Vodafone Portugal Selects Alcatel-Lucent DSL Network Solution
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PARIS, June 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected by Vodafone Portugal for the implementation of a triple play-capable network solution to provide DSL- based services.
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Vodafone Group PLC formally rolled out its 3G (third-generation) mobile communication products and services in 12 European countries and Japan on Wednesday.
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Vodafone is the first operator in the Netherlands to offer UMTS coverage to more than half of the Dutch population.
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E-Plus, the German mobile phone unit of Dutch telecoms giant KPN, said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement for Alcatel-Lucent to take over a number of its network divisions.
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Vodafone Group Plc and Orange SA are to follow up on their 3G network sharing agreement in Spain with the news that both operators intend to reach a similar agreement for the UK.
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Facebook has officially launched its platform for cellular operators, and the U.K.'s Vodafone is the first to adopt it.
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InfoWorld - Sprint-Nextel and Alcatel-Lucent plan to introduce Wednesday a mobile data card that doubles as a laptop security mechanism.
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Vodafone Group PLC launched high-speed Internet services for mobile phones across much of Europe on Wednesday, ending a wait of several years since the world's biggest cell phone company spent billions for new wireless licenses at the height of the technology bubble.
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Two of the world's biggest telecom gear makers have tied the knot, eight months after France's Alcatel SA announced plans to buy U.S. rival Lucent Technologies Inc. and create a global force that can cash in on hot "triple-play" services offering phone, TV and Internet together.
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InfoWorld - Alcatel-Lucent has invested in WiMax chip maker Sequans Communications, the latest show of support for the emerging long-range wireless networking technology.
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(InfoWorld) - Mary Chan, president of the wireless business group atÂ newly merged Alcatel-Lucent, isn't choosing sides in the prickly debate about next-generation mobile communication networks. "One thing is certain," Chan said in an interview at last week's Telecom World conference in Hong Kong. "With the next generation, we're going to see all-IP networks capable of providing voice-over-IP and high-speed data throughput." Alcatel-Lucent has a foot in both the cellular and wireless camps -- and sees opportunities for both. The company aims to be at the forefront of this convergence by offering IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) technology as "a fundamental architecture for service transformation," Chan said. The buzzword in the cellular community is LTE (Long-Term Evolution), which, as its name suggests, builds on existing cellular technology. The wireless camp supports a mobile version of WiMax, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard. Both technologies will be based on OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) and offer speeds up to 100Mbps. What could differentiate the two systems at the end of the day is not so much the technology as the type operator that favors the one or the other, according to Chan. Cellular operators view LTE as an evolution of their 3G (third-generation) mobile broadband systems and, as such, are likely to deploy the technology where they have existing infrastructure. Some may choose to use mobile WiMax to plug the holes. New Internet operators, including some of the existing Wi-Fi service providers, are expected to deploy mobile WiMax. Regardless of the radio technology, "ubiquitous coverage will be a key success factor," Chan said. That remark can be interpreted as a word of warning to numerous mobile phone operators that have pared down their 3G (third generation) rollout to save on costs and have seen Wi-Fi operators both big and small pick away at their mobile data business.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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Vodafone and EDS have deployed a global managed service for ABN AMRO Bank of the Netherlands, based on RIM&#39;s BlackBerry mobile email clients.
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(InfoWorld) - Alcatel-Lucent has invested in WiMax chip maker Sequans Communications, the latest show of support for the emerging long-range wireless networking technology. The companies did not reveal the size of the investment but said it extends a $24 million round of financing that Sequans raised last year. The companies are both based in France and have worked together in the past. Last year they said they would make a low-cost end-user WiMax device for developing countries. They expect to start production of that product in the second quarter. Alcatel, whichÂ completed its merger with LucentÂ late last year, has alsoÂ worked with Intel, a Sequans competitor. Alcatel and Intel have said often that they would collaborate on the development of WiMax technologies, including field trials of new products. Before the merger, Lucent sold WiMax products using gear from Alvarion, which uses Intel chips. Intel worked aggressively to develop a market for WiMax. Nonetheless, other chip makers including Sequans, Fujitsu, and Wavesat have emerged as competitors. Motorola also invested an undisclosed sum in Sequans late last year. After years of development, WiMax is just beginning to pick up steam. U.S. operator Sprint NextelÂ intends to build a WiMax network, andÂ ClearwireÂ has built several networks in Europe and parts of the U.S.
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Alcatel-Lucent opened for business Friday as one of the world's biggest telecom gear makers, signaling a new push into enterprise markets eight months after Alcatel agreed to buy U.S. rival Lucent in a deal worth $11.6 billion.
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Shareholders at Alcatel CGEP.PA and   Lucent Technologies Inc. LU.N on Thursday separately voted in   favor of a merger under which the French telecoms equipment   firm buys its U.S. rival in a $10.9 billion deal.
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Vodafone Group Plc has selected the former UK incumbent, BT Group Plc, as its fixed-line partner as the world's largest mobile operator catches up with its rivals and starts to offer its UK consumer base a broadband offering.
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Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Inc have stepped further down the aisle after their shareholders separately voted in favor of their proposed union whereby the French telecom gear maker would buy its US rival for about $10.9bn.