Clare McCarthy, Practice Leader, Telco IT

Nokia held its fifth analyst event in advance of the TM Forum’s Management World (TMF Live!) in Nice. After six years under the NSN banner, the company did not hesitate to return to a Nokia brand that fronts a networks business. The “new Nokia” comprises three business units:

• Nokia Networks includes all of its core and radio access network solutions, as well as its customer experience management (CEM) and OSS solutions and services – basically the whole of the former NSN business, which accounts for 90% of new Nokia’s business.
• The business unit Here accounts for Nokia’s mapping arms, including the Navtec acquisition, and accounts for around 7% of revenues.
• Technologies comprises all of Nokia’s patents, including some from its device heritage, and accounts for 3% of revenues.

Objectives for the “new Nokia”

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