Nokia Siemens sets up LTE shop in Silicon Valley

Feb. 20, 2012 - 11:25 AM PDT Feb. 20, 2012 - 11:25 AM PDT

The hub of mobile infrastructure in the U.S. may be in North Dallas, but the allure of Silicon Valley is bringing more telecom vendors to the Bay Area. Nokia Siemens is the latest, announcing the opening of one of its Smart Labs in Mountain View. Read more »

Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs as focus shifts to mobile broadband

By Ryan Kim

Nov. 23, 2011 - 6:53 AM PDT Nov. 23, 2011 - 6:53 AM PDT

Nokia Siemens Networks, the struggling telecommunications gear joint venture, announced it is cutting 17,000 jobs as it tries to restructure the company with a focus on mobile broadband. The layoffs will cut 23 percent of NSN’s workforce and will save the company about $1.3 billion. Read more »

100 Mbps DSL is Here & 800 Mbps is Around the Corner

By Om Malik

Oct. 25, 2010 - 2:01 PM PDT Oct. 25, 2010 - 2:01 PM PDT

Copper, thanks to new generation DSL technologies is staying competitive with fiber and cable broadband. Today, a new breakthrough shows that it will only be a matter of time before DSL broadband crosses the 800 Mbps threshold. For now lets’s settle for 100 Mbps DSL. Read more »

What's Left of Nortel Today?

By Stacey Higginbotham

Dec. 30, 2009 - 9:25 AM PDT Dec. 30, 2009 - 9:25 AM PDT

Almost a year after Nortel filed for bankruptcy, we take a look at what’s left of the 114-year-old company that began as Northern Electric and Manufacturing to sell telephones to Canadians. All that remains are some patents and an IP phone joint venture with LG. Read more »

Broadband: Damned Lies Edition

By Stacey Higginbotham

Feb. 23, 2009 - 10:22 AM PDT Feb. 23, 2009 - 10:22 AM PDT

Today, Saul Hansell of the New York Times used two surveys — the Nokia Siemens Connectivity Report and a Pew survey — to write a post titled “Surprise: America is No. 1 in Broadband,” which not only argues that we’re No. 1, but also tries to […] Read more »

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