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Nokia Siemens Communications to sell Shenzhen R & D center

Updated:2010/12/30 15:51

Reporters learnt from Nokia Siemens, the company has decided to sell Shenzhen R & D center to a long-standing partner, U.S. manufacturer Aricent. And recently, a market source said, the labor rights of existing staff in Nokia Siemens Shenzhen R & D center were seriously damaged because of the sale. In response, Nokia Siemens responsible person told reporters: "This sale program, including human resources, are strictly implemented in the framework of laws and regulations."

It is understood that before the sale of Shenzhen R & D center, in China, Nokia Siemens Communications has 6 R & D centers, including the Shenzhen center which is mainly for RNC, Beijing center which is mainly for the long-term evolution from 3G to 4G, Shanghai center which is mainly for optical network, Chengdu center which is mainly for 3G and IMS products and the largest Hangzhou R & D center.

For the recent speculation of "Why Nokia Siemens Communications to sell Shenzhen R & D center due to 'the WCDMA business of Nokia Siemens has been collapsed across the board'", in response, Nokia Siemens told reporters that Nokia Siemens still possessed the most share in the global WCDMA market, and in China, Nokia Siemens cooperated with China Unicom to have built WCDMA networks in 11 provinces.

It is understood that the Shenzhen R & D center was established in 2006 by Siemens, after 2007, it belongs to Nokia Siemens, the current staff is about 220 people.

According to reports, as a part of the deal, the 220 employees, and the related work, remuneration, assets (such as laboratory equipment) will be transferred to Aricent. After the transfer, Aricent will continue to operate Shenzhen R & D center, and the center will continue to provide servikia Siemens. (by Nye Sha)

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