Nokia announced a significant expansion of its Research and Development (R&D) undertakings in China. This expansion includes the launch of a Nokia Postdoctoral Program, the creation of a unit to promote open standards and technology localization, and the establishment of a CDMA R&D facility in Beijing.
The announcements also include a plan to expand the scale of product design and development for Nokia mobile phones at the Nokia Product Creation Center in Beijing. Nokia stated that 40% of the global Mobile Phones Business Group handsets will be designed and developed in the Beijing Product Creation Center. http://www.nokia.com
