KPN unit outsources activities to Alcatel-Lucent
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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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PARIS, Feb. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has teamed up with Gonzaga University to provide a comprehensive data and wireless network at the University, located in Spokane, WA.
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Alcatel-Lucent wins the undersea internet cable project to give Kenya better links with the world.
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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) - AT&T is pumping up its services in the Middle East by expanding its network in the region and building up its local presence there, the company announced Monday. In addition, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson has selected AT&T to provide an advanced VPN (virtual private network) across the Middle East, AT&T said. An AT&T network node being deployed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in cooperation with Saudi TelecommunicationsÂ and NavLink is expected to be operational by the end of the year, AT&T said. AT&T owns a minority stake of NavLink. Data infrastructure from AT&T will allow AT&T and NavLink customers to directly connect to Saudi Telecommunications' nationwide MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) network, which is the largest in the Middle East. AT&T will also deploy a new global network node in Kuwait, with cooperation from QualityNet, a local provider of data networking services. The companies will work with NavLink to activate MPLS node during 2008, AT&T said. QualityNet will host the global network node and allow AT&T to offer VPN services to Kuwaiti customers seeking global connectivity and to AT&T's existing multinational customers seeking to expand in the Middle East. AT&T currently has network facilities operating in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. These expansion are part ofÂ AT&T's $750 million global investment programÂ announced earlier this year. In the coming months, AT&T plans to hire more sales and support employees in Dubai, it said. In the Ericsson deal, worth $6 million, AT&T will provide VPN services to support Ericsson's growing business activities in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. The agreement builds on a relationship between the two companies in which AT&T provides network services to Ericsson's business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. The key requirements for the deal included a reliable network, a comprehensive service level agreement and speedy implementation, Carl-Magnus MÃ¥nsson, chief information officer of Ericsson, said in a statement.
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STANFORD, CALIF. -- On Monday, the same day the California Senate passed a bill that would ban state agencies from contracting services out to companies that use overseas labor, opponents and proponents of offshore outsourcing clashed during a conference at Stanford University.ADVERTISEMENTIntroducing IBM eServer p5 systems.Powered by IBMâs most advanced 64-bit microprocessor (POWER5(tm)), p5 systems can run UNIX and Linux simultaneously. Learn more about eServer p5 systems.
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Company aims to make it easier for Linux to be incorporated into low-cost consumer handsets.
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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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Dutch telecoms group KPN  has  made an agreement with Bankinter  through which the  Spanish bank will offer mobile phone services at special rates  to its banking clients, Bankinter said on Tuesday.
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(InfoWorld) - Verizon Business, a unit of U.S. communications service provider Verizon Communications, has applied for a license to provide international long-distance services in India. The move reflects Verizon's recognition of the growth potential of Asian markets, Verizon Business said Wednesday. Leading multinational telecommunications services companies have applied for licenses to operate national and long-distance telecommunications services in India, to take advantage of a new policy that liberalized direct foreign investment in telecommunications services companies. Before the new policy, some multinational telecommunications services companies including Verizon were offering services in India through cooperation agreements with local licensed service providers. New government rules, announced in 2005, allow companies with foreign ownership of up to 74 percent to offer telecommunications services in the country. Before this rule, foreign investment was limited to 49 percent, which deterred foreign carriers from setting up operations in India. AT&T's majority-owned Indian joint venture, AT&T Global Network Services India was awarded licenses last year by the Indian government to operate national and international long distance telecommunications services from the country. AT&T holds 74 percent of the equity in the joint venture. BT Telecom India, an Indian joint venture of BT Group, applied to the Indian government in November for licenses to provide national and international long-distance services. The government awarded it letters of intent in December, as a first step to the award of licenses. As part of its expansion in India, BT announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of i2i Enterprise, a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specializing in IP (Internet Protocol) communications services for Indian and multinational companies. The acquisition would be through its Indian joint venture, BT said. I2i already has licenses to provide international and national long-distance services, Internet services, and Internet telephony services. Verizon is planning to offer its telecommunications services to multinational companies that are expanding in India, as well as Indian companies expanding abroad. It has set up a joint venture, Verizon Communications India, with India's Leo Communications, a part of the Videocon Group of Mumbai. Verizon will hold a 74 percent stake in the joint venture, while Leo will hold the balance 26 percent. Verizon Business is one of three operating units of Verizon Communications, and delivers IP, data, voice and wireless services to large business and government. In India, Verizon Business plans to offer a full range of services to multinational customers, including MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching), international private leased circuits and IP VPNs (virtual private networks).
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Alcatel-Lucent SA 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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From Wintel to Symtel, horizontal integration coming to handsets
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(InfoWorld) - Alcatel-Lucent cut its revenue forecast for the year on Thursday, underscoring the challenges the newly merged company faces in a highly competitive communications equipment industry. The company now expects its revenue to be flat or up slightly in 2007, compared with an earlier forecast that it would grow in the mid-single digits along with the overall carrier market. (Both estimates use a constant exchange rate between the euro and U.S. dollar.) In its new forecast, Alcatel-Lucent cited discussions with wireless customers in North America that led it to anticipate weaker spending than it had expected among them this year. Growth in sales volume won't make up for falling prices, Alcatel-Lucent said. As a result, the company expects only to break even in the current quarter. In the second quarter, which ended June 30, it reported an adjusted net loss of â¬336 million, or $455 million as of June 30, the last day in the period being reported. France'sÂ Alcatel bought troubled U.S. infrastructure vendor Lucent last yearÂ as the companies faced Asian competitors, such as Huawei Technologies, as well as consolidation among telecommunications carriers and vendors. It cut 3,800 jobs in the first half of the year and still expects to reach a target of â¬600 million in pre-tax savings from the merger this year, butÂ the merger hasn't led to strong results. The market has lashed out: Alcatel-Lucent's shares (ALA) on the New York Stock Exchange started this year over $15 and are now below $10. On Thursday's news, the stock fell $0.88 to close at $9.16. The company is taking steps to speed up its post-merger restructuring and carry out additional focused cost-cutting plans, CEO Patricia Russo said in a prepared statement on Thursday. Alcatel-Lucent does expect some improvement from quarter to quarter. It forecast third-quarter revenue up slightly from the second quarter and a strong increase in the last quarter of the year. Bright spots in its worldwide business include the wireline and enterprise network business, as well as sales in the Asia-Pacific region.
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VENICE - One of Europe's biggest fixed-network operators is following the lead of its wireless counterparts in demanding a greater say in the design and service features of cordless phones and other wireless devices used in the home.
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Buying USinternetworking lets the telecom giant reach out and touch managed services.
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Alcatel has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Nortel Network's 3G (third-generation) mobile phone network business for $320 million.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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PARIS  --  Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. overcame shareholder misgivings to win firm backing Thursday for their $10.7 billion tie-up to create a major global telecommunications equipment maker.