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Nokia builds new research and development center in Bochum
October 22, 1999
Nokia has begun the construction of a research and development center in Bochum.
The new premises will be used in research and development activities as well as for testing purposes by Nokia Smart Traffic Products, a business area of Nokia. The construction work is estimated to be complete by the end of 2000.
"This expansion establishes Bochum as the main hub of our R&D activities in Germany", says Kalevi Kaartinen, Vice President, Nokia Smart Traffic Products and Managing Director of Nokia GmbH. "In addition to Nokia Smart Traffic Products, the Nokia Research Center, Nokia Mobile Phones and Nokia Multimedia Terminals business areas also have their R&D units here, a concentration of expertise in Bochum", Kaartinen continues. With this expansion, the various R&D units will be joined under one roof. Nokia Smart Traffic Products has had one other research and development center in Ulm for over a year.
Since 1988 Nokia Smart Traffic Products has been developing mobile communications and information solutions for the automobile industry on the basis of GSM, GPS and Internet technologies. The aim, through the combination of existing technologies and the expansion of progressive expertise, is to provide services and applications to connect the car with the outside world. At present, Nokia Smart Traffic Products has sales, production and research facilities in Finland, Germany and the USA.
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 53 000 people.
Contact information:
Nokia Mobile Phones, Communications
Tel. +358 10 5051
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