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Nokia Siemens Networks to Lay Off Up to 5,700

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Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million).

The mobile network equipment maker — a joint venture between Finland’s Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG of Germany — said it will reduce its five business units to three by January, and strengthen its business through partnerships and acquisitions.

The savings program could include cutting 7 to 9 percent of its current global work force of some 64,000 employees, the mobile network equipment maker said.  Read more...

Fujitsu Buys Out Siemens PC Venture Stake

Fujitsu Buys Out Siemens PC Venture Stake

Fujitsu has announced it will be buying out Siemens’ stake in their European computer-making joint venture, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers. The 50-50 joint venture was set up in 1999 and, while it has never had a significant presence in the North American market, the company has been a player in Europe, and the firm now operates in 36 countries and pulled in revenues of €6.6 billion in its last fiscal year. Fujitsu will pay €450 million for Siemens’ share of the business; the deal is expected to close April 1, 2009.

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Siemens E450 Review

Summary

The Gigaset E450 is a particularly robust phone, which resists the usual tests your little explorers subject it to. That’s why the Gigaset E450 is the first telephone resistant to shocks, water splashes and dust – ideal for families.

Apart from that, the Gigaset E450 provides you with so many useful features that everyone in the household will benefit from it. The room monitoring function will help you keep an ear on your children when they should be sound asleep. Additionally, thanks to the Gigaset E450’s handsfree function, you can make a call when preparing a meal for the family. Up to 150 numbers can be entered into the telephone directory, enough for the whole family and all of your children’s best friends.

Fujitsu-Siemens Intros Business Notebooks

Fujitsu-Siemens seems to be of the opinion that Fujitsu’s LifeBook line of notebook computers doesn’t quite meet the needs of the business market, so the combined company is introducing a new line of three business-oriented notebooks dubbed “Esprimo”—the U9200, M9400, and D9500. The new notebooks all sport Intel’s Santa Rosa chipset and Core 2 Duo processors, and sport embedded UMTS mobile data access for on-the-go connectivity back to the home office.

“The new Esprimo Mobile family combines high functionality and performance with a fine design and is very lightweight,” says Dieter Herzog, Fujitsu-Siemens executive VP of Infrastructure Products, in a release. “The Esprimo Mobiles are tailor-made for business people who do not want to lose out on any office comforts while traveling.”  Read more...

Nokia and Siemens to Merge Phone Networks

At this week’s Nokia Connections 2006 conference in Singapore, Nokia and Siemens announced plans to create Nokia Siemens Networks, a new company in which they will each hold a 50 percent stake. Nokia Siemens Networks will merge the fixed-line and mobile networks and offer a “quadruple play” of products and services (data, phone, television, and mobile) which the companies anticipate will generate some $20.2 billion in sales by 2010, along with an annual cost savings of nearly $1.9 billion by the same date. Expect that “cost savings” to include layoffs and “encouraged” retirement of employees whose positions are made moot by the merger. The new company will be worth nearly $30 billion and be based in Nokia’s home turf of Finland.  Read more...

Siemens Shows Working Paper-Thin Displays

Siemens Shows Working Paper-Thin Displays

German electronics giant Siemens has exhibited paper-thin flexible display screens at the Plastics Electronics trade show in Frankfurt. Although displays still need to be refined and costs would make them impractical for consumer products today, Siemens anticipates they’ll be available on the market by 2007.

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Siemens SX66 Review

Summary

Brilliant and distinctive, defining technological innovation and sophistication

BenQ to Aquire Siemens Mobile

With BenQ acquiring Siemens Mobile, the new company will be listed as the world’s fourth largest cell phone maker with expected combine annual revenue of $10.9 billion USD.

“Today marks the next step in bringing BenQ’s enjoyment philosophy to the worldwide market,” said K.Y. Lee, BenQ Chairman & CEO. “The acquisition of Siemens’ mobile handset business allows us to bring the strengths of both companies together, enhancing our efforts to bring mobile handsets that reflect today’s digital convergence.”  Read more...

Siemens to Spin Off Mobile Division

“Siemens CEO Klaus Kleinfeld announced the transformation of the mobile device division into an independent company during a press briefing here. Besides mobile phones, Siemen wants to outsource cordless DECT phones, set-top boxes and other consumer appliances from the new group.

Siemens will soon introduce further cost reductions and new mobile phone models. The market has already reconsidered the mobile unit’s position, concluded Kleinfeld, adding that the struggling division reported a positive book-to-bill ratio last month.”

Read more at EETimes

Siemens Will Exit Mobile Phone Business

“The paper reports a final decision will be announced at the Siemens annual general meeting on 27 January.

A spokesman for Siemens declined to comment on the report but confirmed to the Scotsman newspaper that the division’s future was under review by chief executive Heinrich von Pierer and that an announcement will be made at the annual meeting.”

Apparently NEC was rumored to be purchasing the unit, but they have gone on record as denying, and showing no interest.

Read more at The Register

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