o a s g n s n e se a g r e e m e n s v a u e a t o v e r EUR 2 b illio n f o r t h e f u ll y e a r 2 0 0 6 • September 12, 2006 • Ceremony witnessed by Chinese and Finnish Premiers. Deliveries started in the beginning of the year. • Helsinki, Finland - At a ceremony today in Helsinki, Finland witnessed by Chinese Premier Mr. Wen Jiabao and Finnish Premier Mr. Matti Vanhanen, Nokia signed agreements with its Chinese customers China Mobile and PTAC valued at over EUR 2 billion for the full year 2006. • The agreements show Nokia's continued commitment to the Chinese market. To date Nokia has committed over EUR 3.3 billion to investments in China , and continues to invest in manufacturing, sales and R&D in the Chinese market. • "The signing of these two important agreements is a milestone event for Nokia's operations in China," said Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. "We set up our operations more than 20 years ago with a handful of employees and today we employ over 6700 people in China . It is the single biggest market for Nokia, as well as one of the largest contributors to Nokia's R&D, manufacturing and innovation." • The frame agreement with China Mobile relates to the purchase of GSM/GPRS network equipment from Nokia with a value of approximately EUR 580 million during the full year 2006. The agreement with the Chinese national mobile phone distributor PTAC relates to the purchase of mobile devices from Nokia with an estimated value of at least EUR 1.5 billion for the full year 2006. • Nokia's operations in China include two mobile phone manufacturing facilities, two network manufacturing facilities, and six R&D units focusing on both the Chinese and global markets. On September 1, 2006 Nokia announced that it is expanding its recently established 3G R&D center in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
• Lower logistics costs and taxes • Co-location with suppliers
• Dongguan (China) • Beijing (China) • Masan (South Korea) • Chennai (India) 200 • Salo (Finland) • Oulu (Finland) x2 • Bochum (Germany) • Espoo (Finland) • Komárom (Hungary) • Beijing (China) • Reynosa (Mexico) • Suzhou (China) • Manaus (Brazil) • India in 2006 = 9 devices sites + UK = 5 networks sites
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• Dallas Market & political pressures • 1995 : radio & core networks • local face + 2 years exercice for USA approval & USA specific features • too expensive, main R&D ended over 2002-2005, TS & research remains • Budapest Resources • 1998 : mobile switching, ~350 in ~2 years • Costs half of home, more activities with packet core, messaging, IMS • Labor market becoming tight • Mountain View Technology access • 2001 : IP routing, ~200 through acquisitions • Too expensive to implement technology into products • Ramp-down, focus on high value add • Hangzhou - Market & political pressures • 2001: applications & platforms for 3G • Clear demand from Chinese operators and government • Cost 40% of home base + high quality & productivity, ~300 growing • Chengdu - Resources • Oct 2005: new sources in specific competences, ~100 in 6 months • Secondary reason: dual political + costs • Cost level is world class, hundreds more in the coming years
• 5 challenges • Rising cost levels in most locations coupled with decreased margins • Ability to nurture new technologies/products within large scale mainstream structures • Control between home and remote centers • Responsiveness to fragmented market • Transformation from a product and R&D led company into a services company • 4 possible reasons to open a new site • Market & political pressures • Resources • Technology access • Costs • Where to open ? • Today current focus for low cost but excellent R&D area is in no order: East Europe, China, India • The low cost countries of the future may included Russia, Philippines and Vietnam