NSN appoints new chief technology officer

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Hossein Moiin will join Nokia Siemens Networks as its new chief technology officer on July 1. The role of CTO was created when the company eliminated is chief operating officer position in January.

Former COO Mika Vehvilainen quit joining Finnish airline Finnair late last year. The former BT man is charged with leading the vendor’s research and innovation.

According to Nokia Siemens, the new CTO will be responsible for developing and advocating the company’s technology strategy and long-term views on network architecture while Moiin feels that he will be able to guide the company in a direction that will benefit the largest number of people and organization.

On the other hand, Nokia Siemens Networks will also hope that Moiin can benefit its organization, given the ferocity of competition in the vendor space.