Articles by Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent has announced the opening of an R&D center in Istanbul dedicated to the development of network technologies. Approved by Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, the center was also supported by the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT). The center will directly contribute to the enhancement...

Mobicom, the largest mobile operator in Mongolia, has selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy a 3G wireless broadband network that will enable the operator to extend its network capacity and coverage and meet the growing demand for new broadband data services in Mongolia. The contract was signed through the company’s Chinese...

Alcatel-Lucent successfully completed the worldwide first LTE data call on the 800 MHz European Digital Dividend (EDD) spectrum band in a live network. The call, which was completed at the company’s 4G/LTE end-to-end solutions center in Stuttgart, Germany, involved transmitting high-definition video streaming over the air using its commercial...

Alcatel-Lucent has signed the European Union’s Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment. By doing so the company commits to make all reasonable efforts to abide by the principles described in the Code of Conduct (version 3, 2008) for the broadband communications equipment it is developing for...

Alcatel-Lucent , through its Chinese flagship company Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell , and Datang Mobile have announced that their consortium has been selected by China Mobile for deployment of its phase III TD-SCDMA mobile networks in 11 provinces – Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanxi, Anhui, Liaoning, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and...

India’s Unitech Wireless has selected Alcatel-Lucent to support the initial launch of the company’s GSM/EDGE mobile service offering, whereby Alcatel Lucent will deploy turn-key GSM/EDGE networks in the Kerala and Orissa regions. Under the terms of the contract, the company will design, deploy and maintain its multi-standard GSM/EDGE radio...

Alcatel-Lucent has signed two framework agreements valued at $1.7 B in total with China Mobile and China Telecom , to provide network upgrades, integration and maintenance services in 2009. As the leading operators in China, China Mobile and China Telecom were granted 3G licenses in January 2009, for TD-SCDMA...

In a deal worth $52.87 M, China Mobile Pakistan Ltd. (CMPak), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile, has contracted Alcatel-Lucent to expand its existing GSM/EDGE network. The expansion, which is now underway, will allow CMPak to provide enhanced commercial services in northern Pakistan. Alcatel-Lucent, through its flagship company in...

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by China Telecom to provide an end-to-end communication solution and increase the capacity and coverage of its mobile voice and data network throughout the country. The contract was secured through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent’s Chinese flagship company. With this $230 M contract, Alcatel Shanghai Bell...