Nokia Siemens Networks TraffiCOM Kft. (hereinafter TraffiCOM) was established by BKV Rt. under the name BKV TraffiCOM Kft. in 1997 to satisfy its own audio and data communication needs.
As of 1 August 2001, Siemens acquired a 99 % share in TraffiCOM Kft. As a result of the acquisition, Siemens became the owner of a communications system comprising a significant copper and fibre-optic cable network of nearly 1,000 km and 140 km, respectively, 25 subcentres, and a large transmission technology and data transmission network. After large-scale developments, the length of the fibre-optic cable network is currently 500 km.
In addition to selling its share, BKV Rt. also sold the line rights along its fixed-track transportation routes, meaning that TraffiCOM has the exclusive right to implement developments along tram, underground, cog railway, trolley and suburban railway lines for 30 years, and to use such lines for further 15 years.
Nokia Siemens Networks TraffiCOM Kft., as the specialist telecommunications service provider subsidiary of Nokia Siemens Networks Hungary, manages and utilizes a traffic management substructure system of approximately 300 km, which may be utilized and expanded for telecommunications purposes by Siemens Telefongyár Kft. as a result of a public tender announced by the Budapest Mayor's Office. (Siemens Telefongyár Kft. was merged into Siemens Zrt. in 2003.)
Almost simultaneously, by winning a public tender, we became entitled to establish telecommunications substructures in the fifth and sixth districts of Budapest.
Based on an international decision announced in July 2006, Nokia and Siemens unified their branches for wired and wireless networks and network solutions in a joint venture in 50-50 % ownership. The new company, Nokia Siemens Networks was founded on 1 April 2007. |
