Nokia Siemens networks opens new global network solution center at Noida

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 23:15 IST
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New Delhi: Nokia Siemens Networks, a provider of telecommunications services has opened a new Global Network Solutions Center (GNSC) in Noida. The new center is part of the company's strategic response to the growing trend for operators to outsource network management and maintenance as a way to increase efficiency. At the inauguration, Simon Beresford Wylie, CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks said, "Our services business lies at the heart of the transformation underway at our company, and India lies at the heart of our services success." "Both Nokia Siemens Networks' transformation and our commitment to India as a significant part of a global telecoms ecosystem are encapsulated by this new Global Network Solutions Center," Beresford-Wylie added. In addition to being in the heart of one of the world’s fastest growing mobile markets, the new Noida GNSC will complement the two company's two existing GNSCs in Lisbon, Portugal and Chennai, India. This network of GNSCs is designed to help customers get to market faster through 'round-the-clock' project management, ensure high network and service performance through transparent 'service level agreements' and improve service delivery efficiency while reducing risk. The creation of a central hub at the Noida facility is part of Nokia Siemens Networks' overall transformation strategy to constantly develop its global network of various competency and delivery centers and to strengthen its presence closer to its customers in emerging and developing markets. India as an emerging market plays a key role in globalization of Nokia Siemens Networks' transformation strategy. In 2007, Nokia Siemens Networks committed to $100 million 3-year strategic investments in India and last year Nokia Siemens Networks opened manufacturing plant in Chennai.