Sometime Nokia Siemens just has so much news and so much in the press that I feel like I'm writing post after post pointing out what they're doing. Today I'm taking a different approach and bundling everything into one larger post.
First some news with Guangdong Telecom in China -
Nokia Siemens Networks wins convergent charging deal with Guangdong Telecom in China
Guangdong Telecom, a China Telecom subsidiary, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks charge@once solution for its upcoming convergent charging needs. The deal will enable Guangdong Telecom to pave way for the flexible charging of mobile services it intends to launch in the future. With the deal the operator also takes a step forward in fixed-mobile convergence.
The charge@once convergent online charging solution for voice and data will enable Guangdong Telecom to provide prepaid and postpaid online charging for its future mobile and data subscribers. The solution will also allow the operator greater flexibility in tariff policy and marketing strategies, and shorten time-to-market for new services.
“We are pleased to announce our first convergent charging contract with Guangdong Telecom and thus with China Telecom,” said Joseph O’Konek, Head of Business Support Systems Business Line, Operations and Business Software, Nokia Siemens Networks. “Our industry-leading online charging solutions are helping operators around the world to progress to new business models, and we look forward to helping Guangdong Telecom do the same.”
Nokia Siemens Networks will integrate the solution into Guangdong Telecom’s network and support every stage of the solution lifecycle while improving operational efficiency. The system is expected to be ready for a pre-commercial pilot in November this year. Nokia Siemens Networks has a vast knowledge base and a successful track record of integration capability and successfully delivers hundreds of systems integration projects worldwide every year.
Nokia Siemens Networks creates OSS/BSS multi-vendor software solutions for charging, service management and network management to improve operators’ business performance. The company is a significant player in the OSS/BSS market with more than 600 network management customers and more than 280 service management installations. Nokia Siemens Networks is the number 1 prepaid and charging supplier serving more than 400 million online customers. More than 200 operators use our leading-edge charging and care solutions.
About Guangdong Telecom
Guangdong Telecom is the wholly owned subsidiary of China Telecom in Guangdong province of China. Guangdong Telecom has 60,000 employees and 21 prefecture-level branches and 79 county-level telecom offices with business outlets covering the whole province. The main business and services of Guangdong Telecom are operation of diversified national and overseas fixed network and facilities (including wireless local loop); voice, data, graphics and multi-media communications and information services; commutations and information-related system integration, technology development, technology services, information consultancy work.
www.gdtel.com.cn
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
More news in China with the GSM for the rail system on the Hefei-Nanjing Line
Nokia Siemens Networks enhances railway communication for the Hefei-Nanjing Line with GSM-R system
The Hefei-Nanjing passenger-dedicated line, is an important part of China’s newly built high-speed passenger service network, and will be China’s first modern passenger-service line for commercial use.
The 166 kilometer-long Hefei-Nanjing Line, connecting the capitals of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in the Yangtze River Delta, is an integral part of the “Four Longitudinal and Four Horizontal” Passenger Service Network. The line, to be put into operation in early 2008, will become China’s first newly built passenger-dedicated line for commercial use at speeds of 200 km/h. With cutting-edge technologies, strong network implementing capability and rich network operation and maintenance experience, Nokia Siemens Networks stood out among the competition and won the contract, integrating both GSM-R and the world’s leading tunnel technology.
“We are honored to provide GSM-R system for China’s first railway passenger-dedicated line at 200km/h. It marks another milestone of Nokia Siemens Networks in GSM-R following our contract in this April for the Wuhan-Guangzhou Line—the longest high-speed railway in the world. China’s railway construction is experiencing an unprecedented leap forward, and Nokia Siemens Networks will provide the most advanced technology, the most reliable products and the best services as we have done in the past. We hope to make Hefei-Nanjing Line a model of GSM-R communication system for passenger-dedicated railway lines in China”, said Mr. Zhang Zhiqiang, head of the Greater China Region of Nokia Siemens Networks.
Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the inventors of GSM-R technology, with Siemens researching and creating the GSM-R standard starting in the early 1990s.The world’s first three GSM-R trial networks and the first commercial network were all supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks.
In China, Nokia Siemens Networks is the leader of GSM-R communication system. So far, Nokia Siemens Networks has undertaken four of the total six GSM-R passenger-dedicated line projects in China that are under construction or have been put into operation. Notably, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, supporting Beijing’s big sports games in 2008, is the first high-speed railway with the maximum speed of 350 km/h. In addition, Nokia Siemens Networks is the exclusive provider of Chinese GSM-R intelligent network and HLRi system. The GSM-R core network provided by Nokia Siemens Networks will serve the main railway lines and bear over 50% of the wireless communication traffic on Chinese railways.
To date, Nokia Siemens Networks has deployed GSM-R networks in 17 countries serving 50,000 km of railways, making it the world’s Number One GSM-R vendor in both number of commercial networks and length of operational GSM-R lines.
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
Beyond China, here's news about something new with Deutsche Telekom in Germany. This announcement is actually quite a large story.
Nokia Siemens Networks and Deutsche Telekom sign strategic partnership for managed services and next-generation network modernization
* Nokia Siemens Networks assumes control of Vivento Technical Services (VTS) from Deutsche Telekom; VTS’ 2,000 employees to form NSN subsidiary in Germany
* The companies sign 5-year, nearly €300 million managed services contract
* Nokia Siemens Networks becomes a preferred services partner of Deutsche Telekom
* Additional contracts signed for next-generation equipment and services valued up to €150m over the next five years
Nokia Siemens Networks and Deutsche Telekom today signed a wide-ranging partnership agreement that places Nokia Siemens Networks as a strategic partner to Deutsche Telekom. Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will assume control of Vivento Technical Services (VTS) – a division of Vivento, Deutsche Telekom's personnel service provider – and has signed a managed services contract valued at nearly €300 million over the next five years. In addition, Deutsche Telekom has also selected Nokia Siemens Networks to deliver a range of capital expenditure projects for several T Mobile affiliates in Europe, including next-generation IN (Intelligent Network), valued at up to €150 million.
The companies have agreed to make Nokia Siemens Networks a preferred services partner for Deutsche Telekom for upcoming outsourcing and managed services projects. With this agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks becomes a major supplier for managed services in Europe further increasing its strong international position in managed services. The asset deal is expected to close at the beginning of next year and includes the transfer of VTS assets to Nokia Siemens Networks, as well as additional support from Deutsche Telekom to ensure a successful transition of VTS to Nokia Siemens Networks.
“This agreement is proof that Nokia Siemens Networks is the right partner for Deutsche Telekom in the industry’s trend to outsource services,” said Rajeev Suri, head of Services at Nokia Siemens Networks. “The integration of VTS into our portfolio supports our strategy of transforming into a services and solutions company and helps us become one of the leaders in the European managed services market. By combining the Managed Services contract and the next-generation equipment agreements with ongoing partnership and support from Deutsche Telekom, we see this as a compelling opportunity for Nokia Siemens Networks.”
With the addition of VTS, Nokia Siemens Networks has the increased ability to address the multi-vendor maintenance, installation and commissioning services market within Deutsche Telekom and with other customers across Germany. Under the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will deliver a range of managed services to Deutsche Telekom, including a single point of contact for managed maintenance and systems integration, as well as providing build, operate, care and transfer services for major Deutsche Telekom roll-outs in the next few years. The integration of VTS will complement the capabilities of Nokia Siemens Networks in managed services and raise its share in this growing market in Germany by allowing it to increasingly offer installation, commissioning and maintenance services to operators other than Deutsche Telekom.
“We are delighted that by securing this deal with Nokia Siemens Networks, we are partnering with one of the leading providers of global communications services, enabling the employees of VTS to go after new opportunities and customers in the German market,” said Dr. Martin Walter, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vivento Technical Services.
Deutsche Telekom will support the continued business development of VTS by committing to use its service delivery capabilities, by placing additional service contracts with the company.
In a very fragmented market consisting of thousands of sub-contractors, cost and resource co-ordination are key factors. VTS offers a promising entry point into the German infrastructure services market which, according to Nokia Siemens Networks internal estimates, is expected to grow annually by around 6%, reaching €1 billion by 2010. With VTS, Nokia Siemens Networks will improve its time-to-market and open up growth opportunities by increasing efficiency and building market share in Germany’s managed services market.
“With more than 160 managed services and outsourcing contracts we have a strong track record of integrating employees from customers and delivering a successful business and we will do so with VTS”, said Suri. “The scope of the deals we are announcing today strengthens Nokia Siemens Networks’ position as a preferred supplier to Deutsche Telekom and positions us well for Deutsche Telekom’s upcoming deployment projects across Europe,” said Suri.
“As part of the strategy announced by Deutsche Telekom in 2004, close to 2000 VTS employees will transfer in an asset deal for VTS, which will become a wholy-owned affiliate of Nokia Siemens Networks. Deutsche Telekom will support the continued business development of VTS by committing to use its service delivery capabilities and also by placing additional service contracts with the company”, said Dr. Martin Walter.
About Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom AG is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with more than 111 million mobile customers, about 38 million fixed-network lines and 13 million broadband lines as of June 30, 2007. Under the Group's umbrella "T" brand, around 240,000 employees worldwide provide modern telecommunications products and services from a single source. Fixed-network telephony, broadband Internet, mobile communications and information and communication technology (ICT) solutions are offered under the brands T-Home, T-Mobile and T-Systems.
In the 2006 financial year the group generated revenues of EUR 61.3 billion – almost half outside Germany. Active in nearly 50 countries worldwide, Deutsche Telekom is an international group.
Further information is available on the Internet at: www.telekom.com
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
And lastly, some news fromw Sweden on IMS.
Com hem launches first commercial IMS in Sweden
Com Hem is the first Swedish telecom operator to deploy a IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) platform for commercial use. With IMS, Com Hem now has the ability to rapidly introduce new functions and subscriber services, as well as enter into new cooperation with other telecom operators.
IP Multimedia Subsystem is a new network architecture that enables new telephone services and richer communications applications based on the Internet Protocol (IP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Com Hem’s IMS solution, including the IMS Core and SURPASS hiQ 8000 VoIP application server, has been provided and integrated by Nokia Siemens Networks.
Using IMS, Com hem can optimize operations of its existing infrastructure to meet its rapid subscriber growth, while reducing operations expenses. IMS also allows Com Hem to develop and quickly introduce new telephony services and applications.
Com Hem is using IMS initially to provide Voice over IP (VoIP) service, which can also be connected to additional networks thanks to the expanded cooperation with other operators made possible by IMS.
“IMS is a key technology to further develop VoIP-services and next generation IP-telephony. Becoming the first operator in Sweden to use IMS in a full commercial deployment is strategically important since it further expands our competitive position and allows us to offer the best telephony service,” says Martin Kull CTO at Com Hem.
“This project demonstrates our strong cooperation with Com Hem and signals our mutual leadership as innovators in network technology and services. It also provides clear proof of the commercial maturity and importance of IMS as a strategic choice for operators offering richer communications services,” says Jan Lindgren Head of Nokia Siemens Networks in Sweden.
About Com Hem
Com Hem is Sweden’s leading supplier of triple play-services – TV, Broadband and Telephony. Around 40 per cent of all Swedish homes, 1.75 million are connected to Com Hem’s network and gain access to the market’s largest supply of TV channels and cost effective, high-quality and complete broadband and telephone service. Com Hem also provides landlords with interactive services for efficient information management, property maintenance and operations. The company was founded in 1983, has approximately 700 employees, its main office in Stockholm, Sweden and is owned by The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity. For more information please visit: www.comhem.se
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
Technorati Tags: Nokia Siemens, Guangdong Telecom, China, GSM-R, Hefei-Nanjin Line, Deutsche Telekom, Germany, Com Hem, Sweden, IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem, unified communications
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