJ

  - 2007-11-17

  WASHINGTON AFP — German telecommunications giant Siemens AG paid about 17.5 million dollars (12 million euros) in bribes to government and industry officials in Nigeria, Russia and Libya in a bid to win contracts. Using documents released last month by a court in Munich, The Wall Street Journal Europe...

  Tags: bribe, NETWORKING, Russia, Siemens AG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wall Street Journal

• Siemens offers to spare whistleblowing managers

  - 2007-11-01

  BERLIN AFP — German engineering group Siemens will fight corruption by offering to spare managers who denounce illegal practices from harsh sanctions, a spokesman said Thursday. "The company will impose no heavy sanctions, such as firing or demand of compensation, against staff who, before January 31, 2008, completely and...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, NETWORKING, sanction, Siemens AG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony

• Bush internet choice 'not mainstream'.

  - 2007-06-19

  Byline: Michael Sainsbury and Jennifer Hewett Jun 19, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Opinion remains divided in the telco sector about the merits of the WiMax wireless broadband standard. While telco equipment manufacturer Nokia Siemens supports it and forecasts sufficient transmission...

  Tags: broadband, Internet, Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• Siemens Communications Cost Management Services Offers New Control and Insight into Enterprises' Telecommunications Operations and Spending

  - 2007-02-20

  Siemens' New Flexible Managed Service Options Help Reduce Cost, Maximize Performance and Help Customers Gain Competitive Advantages in Business and Contract Negotiation

  Tags: cost management, Siemens AG, telecommunications

• Siemens SURPASS® hiD Carrier Ethernet Platform Helps Maine-based Telecom Boost Reliability, Resiliency and Performance of Voice and Data Communications

  - 2006-10-19

  BOCA RATON, Fla -- Siemens Networks LLC today announced that Maine-based telecommunications provider Tidewater Telecom is using the SURPASS[R] hiD 6650 Carrier Ethernet platform to provide reliable, high-performance voice and data services to customers in the health care industry. The Siemens solution enables Tidewater Telecom to increase bandwidth, boost resiliency...

  Tags: performance, Siemens AG, telecommunications

• Nokia, Motorola, ZTE, Ericsson, and Siemens short-listed for BSNL's $4.8 billion GSM tender

  - 2006-10-15

  Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. BSNL has short-listed five telecom vendors, - Nokia, Motorola, ZTE, Ericsson, and Siemens - after scrutinizing them technically. It was rumored that several telecom vendors had failed to make the grade as they did not clear theBharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. BSNL has short-listed five telecom vendors,...

  Tags: Ericsson Inc., GSM, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, telecommunications