Nokia Siemens Networks completes acquisition of IRIS Telecom

IRIS will continue to function as a separate legal entity with its head office in Istanbul, Turkey. Co-founder of IRIS, Mete Gokdemir continues in the role of CEO of the company. Johan Bruce, also a co-founder of IRIS, will assume a new role as Executive Director. Both will continue on the IRIS board as regular members. IRIS was founded in 1999 with a target of providing high-quality network planning and optimization services to telecom operators and equipment vendors in Turkey, and the regions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), and Middle East and Africa (MEA). It also delivers network deployment and network operation services. Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading services provider to telecom operators and has strong network planning and optimization capabilities. It delivers over 900 planning and optimization projects per year, including 100 multi-vendor projects. The company has alsoprovided 3G/HSPA optimization projects to over 90 customers.

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