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Monday, October 20, 2008

Nokia to Manufacture Telecommunications Equipment in Chennai

Nokia Siemens Network is also heading for Chennai to manufacture and distribute mobile communication infrastructure equipment. Earlier, another Telecom giant Motorola had chosen Chennai to set up it manufacturing base for mobile phones in India. The present investment by Nokia is not for mobile phones, but for the base station equipment.

Nokia would be investing USD 70mn in its Chennai facility to manufacture Base Station Controllers, Flexi EDGE BTS, Microwave Radio, Access line-card products and other telecom equipment. The company is also planning to increase the production of units to 4,000 per month in span of next six to nine months.

India is increasingly attracted electronics and telecommunications equipment manufacturers for several reasons including engineering design capabilities and also to cater the growing telecommunications market more efficiently.

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