In addition, apart from phones, Nokia has other business units like NSN, Navteq and patent portfolio.
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During these few months NSN has won many 3G and 4G contracts in many countries.
Therefore, apart from NAVTEQ and NSN, Nokia is no doubt going big with PureView imaging technology.
According to NSN, they have network equipment that can boost the speed of 4G many times faster.
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Apart from revenue share gains, NSN is also benefiting from a major restructuring initiative which was announced in late 2011.
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Last quarter, the company managed to strengthen its cash position by 800 million Euros, more than 80% of which came from NSN.
Apart from that, one of the reasons why I chose NOK, is because Nokia has other business units like Navteq, NSN and intellectual property rights.
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The analyst notes that NSN business was both available and cheap.
Important to note: in 3Q, NSN made 323 million euros profit.
With 4G LTE deployments ramping up in many parts of the world, NSN will benefit from the 3G to 4G wireless shift in the coming years.
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Simultaneously, NSN is selling off non-core assets and increasing focus on wireless broadband which has strong long-term growth trends as opposed to the relatively stagnant landline market.
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With 4G LTE deployments ramping up in many parts of the world, NSN should continue to benefit from the 3G to 4G wireless shift in the coming years.
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As a part of the restructuring, NSN is aiming to cut around 17000 jobs and achieve a total of 1 billion Euros in savings by the end of 2013.
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Of particular interest to NSN in the coming quarters will be TD-LTE, a variant of 4G technology that is being used in many emerging markets such as China and India.
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At the same time, NSN is selling off non-core assets and increasing focus on wireless broadband which has strong long-term growth trends as opposed to the relatively stagnant landline market.
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The restructuring initiative, which was announced in late 2011, will help NSN cut a total of 17, 000 jobs and achieve savings of 1 billion Euros by the end of 2013.
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At a time when Nokia is conserving cash by suspending dividend payouts and leasing its headquarters instead of owning it, NSN is proving highly valuable with its steady cash flows despite not being a core asset.
While the overall mobile broadband market is shrinking (11% y-o-y) due to tepid spending in an uncertain macro-economic environment, NSN has been helped by carriers choosing to invest an increasing portion of their CapEx dollars in 4G upgrades.
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