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What practical steps can a country take to increase its connectivity levels?

Nokia Siemens Networks is at the forefront of helping countries to develop the infrastructure and skills needed to fully exploit the benefits of connectivity.

Step 1. Please select economy type

Step 2. Find solutions for the pillars by clicking below

Below are the six pillars through which the level of useful connectivity in an economy might be increased. Select a pillar to see how this aspect of connectivity could be increased in your country.

Government usage & skills

Transformational e-governance strategies rely heavily on the ICT skill levels of entire populations. Our extensive, global insight into consumer trends gives us a unique ability to help governments improve the end-user skills that will drive the usage of public services.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of government broadband services, usage and skills, and insights into the principal market trends.

Mobilizing e-government
Delivering public services via mobile communications technology can help people to find jobs, improve their health and better their education.

Mobilizing e-government
Delivering public services via mobile communications technology can help people to find jobs, improve their health and better their education.

Pocket-sized government
Stephan Martin from Nokia Siemens Networks discusses mobile e-governance services and the importance of affordable connectivity solutions, especially in the emerging markets.

Mobilizing the fight against HIV/AIDS
Project Masiluleke is designed to harness the mobile phone as a high-impact, low-cost tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB. Conservative estimates indicate Project Masiluleke could mobilize hundreds of thousands to get tested in the first year alone.

Access to broadband is only the start.
New statistics reveal challenges and opportunities for broadband providers across the world.

Where is broadband going?
Find out what consumers want to do with fixed and mobile broadband

Welcome to the experience economy
Customer experience is the key to long-term profits

Find out more about how specific Nokia Siemens Networks solutions drive government services usage by providing powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication services.

Driving eGovernance usage
Transformational e-governance strategies rely on introducing simple and effective services suitable for entire populations.

Implementing an effective e-Governance strategy
Why are mobile devices best for delivering public services?

Delivering public services via mobile communications technology
...can help people to find jobs, improve their health and better their education.

Mobile takes aim at HIV.
In a groundbreaking new scheme, mobile communications will soon begin connecting South Africans with HIV-related clinical services

Driving usage and skills
"We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one". Subscribers are looking for the latest content and services and keeping customers happy drives usage and revenues. High levels of service reliability and efficiency are the foundation of customer experience. The better the experience, the more likely usage will increase. How can infrastructure and services be developed around the needs of consumers to enhance customer lifetime value for the operator?
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication services solutions.

New lab gives hope to Pakistani youth
Initiative builds on innovative vocational partnership between Nokia Siemens Networks, Telenor and Pakistani Government

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase connectivity

Consumer infrastructure

Connectivity unlocks new freedom and lifestyle choices for consumers, opening up a global market of entertainment, commerce and information services. Powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructures are vital for developed and emerging markets alike.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of consumer broadband infrastructure and the insights they have into the principal market trends.

Internet for the next billion
Connecting the world ’s population to the internet could unlock significant benefits for those living in emerging economies. That means internet-ready infrastructures have never been more important.

In Africa, total cost of ownership rules
As several high-profile events in Africa have shown, rural connectivity depends on one factor: affordability

Access to broadband is only the start.
New statistics reveal challenges and opportunities for broadband providers across the world.

Expedition Brazil
Village Connection: taking cellular communication opportunities and the benefits of the Internet to unconnected villages and remote places

Tapping into rural markets
Saswati Saha-Mitra, Knowledge Manager at the Center for Knowledge Societies in Bangalore, India, discusses the many challenges communications service providers face tapping into rural markets. She shares a number of surprising and highly successful best practices identified in Asia.

Powerful, flexible and cost effective voice &broadband data telecom infrastructures for fixed and mobile networks in both developed and emerging markets
Unlocking consumer connectivity begins with network infrastructure. Voice, high-speed internet, and video services (DVB/IPTV) in fixed networks, together with broadband connectivity in mobile networks - and the steadily increasing demand for bandwidth that goes with it - are today's challenges for fixed and mobile operators, and ISPs alike. Learn more about solutions that turn network challenges into opportunities.

Radio Access Networks - the profits come from multi-radio solutions:Whether connecting subscribers in new growth markets, or developing a profitable mobile broadband business in an advanced market, the challenges can be daunting. This is where multi-radio access solutions come into play, helping turn today's challenges into profitable business.
GSM/EDGE
Village Connection
WCDMA/HSPA
Flexi BTS
WCDMA Frequency Re-farming
LTE
WiMAX

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Making good green business sense
Service providers are paying more attention to energy consumption of infrastructure components these days, not just because of a 'green' image, but also because electricity costs are a big part of operating expenses. Learn how communications technology can create social and economic opportunities whilst reducing environmental impact.
Recommended solutions

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - Broadband Access
Broadband access solutions provide the flexibility in deployment strategies for pure copper-based, hybrid or pure fiber-based access networks. Multi-service access nodes employ the latest access technologies to converge services to an all-IP carrier-grade network infrastructure.

Building efficient networks
Building a consumer network infrastructure that minimizes operational and capital costs, as well as energy use, is crucial. Read about recommended approaches to developing highly efficient networks that bring value whilst managing costs.
Recommended solutions

Leveraging network and business management with OSS/BSS solutions
A comprehensive solution portfolio for every step in the network management and business life-cycle specially designed to improve your business performance. Solutions cover every step of the business life-cycle, from entry level to managed growth and differentiation.
Network Management and OSS Business Support Systems

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructure solutions.

From Zero to Hero
Claro Perù needed to build a nationwide greenfield network and now leads in the market in terms of coverage

Building Sustainable Infrastructure
Find out how Nokia Siemens Networks Solutioneers used renewable energy solutions enabling autonomous sites in Ethiopia.

Handling the world ’s highest traffic densities
Learn how Nokia Siemens Networks helped Saudi Telecom Company provide mobile services to three million Hajj pilgrims in an area just five kilometers square.

Launching a new network in Pakistan
As a fifth entrant in a highly-competitive market, Telenor Pakistan needed to roll out network infrastructure as quickly and efficiently as possible in a challenging market and geography.

Iraq ’s network without borders
Zain Iraq had a vision of a network without borders – and in partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks their ground-breaking international “One” network became a reality.

Maintaining connectivity quality while launching new services
Cote d'Ivoire operator, MTN, wanted to maintain its market reputation of "best quality operator". Working with Nokia Siemens Networks, MTN introduced a range of new services that were deployed in challenging conditions.

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase consumer connectivity

Consumer usage & skills

Achieving world-class connectivity is about more than simply building great networks; it ’s also about equipping consumers with the skills needed to expand usage in order to exploit the full potential of a connected world.

With unrivaled global insight into connectivity trends, we help service providers to educate and engage consumers with new services such as mobile e-mail, mobile internet, banking, entertainment and education services, and media rich fixed line broadband services such as IPTV. We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one, and we are helping over 600 telecoms operators bring the socio-economic benefits of improved connectivity to 150 countries

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of consumer broadband services, usage and skills and the insights they have into the principal market trends.

Information that makes life simply better
Bringing information services to the next billion users will take innovation. The right information delivered and presented in an accurate way can be life-changing.

From affordable voice to affordable internet
Assisted access is a key evolutionary step that will help new users to appreciate the benefits of information services

Mobile internet skyrockets in emerging markets
A well-worn saying in the mobile industry is that people in emerging markets will likely experience the Internet first on the phone rather than a PC. It appears that day is fast approaching, reports the WSJ

Mobile phones can bring banking within everyone ’s reach
For millions – perhaps billions – of lower-income people around the world, a mobile phone represents more than just a tool for communication.

Expedition Brazil
Village Connection: taking cellular communication opportunities and the benefits of the Internet to unconnected villages and remote places

Mobilizing the fight against HIV/AIDS
Project Masiluleke is designed to harness the mobile phone as a high-impact, low-cost tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB. Conservative estimates indicate Project Masiluleke could mobilize hundreds of thousands to get tested in the first year alone.

Tapping into rural markets
Saswati Saha-Mitra, Knowledge Manager at the Center for Knowledge Societies in Bangalore, India, discusses the many challenges communications service providers face tapping into rural markets. She shares a number of surprising and highly successful best practices identified in Asia.

Enriched customer experience
Mobile advertising, Web 2.0, social networking: end-users are shaping the future of connectivity. Soon, new services will be demanded on any device, at any time, in any location.

Driving usage and skills
"We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one". Subscribers are looking for the latest content and services and keeping customers happy drives usage and revenues. High levels of service reliability and efficiency are the foundation of customer experience. The better the experience, the more likely usage will increase. How can infrastructure and services be developed around the needs of consumers to enhance customer lifetime value for the operator?
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Enjoying the Future of TV today
More consumers are looking for a rich media experience; enriching life anywhere, any time, any device with TV and media. Learn more about Mobile TV and IPTV solutions

Connecting communities wherever they are Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions
Provide seamless access to fixed and mobile networks and leading Web 2.0 services with cost effective and competitive converged network solutions

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication solutions.

Telkomsel wins higher revenue from rural regions
Rural mobile consumers are often typecast as low spending. Yet Indonesian operator Telkomsel has found that its rural customers expend more than expected.

Pioneering business model lets rural consumers shop online
Nokia Siemens Networks and Fujian Mobile pilot an integrated online shopping system enabling businesses to reach rural consumers via local village shops.

Maintaining connectivity quality while launching new services
Cote d'Ivoire operator, MTN, wanted to maintain its market reputation of "best quality operator". Working with Nokia Siemens Networks, MTN introduced a range of new services that were deployed in challenging conditions.

Kenyan mobile money transfer service shows the way
M-PESA targets unbanked, prepaid mobile subscribers, enabling them to transfer money securely using their mobile phones.

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase consumer connectivity

Business infrastructure

Break-through business strategies are increasingly built around powerful connectivity solutions. We help operators to deploy powerful broadband networks and services that allow the business sector to fully exploit the potential of applications such as e-commerce, mobile e-mail and IP telephony.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of business broadband infrastructure and insights into the principal market trends.

Productivity, connectivity - one and the same thing?
Research is validating what people have guessed all along: connectivity and productivity go hand-in-hand.

Expedition Brazil
Village Connection: taking cellular communication opportunities and the benefits of the Internet to unconnected villages and remote places

What is the right mobile connectivity strategy for your enterprise?

Building for business growth
Powerful business connectivity solutions enable fixed and mobile broadband networks and services that allow business to grow Business strategies are increasingly built around powerful secure connectivity solutions. Economic growth is closely linked to the quality and performance of national telecom infrastructures. Learn more about solutions that turn network challenges into opportunities.

Ensuring the security of business telecommunications infrastructures
Security is becoming one of the major business concerns for communication service providers around the globe. And for good reason - experience has shown that loopholes in security policies can cost a company revenue and tarnish its image.

Reaching out to Public and Corporate customers
Specialist communications solutions for customers beyond the telecommunications industry such as railway operators, aircraft manufacturers and operators, shipping companies, defense, security and other government agencies.

Radio Access Networks - the profits come from multi-radio solutions
Whether connecting subscribers in new growth markets, or developing a profitable mobile broadband business in an advanced market, the challenges can be daunting. This is where multi-radio access solutions come into play, helping turn today's challenges into profitable business.
GSM/EDGE
Village Connection
WCDMA/HSPA
Flexi BTS
WCDMA Frequency Re-farming
LTE
WiMAX

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Making good green business sense
Service providers are paying more attention to energy consumption of infrastructure components these days, not just because of a 'green' image, but also because electricity costs are a big part of operating expenses. Learn how communications technology can create social and economic opportunities whilst reducing environmental impact.
Recommended solutions

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - Broadband Access
Broadband access solutions provide the flexibility in deployment strategies for pure copper-based, hybrid or pure fiber-based access networks. Multi-service access nodes employ the latest access technologies to converge services to an all-IP carrier-grade network infrastructure.

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - IP Transport
Consumer applications, internet growth and exciting new services have resulted in an explosive growth in bandwidth demand over fixed and mobile networks. The underlying mechanism for all fixed and mobile networks is IP Transport, ensuring that fixed and mobile networks are as robust, reliable and cost-effective as possible. Communication providers can increase their revenues, improve time to market and optimize life cycle costs for service offerings.

Building efficient networks
Building a consumer network infrastructure that minimizes operational and capital costs, as well as energy use, is crucial. Read about recommended approaches to developing highly efficient networks that bring value whilst managing costs.Recommended solutions

Leveraging network and business management with OSS/BSS solutions
A comprehensive solution portfolio for every step in the network management and business life-cycle specially designed to improve your business performance. Solutions cover every step of the business life-cycle, from entry level to managed growth and differentiation.
Network Management and OSS
Business Support Systems

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructure solutions.

Connecting continents with submarine network
With annual growth of 40%, Globenet Brasil Telecom needed to prepare for a future of high-volume data transfer. Hear Globenet Brasil Telecom explain how their cost effective and scalable platform is supporting their explosive annual growth, or Download the MP3

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase business connectivity

Business usage & skills

Realizing the full potential of business connectivity is linked to specific skill levels in the commercial sector. All over the world we are helping operators to equip businesses with the crucial skills that they need to turn their connectivity infrastructures into a source of competitive advantage.
Read more

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of business broadband services, usage and skills, and insights into the principal market trends.

Productivity, connectivity - one and the same thing?
Research is validating what people have guessed all along: connectivity and productivity go hand-in-hand.

Kenyan mobile money transfer service shows the way
M-PESA targets unbanked, prepaid mobile subscribers, enabling them to transfer money securely using their mobile phones.

Tapping into rural markets
Saswati Saha-Mitra, Knowledge Manager at the Center for Knowledge Societies in Bangalore, India, discusses the many challenges communications service providers face tapping into rural markets. She shares a number of surprising and highly successful best practices identified in Asia.

Welcome to the experience economy
Customer experience is the key to long-term profits

Find out more about how specific Nokia Siemens Networks solutions drive business usage of voice and broadband data telecommunication services.

Putting business skills to work
Realizing the full potential of business connectivity is dynamically linked to driving usage and skill levels in the commercial sector.

Driving usage and skills
"We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one". Subscribers are looking for the latest content and services and keeping customers happy drives usage and revenues. High levels of service reliability and efficiency are the foundation of customer experience. The better the experience, the more likely usage will increase. How can infrastructure and services be developed around the needs of consumers to enhance customer lifetime value for the operator?
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Leveraging broadband to grow your business with Voice Over IP (VoIP)
VOIP is becoming a standard method of business communication. How can it be delivered competitively?

Driving business productivity with Rich Communications
Businesses increasingly want to exploit the full power of connectivity for commercial advantage, combining voice, SMS, video and internet applications. Nokia Siemens Networks is helping operators to support businesses in this ambition all over the world.

Connecting business communities wherever they are Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions'
Provide seamless access to fixed and mobile networks and leading Web 2.0 services with cost effective and competitive converged network solutions.

Connecting communities?
When connectivity meets corporate social responsibility

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication services solutions.

Kenyan mobile money transfer service shows the way
M-PESA targets unbanked, prepaid mobile subscribers, enabling them to transfer money securely using their mobile phones.

The race to be number one in the music business
Comcor-TV launches secure music download service in Russia with Nokia Siemens Networks ’ hosted solution

Pioneering business model lets rural consumers shop online
Nokia Siemens Networks and Fujian Mobile pilot an integrated online shopping system enabling businesses to reach rural consumers via local village shops.

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase business connectivity

Government infrastructure

Connectivity solutions transform the way that governments deliver crucial public services and how they interact with their citizens. We are empowering governments with infrastructures and e-governance strategies that deliver significant improvements in the way that citizens access public services. This can range from advising on network licensing issues that affect the availability of broadband, through to pioneering solutions that connect rural populations to mobile networks for the first time.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of governments ’ role in broadband infrastructure and insights into the principal market trends.

Internet for the next billion
Connectivity technology strategies are fast-becoming a central part of every government ’s thinking amongst emerging economies

UN highlights e-governance gap
Too few governments are taking advantage of e-governance, says a new UN survey.

Deregulation: the win/win/win game.
As economies across the world are showing, less is more when it comes to government intervention.

Establishing tax regimes that recognise mobile phones as a necessity not a luxury
A report on taxation and the growth of mobile in East Africa

Access to broadband is only the start.
New statistics reveal challenges and opportunities for broadband providers across the world.

Where is broadband going?
Find out what consumers want to do with fixed and mobile broadband

Bringing the benefits of affordable mobile access to rural communities
Millions of people have been excluded from the benefits of mobile networks because of the cost of rural network deployment. Now that has all changed.

Creating connectivity that everyone can afford
How can countries with low average incomes provide mobile services that everyone can afford?

A view of the future
How will changing demographics, green issues, and the rise of new social networking shape our industry? And how can operators stand out from the sea of sameness. Andrew Zolli, a world-renowned futurist, shares his thoughts. Download Zolli podcast (.mp3)

From Aachen to Zvishavane, ready for worldwide connectivity?
Universal access to ICT will change our lives in ways that no one can predict

Find out more about how specific Nokia Siemens Networks solutions are designed to specifically address the needs of governments by providing powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructures

Transforming Public Services
Connectivity solutions transform the way that governments deliver crucial public services and how they interact with their citizens. Learn more about solutions that turn network challenges into opportunities

Reaching out to Public and Corporate customers
Specialist communications solutions for customers beyond the telecommunications industry such as railway operators, aircraft manufacturers and operators, shipping companies, defense, security and other government agencies.

Ensuring the security of government telecommunications infrastructures
Security is becoming one of the major business concerns for communication service providers around the globe. And for good reason - experience has shown that loopholes in security policies can cost a company revenue and tarnish its image.

Radio Access Networks - the profits come from multi-radio solutions
Whether connecting subscribers in new growth markets, or developing a profitable mobile broadband business in an advanced market, the challenges can be daunting. This is where multi-radio access solutions come into play, helping turn today's challenges into profitable business.
GSM/EDGE
Village Connection
WCDMA/HSPA
Flexi BTS
WCDMA Frequency Re-farming
LTE
WiMAX

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Making good green business sense
Service providers are paying more attention to energy consumption of infrastructure components these days, not just because of a 'green' image, but also because electricity costs are a big part of operating expenses. Learn how communications technology can create social and economic opportunities whilst reducing environmental impact.
Recommended solutions

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - Broadband Access
Broadband access solutions provide the flexibility in deployment strategies for pure copper-based, hybrid or pure fiber-based access networks. Multi-service access nodes employ the latest access technologies to converge services to an all-IP carrier-grade network infrastructure.

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - IP Transport
Consumer applications, internet growth and exciting new services have resulted in an explosive growth in bandwidth demand over fixed and mobile networks. The underlying mechanism for all fixed and mobile networks is IP Transport, ensuring that fixed and mobile networks are as robust, reliable and cost-effective as possible. Communication providers can increase their revenues, improve time to market and optimize life cycle costs for service offerings.

Building efficient networks
Building a consumer network infrastructure that minimizes operational and capital costs, as well as energy use, is crucial. Read about recommended approaches to developing highly efficient networks that bring value whilst managing costs.
Recommended solutions

Leveraging network and business management with OSS/BSS solutions
A comprehensive solution portfolio for every step in the network management and business life-cycle specially designed to improve your business performance. Solutions cover every step of the business life-cycle, from entry level to managed growth and differentiation.
Network Management and OSS Business Support Systems

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructure solutions.

Tunisia ’s communication fast-track
Nokia Siemens Networks implements advanced digital railway communication system in Tunisia

Building Sustainable Infrastructure
Find out how Nokia Siemens Networks Solutioneers used renewable energy solutions enabling autonomous sites in Ethiopia.

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase connectivity

Step 2. Find solutions for the pillars by clicking below

Below are the six pillars through which the level of useful connectivity in an economy might be increased. Select a pillar to see how this aspect of connectivity could be increased in your country.

Government usage & skills

Transformational e-governance strategies rely heavily on the ICT skill levels of entire populations. Our extensive, global insight into consumer trends gives us a unique ability to help governments improve the end-user skills that will drive the usage of public services.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of government broadband services, usage and skills, and insights into the principal market trends.

Where is broadband going?
Find out what consumers want to do with fixed and mobile broadband

A view of the future
How will changing demographics, green issues, and the rise of new social networking shape our industry? And how can operators stand out from the sea of sameness. Andrew Zolli, a world-renowned futurist, shares his thoughts. Download Zolli podcast (.mp3)

From Aachen to Zvishavane, ready for worldwide connectivity?
Universal access to ICT will change our lives in ways that no one can predict

Driving eGovernance usage
Transformational e-governance strategies rely on introducing simple and effective services suitable for entire populations.

Implementing an effective e-Governance strategy
Why are mobile devices best for delivering public services?

Driving usage and skills
"We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one". Subscribers are looking for the latest content and services and keeping customers happy drives usage and revenues. High levels of service reliability and efficiency are the foundation of customer experience. The better the experience, the more likely usage will increase. How can infrastructure and services be developed around the needs of consumers to enhance customer lifetime value for the operator?
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Delivering public services via mobile communications technology
... can help people to find jobs, improve their health and better their education.

Mobile takes aim at HIV.
In a groundbreaking new scheme, mobile communications will soon begin connecting South Africans with HIV-related clinical services.

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication services solutions.

Click here for examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase connectivity

Consumer infrastructure

Connectivity unlocks new freedom and lifestyle choices for consumers, opening up a global market of entertainment, commerce and information services. Powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructures are vital for developed and emerging markets alike.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of consumer broadband infrastructure and the insights they have into the principal market trends.

Where is broadband going?
Find out what consumers want to do with fixed and mobile broadband

Access to broadband is only the start.
New statistics reveal challenges and opportunities for broadband providers across the world.

Growing Digital Appetites
A never-ending hunger for bandwidth is driving developed markets

Driving infrastructure efficiency
Senior executives in the telecoms industry recently met to discuss the growing importance of highly efficient network infrastructures

Making real profits from virtual networks
For MVNOs, choosing the right strategic business model is critical for long-term success.

In conversation: Alan Hadden talks about LTE
The president of the Global mobile Suppliers Association, Alan Hadden, talks about UMTS900, LTE, and the future of mobile communications

A view of the future
How will changing demographics, green issues, and the rise of new social networking shape our industry? And how can operators stand out from the sea of sameness. Andrew Zolli, a world-renowned futurist, shares his thoughts. Download Zolli podcast (.mp3)

From Aachen to Zvishavane, ready for worldwide connectivity?
Universal access to ICT will change our lives in ways that no one can predict

Good, green business sense
Anne Larilahti discusses Nokia Siemens Networks' continuous work to reduce its own carbon footprint and to help service providers excel in their environmental commitments. She also discusses energy efficient solutions, network optimization and alternative energy issues. Download podcast (.mp3)

Radio Access Networks - the profits come from multi-radio solutions
Whether connecting subscribers in new growth markets, or developing a profitable mobile broadband business in an advanced market, the challenges can be daunting. This is where multi-radio access solutions come into play, helping turn today's challenges into profitable business.
WCDMA/HSPA
Flexi BTS
WCDMA Frequency Re-farming
LTE
WiMAX
GSM/EDGE
Village Connection

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - Broadband Access
Broadband access solutions provide the flexibility in deployment strategies for pure copper-based, hybrid or pure fiber-based access networks. Multi-service access nodes employ the latest access technologies to converge services to an all-IP carrier-grade network infrastructure.

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - IP Transport
Consumer applications, internet growth and exciting new services have resulted in an explosive growth in bandwidth demand over fixed and mobile networks. The underlying mechanism for all fixed and mobile networks is IP Transport, ensuring that fixed and mobile networks are as robust, reliable and cost-effective as possible. Communication providers can increase their revenues, improve time to market and optimize life cycle costs for service offerings.

Building efficient networks
Building a consumer network infrastructure that minimizes operational and capital costs, as well as energy use, is crucial. Read about recommended approaches to developing highly efficient networks that bring value whilst managing costs.
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Making good green business sense
Service providers are paying more attention to energy consumption of infrastructure components these days, not just because of a 'green' image, but also because electricity costs are a big part of operating expenses. Learn how communications technology can create social and economic opportunities whilst reducing environmental impact.
Recommended solutions

Leveraging network and business management with OSS/BSS solutions
A comprehensive solution portfolio for every step in the network management and business life-cycle specially designed to improve your business performance. Solutions cover every step of the business life-cycle, from entry level to managed growth and differentiation.
Network Management and OSS
Business Support Systems

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don,t want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructure solutions.

Hutchison 3G Austria flattens its world with "direct tunnel"
How Nokia Siemens Networks helped provide mobile broadband access to Austrian consumers

Reducing power, cutting costs
Softbank Mobile in Japan achieves 60% reduction in power consumption and 40% savings in site rentals with Flexi Base Station solution while fulfilling its corporate responsibility.

How to address sustainability challenges of managing a telecoms infrastructure such as climate change.
Find out how T-Mobile and Nokia Siemens Networks are pioneering to deliver energy efficient, green networks

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase consumer connectivity

Consumer usage & skills

Achieving world-class connectivity is about more than simply building great networks; it’s also about equipping consumers with the skills needed to expand usage in order to exploit the full potential of a connected world.

With unrivaled global insight into connectivity trends, we help service providers to educate and engage consumers with new services such as mobile e-mail, mobile internet, banking, entertainment and education services, and media rich fixed line broadband services such as IPTV. We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one, and we are helping over 600 telecoms operators bring the socio-economic benefits of improved connectivity to 150 countries.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of consumer broadband services, usage and skills and the insights they have into the principal market trends.

Where is broadband going?
Find out what consumers want to do with fixed and mobile broadband

Growing Digital Appetites
A never-ending hunger for bandwidth is driving developed markets

South Koreans are willing to watch but not pay for Mobile TV
It’s an old storyline for mobile TV pioneers in the U.S: Look to South Korea to see what works, what doesn’t and where the greatest opportunities are.

Mobile advertising is coming of age
Industry expert Julie Ask of Jupiter Research talks about the market’s future.

Welcome to the experience economy
Customer experience is the key to long-term profits

Changing channels
New research explores whether future TV might hold the key to customer loyalty

Driving usage and skills
"We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one". Subscribers are looking for the latest content and services and keeping customers happy drives usage and revenues. High levels of service reliability and efficiency are the foundation of customer experience. The better the experience, the more likely usage will increase. How can infrastructure and services be developed around the needs of consumers to enhance customer lifetime value for the operator?
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Enjoying the Future of TV today
More consumers are looking for a rich media experience; enriching life anywhere, any time, any device with TV and media. Learn more about Mobile TV and IPTV solutions

Connecting communities wherever they are - Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions
Provide seamless access to fixed and mobile networks and leading Web 2.0 services with cost effective and competitive converged network solutions.

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
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Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication solutions.

Learning from a Connectivity Scorecard leader
An operator from second-placed Sweden explains how it grew efficiently and competitively while developing new telephony services.

Taking IPTV into the home
Find out how a triple play supplier introduced IPTV home entertainment to its clients with the help of Nokia Siemens Networks

The race to be number one in the music business
Comcor-TV launches secure music download service in Russia with Nokia Siemens Networks’ hosted solution

Broadcast Mobile TV trial boosts Danish confidence
Learn from Denmark’s experience of piloting a mobile TV initiative in 2007

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Business infrastructure

Breakthrough business strategies are increasingly built around powerful connectivity solutions. We help operators to deploy powerful broadband networks and services that allow the business sector to fully exploit the potential of applications such as e-commerce, mobile e-mail and IP telephony.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of business broadband infrastructure and insights into the principal market trends.

Productivity, connectivity - one and the same thing?
Research is validating what people have guessed all along: connectivity and productivity go hand-in-hand.

Bringing Order to Chaos
A Guide for Creating a Corporate Mobility Policy

Click here for more articles on how to develop a corporate mobility strategy

Building for business growth
Powerful business connectivity solutions enable fixed and mobile broadband networks and services that allow business to grow Business strategies are increasingly built around powerful secure connectivity solutions. Economic growth is closely linked to the quality and performance of national telecom infrastructures. Learn more about solutions that turn network challenges into opportunities.

Ensuring the security of business telecommunications infrastructures
Security is becoming one of the major business concerns for communication service providers around the globe. And for good reason - experience has shown that loopholes in security policies can cost a company revenue and tarnish its image.

Reaching out to Public and Corporate customers
Specialist communications solutions for customers beyond the telecommunications industry such as railway operators, aircraft manufacturers and operators, shipping companies, defense, security and other government agencies.

Radio Access Networks - the profits come from multi-radio solutions
Whether connecting subscribers in new growth markets, or developing a profitable mobile broadband business in an advanced market, the challenges can be daunting. This is where multi-radio access solutions come into play, helping turn today's challenges into profitable business.
WCDMA/HSPA
Flexi BTS
WCDMA Frequency Re-farming
LTE
WiMAX
GSM/EDGE
Village Connection

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - Broadband Access
Broadband access solutions provide the flexibility in deployment strategies for pure copper-based, hybrid or pure fiber-based access networks. Multi-service access nodes employ the latest access technologies to converge services to an all-IP carrier-grade network infrastructure.

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - IP Transport
Consumer applications, internet growth and exciting new services have resulted in an explosive growth in bandwidth demand over fixed and mobile networks. The underlying mechanism for all fixed and mobile networks is IP Transport, ensuring that fixed and mobile networks are as robust, reliable and cost-effective as possible. Communication providers can increase their revenues, improve time to market and optimize life cycle costs for service offerings.

Building efficient networks
Building a consumer network infrastructure that minimizes operational and capital costs, as well as energy use, is crucial. Read about recommended approaches to developing highly efficient networks that bring value whilst managing costs.
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Making good green business sense
Service providers are paying more attention to energy consumption of infrastructure components these days, not just because of a 'green' image, but also because electricity costs are a big part of operating expenses. Learn how communications technology can create social and economic opportunities whilst reducing environmental impact.
Recommended solutions

Leveraging network and business management with OSS/BSS solutions
A comprehensive solution portfolio for every step in the network management and business life-cycle specially designed to improve your business performance. Solutions cover every step of the business life-cycle, from entry level to managed growth and differentiation.
Network Management and OSS
Business Support Systems

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructure solutions.

The race to be number one in the music business
Comcor-TV launches secure music download service in Russia with Nokia Siemens Networks’ hosted solution

Click here for more examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase business connectivity

For examples of how Nokia, has helped organizations develop business mobility solutions,Click here, then select "Case studies"

Business usage & skills

Realizing the full potential of business connectivity is linked to specific skill levels in the commercial sector. All over the world we are helping operators to equip the business sector with the crucial skills that they need to turn their connectivity infrastructures into a source of competitive advantage.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of business broadband services, usage and skills, and insights into the principal market trends.

Productivity, connectivity - one and the same thing?
Research is validating what people have guessed all along: connectivity and productivity go hand-in-hand.

Bringing Order to Chaos
A Guide for Creating a Corporate Mobility Policy

Click here for more articles on how to develop a corporate mobility strategy

Putting business skills to work
Realizing the full potential of business connectivity is dynamically linked to driving usage and skill levels in the commercial sector.

Leveraging broadband to grow your business with Voice Over IP (VoIP)
VOIP is becoming a standard method of business communication. How can it be delivered competitively?

Driving business productivity with Rich Communications
Businesses increasingly want to exploit the full power of connectivity for commercial advantage, combining voice, SMS, video and internet applications. Nokia Siemens Networks is helping operators to support businesses in this ambition all over the world.

Driving usage and skills
"We are moving from a network centric world to a user and usage centric one". Subscribers are looking for the latest content and services and keeping customers happy drives usage and revenues. High levels of service reliability and efficiency are the foundation of customer experience. The better the experience, the more likely usage will increase. How can infrastructure and services be developed around the needs of consumers to enhance customer lifetime value for the operator?
Recommended solutions

Connecting business communities wherever they are - Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions.
Provide seamless access to fixed and mobile networks and leading Web 2.0 services with cost effective and competitive converged network solutions.

Connecting communities?
When connectivity meets corporate social responsibility

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication services solutions.

Click here for examples of how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping service providers to increase business connectivity.

For examples of how Nokia, has helped organizations develop business mobility solutions, follow the link, then select "Case studies"http://www.nokiaforbusiness.com/nfb/mobilize_your_business/knowledge_center

Government infrastructure

Connectivity solutions transform the way that governments deliver crucial public services and how they interact with their citizens.

We are empowering governments with infrastructures and e-governance strategies that deliver significant improvements in the way that citizens access public services. These can range from advising on network licensing issues that affect the availability of broadband, through to pioneering connectivity solutions that connect rural populations to mobile networks for the first time.

Find out more about what key industry insiders are saying about the growing importance of governments’ role in broadband infrastructure and insights into the principal market trends.

Mobilizing e-government
Delivering public services via mobile communications technology can help people to find jobs, improve their health and better their education.

UN highlights e-governance gap
Too few governments are taking advantage of e-governance, says a new UN survey.

Deregulation: the win/win/win game.
As economies across the world are showing, less is more when it comes to government intervention.

Where is broadband going?
Find out what consumers want to do with fixed and mobile broadband

Access to broadband is only the start.
New statistics reveal challenges and opportunities for broadband providers across the world.

Growing Digital Appetites
A never-ending hunger for bandwidth is driving developed markets

A view of the future
How will changing demographics, green issues, and the rise of new social networking shape our industry? And how can operators stand out from the sea of sameness. Andrew Zolli, a world-renowned futurist, shares his thoughts. Download Zolli podcast (.mp3)

From Aachen to Zvishavane, ready for worldwide connectivity?
Universal access to ICT will change our lives in ways that no one can predict

Transforming Public Services
Connectivity solutions transform the way that governments deliver crucial public services and how they interact with their citizens. Learn more about solutions that turn network challenges into opportunities.

Reaching out to Public and Corporate customers
Specialist communications solutions for customers beyond the telecommunications industry such as railway operators, aircraft manufacturers and operators, shipping companies, defense, security and other government agencies.

Ensuring the security of government telecommunications infrastructures.
Security is becoming one of the major business concerns for communication service providers around the globe. And for good reason - experience has shown that loopholes in security policies can cost a company revenue and tarnish its image.

Radio Access Networks - the profits come from multi-radio solutions
Whether connecting subscribers in new growth markets, or developing a profitable mobile broadband business in an advanced market, the challenges can be daunting. This is where multi-radio access solutions come into play, helping turn today's challenges into profitable business.
WCDMA/HSPA
Flexi BTS
WCDMA Frequency Re-farming
LTE
WiMAX
GSM/EDGE
Village Connection

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - Broadband Access
Broadband access solutions provide the flexibility in deployment strategies for pure copper-based, hybrid or pure fiber-based access networks. Multi-service access nodes employ the latest access technologies to converge services to an all-IP carrier-grade network infrastructure.

Broadband Connectivity Solutions - IP Transport
Consumer applications, internet growth and exciting new services have resulted in an explosive growth in bandwidth demand over fixed and mobile networks. The underlying mechanism for all fixed and mobile networks is IP Transport, ensuring that fixed and mobile networks are as robust, reliable and cost-effective as possible. Communication providers can increase their revenues, improve time to market and optimize life cycle costs for service offerings.

Building efficient networks
Building a consumer network infrastructure that minimizes operational and capital costs, as well as energy use, is crucial. Read about recommended approaches to developing highly efficient networks that bring value whilst managing costs.
Recommended solutions

Bringing affordable communications to the next billion
We stand on the threshold of a new era, with information services holding vast potential to enhance the lives of literally billions more people, with mobile communications paving the way. Learn about recommended solutions to make affordable communications available to all.
Recommended solutions

Making good green business sense
Service providers are paying more attention to energy consumption of infrastructure components these days, not just because of a 'green' image, but also because electricity costs are a big part of operating expenses. Learn how communications technology can create social and economic opportunities whilst reducing environmental impact.
Recommended solutions

Leveraging network and business management with OSS/BSS solutions
A comprehensive solution portfolio for every step in the network management and business life-cycle specially designed to improve your business performance. Solutions cover every step of the business life-cycle, from entry level to managed growth and differentiation.
Network Management and OSS
Business Support Systems

Expert teams helping operators succeed
Don't want to plan it, build it, own it, or operate it? There are other ways to deliver world class networks, services and applications with the help of professional services solutions.

Learn more about operator success stories involving real world implementations and of powerful, flexible and cost effective voice & broadband data telecommunication infrastructure solutions.

GSM-R SOS NSN!
When regulatory authorities requested the need to have emergency communications for all rail lines, the Norwegian train authorities turned to Nokia Siemens Networks.

How to address sustainability challenges of managing a telecoms infrastructure such as climate change.
Find out how T-Mobile and Nokia Siemens Networks are pioneering to deliver energy efficient, green networks

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