Nokia to help foster Myanmar mobile telecom services ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® Nay Pyi Taw, 19 May Nokia Solutions and Networks, said on Monday that it is making plans to help support mobile telecommunications services in Myanmar through its new technologies and human resources. The Finland-based telecom company held its press conference at the Royal Kumudra Hotel in the capital to publicize its regional regulatory update and market developments in mobile telecommunications sector. Ooredoo, that won one of the two licences made available to foreign operators in a bid process of Myanmar telecommunication business, recently selected NSN to supply its core and radio infrastructure for its 3G network in the Southeast Asian country. NSN said through two offices in Yangon, it will provide employment opportunities to local youth and fresh graduates, and to empower the people of the country. NSN will be operational to empower domestic operators to provide network coverage to a vast majority of users throughout Myanmar. NSN is now making investments in technologies with a focus on three businesses; Networks, HERE and Technologies for advanced technology development and licensing through technologies, said officials. Rajeev Suri, President and CEO of the Nokia Cooperation said: “Our goal is to optimize the company so that each business is best enabled to meet its goals. Where it makes sense to do so, we will pursue shared opportunities between the businesses, but not at the expense of focus and discipline in each.” He added that Nokia will invest in innovative products and services needed by telecom operators to manage the increase in wireless data traffic which is more than doubling every year. Through the type of HERE business, Nokia will also further develop its location cloud to make it the leading source of location intelligence and experiences across many different operating systems, platforms and screens. At the event, the official of Nokia talked about the update features of fiber, microwave, GSM/3 G and long-term evolution (LTE) known as 4G LTE on the market and a standard for wireless communication of high-speed date for mobile phones and data terminals, value added services and working relationship. Raman Vattumalai, NSN Country Head of Myanmar said: “Our company has fully committed to support the Myanmar government to achieve the target of 70 to 80 per cent penetration by 2015, and we will recruit Myanmar fresh graduates and provide training to encourage the human resources development of the country.” NSN, with headquarters in Finland’s city of Espoo, operates in over 120 countries and had net sales of approximately 11.3 billion euros in 2013. After buying out of Siemens AG in 2013, NSN is now wholly owned by Nokia Corporation. ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 08:54:09 +0000