Edited sentence: About 1 billion people are connected through its networks.It is foreseen that, at a combined 2005 revenue of more than € 15 billion, the new company would be one of the largest telecommunication equipment makers in the world.Its major manufacturing sites are in China, Finland, Germany, Poland and India.Nokia Siemens Networks operates in approximately 200 countries worldwide, and has about 60,000 employees.Nokia Siemens Networks' Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is Luca Maestri.Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, vice chairman is Rudi Lamprecht (Executive Advisor to the CEO of Siemens AG).Simon Beresford-Wylie, former Executive Vice President and General Manager of Nokia’s Networks unit, is Nokia Siemens Networks' Chief Executive Officer (CEO).The Chairman of the board of directors is Nokia's CEO.The customer base of Nokia Siemens Networks includes 1,400 customers in 150 countries (including more than 600 operator customers)