Siemens AG is tossing its own Siemens Business Communications Ltd unit in the UK into the GEC Plessey Telecommunications Ltd joint venture with GEC Plc, in which Siemens holds 40%. The result will be a further joint venture between Siemens and GEC Plessey, consisting of the latter’s GPT Business Systems and GPT Communications Systems, and the Siemens unit. The new company will market private communications systems in the UK and in other countries. Siemens said that the further intensification of the companies’ current co-operative ventures will clearly strengthen their competitive position, and provide customers with comprehensive and flexible service. GEC Plessey is now the only joint GEC-Siemens firm.
