Dallas-based Mavenir Systems sees its future in LTE and is poised to make a product offering that it says is unique to its competitors in Voice over LTE (VoLTE) by partnering with top companies. “We build our solutions by packaging our software on industry-standard...
DUBLIN, Ireland — Alcatel-Lucent's CEO Ben Verwyaan beamed in via telepresence Tuesday morning to grace the big screen at TM Forum, reminding the audience that the digital economy is “not just something you write about but live in every day.”In a speech heavily geared...
DALLAS—Mobile, fixed and converged operators can all experience growth if they leverage their network assets, Robert Vrij, Alcatel-Lucent Americas president, said during a keynote speech this morning at the Telecommunications Industry Association's TIA2011: Inside the Network event here. Cloud-based computing services and the business...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Fiji: With the government of Fiji to unveil its government data center which marks the completion of its e-Government phase one project acquired from Alcatel-Lucent, resulting in increased efficiency that is reducing costs and...
Looking for a little brotherly love, RCR Wireless News is hitting the streets of Philadelphia the week of June 6, as part of our global tour. As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the...
UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent have signed an agreement to jointly develop a telemedicine platform and suite of applications that will enable patients to receive care even when they are far from doctors and hospitals. This newest collaboration builds on a relationship and co-development agreement dating...
Building on plans first announced in 2006, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, wireless operators and others formally announced plans for a free service that delivers emergency alerts to people in a targeted geographic area. Federal executives and representatives from the...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent France: With Completel to undertake a major upgrade of its backbone communications network. Completel will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's 100 Gigabit per second (100G) optical technology on new and existing routes to boost network capacity and...
Alcatel-Lucent | May 6, 2011 | Press Release (Highlights)
Alcatel-Lucent released it's first quarter 2011 earnings.
Key Highlights:
Alcatel-Lucent continues its momentum into 2011 with a strong start to the year: 15% top line year-over-year growth in Q1’11 & positive adjusted operating profit
KEY NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) narrowed its first-quarter loss driven by strong wireless sales in North America. However, the company's stock slid nearly 5% in trading as analysts worried the infrastructure provider needs more contracts outside North America. The stock price was improving at press time,...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) opened a technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the company said it will highlight LTE, video, cloud- and location-based services to help Brazilian operators respond to challenges created by increased mobile data adoption.
The 15,400-square-foot facility in Sao Paulo will cater...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) opened a technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the company said it will highlight LTE, video, cloud- and location-based services to help Brazilian operators respond to challenges created by increased mobile data adoption.The 15,400-square-foot facility in Sao Paulo will cater...
Alcatel-Lucent scored a pair of Chinese victories with subsidiaries of China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) and China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) announcing plans to deploy the company’s 9900 Wireless Network Guardian equipment in their 3G network and operation centers.
The equipment provider reported that Jiangsu Mobile...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it is making its OpenPlug Studio toolkit available for free to application developers as the network vendor tries to flesh out the ecosystem for more enterprise end users. The toolkit allows developers to write applications for a variety of...
The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Laird Technologies Inc.U.K.: With Farnell as a European distributor for its wireless & M2M products. Laird Technologies designs a complete line of industry-leading wireless & M2M product solutions including high-performance proprietary radio modules, ZigBee
LAS VEGAS – With a significant win in gaining a government mandate on 3G data roaming in their back pockets, rural operators are now faced with the unenviable task of figuring out their plans for so-called “4G” networks.At this week’s Rural Cellular Association event...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and China Mobile (CHL) are working together to further develop technology around Acatel-Lucent's LightRadio technology, which shrinks base-station technology down to the size of a Rubik's Cube by moving some of the intelligence in the hardware to the cloud.Under a...
The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:KTKorea: With Oracle to use its integrated suite of Oracle Communications applications and technology for its next-generation Billing, Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and Operational Support Systems (OSS).Value: UndisclosedRostelecomRussia With: Alcatel-Lucent to deploy its End-to-End IP...
Infrastructure suppliers are going to have to adapt their business models to help shape the global telecom market, including helping to finance and drive deals with operators, according to a new report from Arthur D. Little. The research company said that despite six years...
Just days after announcing completion of a LTE network trial, regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings Corp. (NTLS) said it has selected Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) to expand and upgrade its current CDMA network in Hagerstown, Md., with EV-DO Revision A technology. The expansion and upgrade is...
The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Nokia Siemens NetworksChina: With Anhui Unicom Energy, China Unicom's subsidiary in Anhui province, to reduce the energy consumption of its mobile base transceiver station (BTS) sites by as much as 20%. The operator will...
Alcatel-Lucent | April 4, 2011 | Press Release
Enabling “5-star, 5-bar” 3G mobile coverage for residential and business users
Paris and Singapore (Femto Cells Asia), April 4th, 2011 – Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to power its commercial “Sure Signal”...
Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent to power its commercial “Sure Signal” service. Building on Alcatel-Lucent’s small cells expertise, Vodafone’s “Sure Signal” is taking 3G network coverage and capacity in New Zealand to the next level – addressing the increasingly demanding mobile voice and...
Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings Corp. (NTLS) said it has successfully completed an end-to-end LTE field trial in Waynesboro, Va., with infrastructure partner Alcatel-Lucent. Ntelos currently operates a CDMA-based network and has a network partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp.The trial included Alcatel-Lucent’s eNodeB base...
