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Where can I buy those Siemens mobile phones again?

You are aware about NSN, right? The one that was bought by Nokia

A lot of divisions sold and/or shutdown

I'm not googling it for you though.



Siemens COM was split into several smaller companies which were all sold. [1] Shares in B2C joint ventures (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances) were sold to the respective partners. Siemens (energy, industry, mobility, healthcare technology) is alive and well (and quite huge, with 362,000 employees and a revenue of €71.9 billion), nowadays targeting profitable B2B markets.

Philips is going through some struggle, but they are still an important player on the lightning and healthcare technology markets. Just compare Philips' 105,300 employees to Motorola Solutions' 15,000 employees.

[1] BenQ Mobile ("BenQ-Siemens") went bust; Gigaset still manufactures DECT phones in Bocholt, Germany, as Europe's market leader; Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications) is still a major player; Nokia Networks (formerly Nokia Siemens Networks; formerly Nokia Networks + Siemens Networks) is now the backbone of Nokia.


I know all of that, I'd like to go into more detail about how I interacted with these companies but I don't like to go into specifics about my identity here

> Siemens (energy, industry, mobility, healthcare technology) is alive and well

> Philips (...) still an important player on the lightning and healthcare technology markets

What it's common about those items is that they rely less on software (still, there are things like SCADA, etc) and have higher margins (B2B)




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