Siemens eyes one 3G contract a month

BARCELONA: Thomas Ganswindt, chief executive officer of Siemens Communications, said that his company intends to participate disproportionately in the booming market for mobile communication networks.

Speaking at the 3GSM conference here, he said: "We want to grow significantly faster than the market. To do that, we are aligning our innovative products to reflect market trends: New data services are boosting operator revenues - meaning that their networks will have to offer corresponding capacity and coverage coupled with high cost-efficiency."

Ganswindt stressed Siemens's goal of taking the number two position in the market for

wireless networks. He intends to continue the 3G/W-CDMA success story.

"We have set ourselves the goal of winning one new 3G/W-CDMA contract

a month," he said.

According to Siemens, the market in Western Europe is clearly trending toward strong revenue growth in data services, with spending expected to rise from 8 to 15 euros a month per mobile subscriber over the course of the coming four years.

"The winners will be those mobile operators who upgrade their networks to keep pace with the high volumes of data traffic and can offer attractive services. Siemens can deliver innovative, highly cost-efficient products to do that - it's a clear opportunity for our customers to enhance their profitability," noted Ganswindt.