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Siemens telephony systems development division Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEN) has unveiled plans for ongoing reorientation measures and further extensive restructuring activities. These moves are intended to accelerate the company''s transformation from a hardware supplier to a software and solutions provider to fit changed market conditions. The plans include third parties that acquire parts of SEN or partner closely with SEN, which will affect roughly 3,000 employees worldwide, of whom about 1,200 are in Germany. In addition, Siemens plans to cut 3,800 jobs worldwide, including up to 2,000 in Germany. In Germany, SEN''s headquarters and other administrative and support functions are expected to be affected the most. As it changes to a software provider, SEN will give up its own manufacturing operations. In Germany, plans call for the SEN plant in Leipzig, which currently has about 530 employees, and the telecommunications cable business, with some 60 employees, to be sold or funnelled into solutions involving a third party.

In addition, SEN is seeking a partnership with an IT provider for around 570 employees involved in direct sales to customers for small and mid-sized systems. For its international operations, SEN intends to sell or find partners for its facilities in Thessaloniki (Greece) and Curitiba (Brazil), which have 270 and 470 employees, respectively. The possibility of a facility being closed down cannot be ruled out. Order call centres in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, which employ a total of about 1,100 people, are not part of SEN''S core portfolio and are slated to be sold.


Source:Telecompaper