Nokia sees Japan lead demand rally
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NOKIA sees demand for higher speed 4G network equipment starting to recover this year, led by Japan, the company’s chief executive Rajeev Suri said yesterday as he announced a series of contracts with telecom operators.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Suri also predicted a new wave of industry consolidation among telecom operators in the US and Indian markets in the course of 2017.
“Noise about carrier M&A will heat up dramatically in the United States and India. The pent-up demand for action is there,” Suri said.
Nokia and its rivals, Sweden’s Ericsson and China’s Huawei have struggled lately as telecom operators’ demand for faster 4G mobile broadband equipment has peaked, and upgrades to next-generation 5G equipment are still years away.
The Finnish firm repeated that while it expected the global networks market to fall around 2 percent in 2017, it spotted growth opportunities in markets such as North America, India and Japan.
“We believe that the (overall) primary market in which we compete will be down again... but to be considerably better than last year,” Suri said, anticipating a slower rate of decline.
“Investments in 4G, particularly in advanced 4G technology, will pick up in some key markets, such as Japan.”
Earlier this month, Nokia reported its profits for the final quarter of last year fell less than expected, helped by cost cuts and the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent.
Nokia has reached a “landmark,” 3-year deal with Telefonica to build networks in London, Suri said yesterday.
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