HANGZHOU, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Nokia Siemens Network opened an innovation center here on Friday to develop software technologies.

    The Innovation Software Park covers 22,000 square meters of a state-level high-tech industrialization zone in Hangzhou, a scenic city in east China's Zhejiang Province.

    More than 600 employees will carry out research in solutions for 2.5G, 3G, Wimax and I-HSPA mobile telecommunication technologies as well as develop relative software platforms, according to David Ho, president of Nokia Siemens Greater China Region.

    It's the second largest wireless technology research base established by the world's leading network telecommunication company following the one in Finland.

    Nokia Siemens Network is a joint venture between Finland's Nokia and Germany's Siemens. It ranked second in the world's wireless network market and telecom service market, and the third in the world's cable network market.

    The company's net sales in the Great China Region reached 372 million euros in the third quarter of this year, up 26 percent on the second quarter. The company now has six research and development centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Hangzhou.