Nokia Siemens Networks and mobile broadband: powering consumers on the go with 3G/WCDMA and HSPA

Nokia Siemens Networks is the industry leader in WCDMA/HSPA radio networks with over 130 WCDMA references and over 100 HSPA enabled networks. Our market leadership in mobile broadband is driven by our extensive expertise and practical experience in building, caring for and operating high quality 3G networks, and we are also driving the standardization and interoperability of WCDMA 3G.

In addition to offering a rich feature set based on 3GPP standard, our 3G radio access networks offer operators an upturn in subscriber loyalty and therefore profit. With best-in-class, revolutionary base station design, 3G upgrades to 2G sites, and our high-coverage/high-capacity 3G technology, operators can diminish churn and get on the fast track to revenue.

Highlights: Nokia Siemens Networks' Market Leadership in 3G

(As per Oct 1st 2008)

• In the first nine months of 2008 Nokia Siemens Networks made more shipments of WCDMA/HSPA than during the whole of 2007, deploying the technology to over 130, paying, radio network customers worldwide

• Nokia Siemens Networks is the global leader in the deployment of high-speed mobile broadband networks, connecting over half of the world's 260 million WCDMA subscribers

• Nokia Siemens Networks delivers to 18 of the 25 biggest 3G operators in the world and the company has supplied nearly half of all currently live HSPA networks

• In addition to its 3G leadership, Nokia Siemens Networks has broken records in 2G, GSM/EDGE, deployments, with more than 200,000 GSM radio transceiver units, enough to enable approximately 70 million calls during Busy Hour (BH), delivered in July 2008 alone

Multi-radio environments and the Flexi Base Station

Nokia Siemens Networks offers unmatched multi-radio (GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA, WiMAX and LTE) capability on a single platform; the market leading and future proof Flexi Base Station.

The Flexi Base Station range is small, lightweight, modular, weatherproof, and energy efficient; offering significant benefits in site construction, rental, and power consumption. It also offers additional cost benefits while deploying/upgrading to any other radio technologies since the network site acquisition and construction principles are the same.

Flexi's environmental credentials also make it the world's most energy efficient base station, offering base station site energy savings of up to 70% over traditional products. In addition, the Flexi Base Station is designed to reduce environmental impact over its whole life cycle; over 90% of its materials are suitable for recycling.

Leveraging the Benefits of WCDMA / HSPA for the Entire Mobile Ecosystem

Nokia Siemens Networks solutions for mobile broadband play to the key benefits of WCDMA/HSPA, namely enhanced voice capabilities in 3G; higher data speeds which will enable the delivery of richer services; a decrease in power consumption for data applications by over 50%, increased battery life in handsets; lower latency leading to improved data rates; and a flat network architecture leading to greater efficiency.

Nokia Siemens Networks WCDMA/HSPA solutions also protect operators' investments by offering a clear migration path to LTE through a software upgrade to the Flexi base station.  For more information, please visit the Nokia Siemens Networks web site at http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/SSP/Radio-access.