Nokia Siemens Networks Opens R&D in Philippines

A new research and development (R&D) facility of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) opens Monday at the University of the Philippines-Ayala Technohub in Quezon City.

NSN’s research facility named NetworkLabs is said to be the biggest of its kind in Southeast Asia, and the first ever R&D facility in the region that is internationally recognized in the telecommunications industry as it services and supports all R&D teams around the world.

“NSN chose the Philippines for NetworkLabs in Asia among other countries because of its confidence in the country’s vast resource of skilled engineering students and graduates from reputable universities,” NSN Asia Pacific head Paul Tyler said to the media.

“NSN aims to provide the opportunity for the Filipino engineers to showcase their skills and knowledge on a global scale without having to leave their families yet benefit from the training, work exposure and globally scaled challenges NetworkLabs has to offer,” Tyler added.

NetworkLabs is a 2-billion Peso research facility with focus on developing new technologies that will support advancements in third-generation (3G) and fourth-generation (4G) wireless network technologies. The firm is expected to hire 500 workers by end of 2011 and the number is projected to double by 2012. NetworkLabs will also partner with the country’s top engineering schools like Mapua Institute of Technology, De La Salle University, University of Sto. Tomas, University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University. [via]



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