Nokia Siemens Networks announces creation of new Global Network Solutions Center in Lisbon, Portugal

Espoo, Finland - Lisbon, Portugal – June 25, 2007

Nokia Siemens Networks today announced that it will create a new Global Network Solutions Center (GNSC) at its site in Lisbon, Portugal. The GNSC concept is an integral part of Nokia Siemens Networks’ services strategy, involving the consolidation of a range of services solutions into one location to provide greater efficiency for customers and deliver the majority of “back office” services tasks.

At a ceremony today in Lisbon attended by His Excellency the Prime Minister of Portugal, José Sócrates, members of the government and the press, Basílio Horta of Agência Portuguesa para o Investimento (Invest in Portugal Agency), José Costa e Silva, Head of Services for Nokia Siemens Networks and João Picoito, South West Europe Head for Nokia Siemens Networks, jointly signed a memorandum of understanding supporting the launch of the new centre in Lisbon.

The GNSC in Lisbon will consist of a Global Network Operations Center, for outsourced network operations and management for our customers, a Global Care Center for network maintenance services, including fault correction, and also a Service Delivery Center for Consulting and Systems Integration activities such as network optimization. Nokia Siemens Networks’ customers will benefit from closer operational control, increased efficiency, improved service delivery and high levels of reliability, uptime and data security.

“The decision to implement a Global Network Solutions Center takes us a step closer to our vision of a global service delivery model, where we streamline operations and processes to drive economies of scale as well as standardized service solutions for our customers’ business needs,” said José Costa e Silva.

João Picoito, South West Europe Head of Nokia Siemens Networks added: “This project reinforces our commitment to grow in the highly competitive services market. Our Global Network Solutions Center in Lisbon is key element in our global network of service delivery centers, increasing our ability to provide network operations, maintenance and network optimization services to our customers.”

The GNSC pools the global, end-to-end strengths of the Services Business Unit, offering: network operations and management, hosting, Care maintenance services, remote integration, consulting, planning and optimization, network benchmarking and learning solutions/knowledge management.

Nokia Siemens Networks has one of the world’s largest services networks. The company is active in a growing business and a growing market and over the course of the next several years will look to increase the capacity of the Global Network Solutions Center to match customer demand.

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. The combined pro-forma net sales of €17.1 billion in fiscal year 2006 make Nokia Siemens Networks one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It combines Nokia’s Networks Business Group and the carrier related businesses of Siemens Communications.
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