The change moves procurement and vendor management into a single team, he added. SAC will still provide end-to-end deployment services for “new verticals that they are best equipped to handle,” particularly customers that want an OEM-agnostic partner. Expands Nokia’s deployment services team The change is going to expand Nokia’s existing in-house team within the Mobile Networks business unit. “Moving all of deployment services under one umbrella inside Nokia strengthens our customer experience and allows us to add strong talent and resources to the team,” he explained. That includes bringing on “many of SAC’s deployment specialists,” but Alfonso would not say how many. According to SAC’s website, it has about 2,000 employees, with the largest team of self-perform crews in the U.S.