The second largest telecommunications equipment provider in the world, Nokia Siemens said it is setting up its fifth global network operations center (GNOC) in Sau Paulo, Brazil. The Espoo, Finland-based company said this was serve a growing base of Latin American operators seeking to outsource network operations.
"Since we opened our first GNOC in 2007, we have achieved significant scale and experience in successfully managing our customers' complete networks remotely for better efficiency," Ashish Chowdhary, head of Global Services at Nokia Siemens Networks, said in a statement. "Latin America and Brazil in particular are growth markets for us. We have established strong partnerships with customers in the continent, becoming the number one managed services provider, managing networks for more than 70 million subscribers in the region."
Nokia Siemens has established the GNOC with an investment of €15 million ($20 million) and 300 expert technicians on hand to deal with 20 million subscribers. Its set to officially open in January of 2011.
Nokia Siemens currently has two global operations centers in India and one in Portugal. It has another one being established in Russia. The company says in addition to Latin American operators, the Brazilian operation will serve customers around the world.
"The way we set up these centers means that they are all interconnected so resources can be optimized and allocated intelligently," Arto Vilkman, head of services at Nokia Siemens Networks Latin America, said in a statement.
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