Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that it is setting up a new development centre in Bangalore next year to augment its capacity in the city. The company said on Thursday that its Bangalore Development Centre (BDC) has witnessed steady growth since the company started its operations 18 months ago.
The new campus will come up at the Manyata Embassy Business Park in 2009 with additional capacity to accommodate this growth, a company release said.
Nokia Siemens Networks will also expand the BDC to strengthen its global research and development R&D organisation. The development centre currently employs 1,600 engineers in a variety of roles.
Stephan Scholz, chief technology officer, Nokia Siemens Networks said, “The drivers behind creating a global R&D presence include proximity to customers as well as availability of talent and competencies that drive innovation and productivity and India scores high on each of these parameters.
Today, our development centre in Bangalore drives innovation for three of our five business units globally. We see the India R&D centre playing a pivotal role in our globally distributed network of R&D centres.”
Key areas of R&D competencies for Nokia Siemens in Bangalore lie in operations and business support, charging software, voice and multimedia communication enablers, wireless access solutions for mobile voice and messaging. BDC also hosts functions like systems integration, product documentation and test laboratories.
Nokia Siemens Networks, the communication services arm of Siemens Networks, reported that it invested 586 million euro on R&D globally in the third quarter of 2008. Its globally distributed network of R&D centres has locations in China, Europe, India and the US.