Despite the announced lay off of up to 9.000 people worldwide, Nokia Siemens Networks[1] is further investing 45 million euros in Portugal, in an innovation center (which will employ at the end of this year around 150 Portuguese engineers).
This innovation center which is inaugurated today by the President of the Portuguese Republic, focus on exports related with the implementation of projects in the fields of Technical Communication and Network Management, as well as in research activities (in partnership with the University of Aveiro) related with fiber optics and management platforms.
The “cluster” formed by the highly qualified resources of the University of Aveiro[2], PT Inovação[3] and the Aveiro Telecommunications Institute[4] was pointed out by João Picoito, South West Europe Head of Nokia Siemens Network, as a driver supporting the already 5th Nokia Siemens world innovation center which is located in Portugal. Also, according to 2006 information from the Minister of Economy, Siemens, which started its operations in Portugal in 1905, was one of the German companies (the other was Wolkswagen) where the highest productivity register was associated with their Portuguese production units.
The other Nokia Siemens world innovation centers located in Portugal focus on multimedia communications, optic communications, home entertainment and telecommunications network management.
This innovation center which is inaugurated today by the President of the Portuguese Republic, focus on exports related with the implementation of projects in the fields of Technical Communication and Network Management, as well as in research activities (in partnership with the University of Aveiro) related with fiber optics and management platforms.
The “cluster” formed by the highly qualified resources of the University of Aveiro[2], PT Inovação[3] and the Aveiro Telecommunications Institute[4] was pointed out by João Picoito, South West Europe Head of Nokia Siemens Network, as a driver supporting the already 5th Nokia Siemens world innovation center which is located in Portugal. Also, according to 2006 information from the Minister of Economy, Siemens, which started its operations in Portugal in 1905, was one of the German companies (the other was Wolkswagen) where the highest productivity register was associated with their Portuguese production units.
The other Nokia Siemens world innovation centers located in Portugal focus on multimedia communications, optic communications, home entertainment and telecommunications network management.
