Alcatel-Lucent announced that Chinese operators Jiangsu Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, and Ningxia Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, will deploy the Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG) in their 3G network and operations centre. By providing advanced wireless data analytics, Alcatel-Lucent will enable the two Chinese service providers to gain in-depth knowledge of how their subscriber devices, applications and networks are performing in real time. Read more here.
Alvarion Ltd., provider of 4G networks, announced it was selected by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Alvarion’s local partner Vuppalamritha Magnetic Components Limited, to supply base stations with related professional services for the building of a 4G wireless broadband network in rural India. This project will bring wireless broadband services to underserved communities in the country.
Mobideo announced that Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company, will use the Mobideo Guide™ system to manage its workforce in telecom projects. Black & Veatch executives had determined to upgrade its workforce management system for greater efficiencies in order to support the continuous strong growth of its Telecommunications Division. The Mobideo Guide™ system is a mobile workforce management platform that unifies communications between back office IT system and company processes/procedures into a single interactive application accessed by field technicians through mobile devices.
Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled networking, announced that Macaroni Grill has deployed an Aerohive WLAN solution in 184 restaurants to date plus its corporate headquarters in Dallas, TX.
Nokia Siemens Networks announced that it will provide 7,000 LTE base stations to Telecom Italia. Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize Telecom Italia’s mobile infrastructure in several Italian regions and will be able to offer 4G (LTE) mobile services. The Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology has already been tested by the two companies in some Turin city areas.