Comment by kevin_nisbet
2 years ago
The network / infrastructure side of Nokia still exists. When the handsets division was split or sold off, the network division continued as Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), and was rebranded to Nokia Networks I think after the merger with Alcatel-Lucent.
So for the big mobile wireless telco's, the big players are basically Nokia, Erricson, and Huawei these days. My experience with Nokia's equipment did reflect the burning platform memo, but all the big players had lots to be desired in my experience with them.
Note: I've been out of the industry for several years, so I'm not totally up to date on the vendors.
> the network division continued as Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), and was rebranded to Nokia Networks
It wasn't just a rebranding. Nokia wisely bought Siemens out from the Networks joint venture already in 2013, before selling the phones to Microsoft. Then in 2015, they acquired Alcatel-Lucent (including Bell Labs) to the mix. This way, they stayed in Fortune Global 500 even without the phone business.
And nowadays there are new Nokia branded feature phones as well as Android phones and tablets: https://www.nokia.com/phones/