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Nokia Siemens expands R&D center in Bangalore
By siliconindia
Bangalore: India's technology hotspot Bangalore with it's large talent pool has become the R&D destination for many of the MNCs. Aggressively toeing the bandwagon Finland based telecom equipment provider Nokia Siemens Networks has expanded its R&D center, making the Bangalore center one of the largest centers of the company.
"By moving to a larger, more modern facility, it will not only enhance our development efforts, but will also help to transfer the product innovation in one area across our whole business," said Johann Haslinger, Head of Nokia Siemens R&D Center, Bangalore. Based at the Manyata Business Park of Bangalore the new R&D center has 2,300 employees including the 800 people of the first phase offices.
The R&D center of the company would further help to boost the IT workforce of Karnataka. The state currently, employs 30 percent of India's IT workforce. "The new center has the capacity of 3000 engineers, which imply hiring would continue though it would depend on the business and the demand," says Urs Pennanen, Head of India Region, Nokia Siemens. For the company the key areas of R&D competencies lie in operations and business support, charging software, voice and multimedia communication enablers, wireless access solutions for mobile voice and messaging.
Currently, Nokia Siemens provides its services to around 150 million subscribers across India. The company has a strong presence in the country with marketing and sales offices in Delhi and Mumbai, two Global Network Solutions Centers (GNSC's) in Noida, Delhi and Chennai; two manufacturing facilities in Chennai and Kolkata, a research and development center in Bengaluru
The move is strategic to adapt to the level of growth in India where 5,000 base stations are being added every month and Nokia Siemens has already added 1500 base stations in the country. The company asserts all its wave stations are 3G compliant and has plans to launch its multi-band stations, which would support both 2G and 3G.
