Exercice de guerre de l'information autour de Siemens

13 octobre 2009

Ecole de Guerre Economique : Counterstrike Propositions for Siemens. Nous vous présentons ici la version en langue anglaise.

Counterstrike Propositions for Siemens

The present document aims at presenting the diverse aspects of a complex informational war, which took place from March to July 2009, aimed at destabilizing one European telecommunication infrastructure provider, namely Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). This joint-venture between the infrastructure division of Siemens and Nokia ranks among the world leaders, mastering key technologies for both fixed and wireless networks. In this time, in the frame of the Iranian general elections and the ferocious repressions seen in the country against political opponents and the youth, NSN and its stakeholders were heavily attacked in the Western media as being, by the sale of their sophisticated network provision and monitoring technology, objective allies of the Mullah regime. Despite NSN has effectively sold these technologies to the Mullah regime, the attacks are nevertheless to be seen in a much larger scope. In particular, the heavy commercial battles for the supremacy on the leadership on telecommunication infrastructure. In this global struggle, dominated by American companies, Europeans have come close to the US level. Therefore, this sector is particularly sensitive to political pressures, since the struggling for global leaders and flagship companies is particularly violent. Therefore, the actions observed against Nokia, albeit resulting of an objective weakness, has been largely exploited and amplified by US instances.