Alcatel-Lucent Signs Contract with Telefonica

Ilustrasi (DOK)

PARIS (IndoTelko) – Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has reached an agreement with Telefónica, to become a reference supplier for its 4G LTE network in Spain, in a 4G LTE project that is among the largest in Western Europe.

President Alcatel-Lucent Spain and Global Account Manager for Telefonica Roque Lozano in the release  said, “This is a significant agreement for Alcatel-Lucent and our largest in scope to date in Western Europe. We are very excited to be able to work with Telefónica Spain in its 4G LTE project to serve its customers throughout the country. And we are ready to further explore other wireless technologies down the road, such as small cells to enhance coverage anytime, anywhere and over any device toward a wider collaboration framework.”
 
Alcatel-Lucent will deploy some 8,000 4G LTE base stations and the 5620 Service Aware Manager (5620 SAM).

Alcatel-Lucent will also deliver installation and turnkey project management services in the initial phase of the project, as well as systems integration, maintenance and configuration optimization to reduce time-to-market even further for Telefonica Spain.

This Agreement follows two successful pre-commercial 4G LTE pilot networks in Madrid and Barcelona and the demonstration of Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G LTE capabilities over a live network consisting of small metro cells and macro base stations  with Telefónica in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2012.

So far, Alcatel-Lucent has established a strong global leadership position in 4G LTE with more than 40contracts for commercial deployments, including two of the largest 4G LTE network roll-outs todate, with two more in process and more than 40 trials worldwide.(es)