PARIS, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- JCDecaux SA
(Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company
worldwide, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
announce today that they are joining forces in the development of
connected street furniture.
While the JCDecaux and Alcatel-Lucent teams have for years
worked independently on connectivity, Alcatel-Lucent's tests have
demonstrated the relevance of combining its small cells with the
street furniture developed by JCDecaux to improve connectivity in
the city.
The unique density and coverage of street furniture in city
centres makes them an ideal medium to usher in the development of
"smart city" policies and the creation of an ecosystem capable of
further improving the quality of service provided to users and
citizens. Easy to install and to get quickly up and running, small
cells help increase mobile networks' density of coverage, boosting
capacity in saturated areas and offering high-speed access for
all.
The teams are now working together to optimise the aesthetic
integration of small cells in street furniture in order to provide
cities and telecom operators with a global solution that is in tune
with the urban environment.
Jean-Charles Decaux, Chairman of
the Executive Board and co-CEO of JCDecaux, said: "After various
tests conducted in France and
abroad, our collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent confirms our
determination to provide urban areas with innovative and accessible
services, building a true ecosystem for the greater benefit of
mobile citizens. Rolling out a high-quality network has become one
of the major strategic objectives in improving the appeal and
competitiveness of cities, and we are pleased to work with the
Alcatel-Lucent teams to increase our R&D efforts to design
connected street furniture that is both functional and aesthetic.
Through these efforts, we will showcase French expertise in
building a Smart City."
Michel Combes, Chief Executive
Officer of Alcatel-Lucent, added: "As leaders and innovators in our
respective industries this pairing allows us to work together to
build truly ultra broadband cities prepared to meet the ever
growing communications demands of our mobile society. As companies
that work daily within local communities around the world, we
deeply appreciate the benefits that a connected society can bring
-- forever changing the way we are able to interact with each
other. However we also want to make sure we do this in a way that
does not clutter or overly put a burden on our already stretched
city resources. This requires that our two companies work together
to deliver innovative and eloquent design solutions that boost our
existing information infrastructure while keeping our urban
landscapes uncluttered and making smart use of existing power
resources."
ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)
We are at the
forefront of global communications, providing products and
innovations in IP and cloud networking, as well as ultra-broadband
fixed and wireless access to service providers and their customers,
and to enterprises and institutions throughout the world.
Underpinning us in driving the industrial transformation from voice
telephony to high-speed digital delivery of data, video and
information is Bell Labs, an
integral part of the Group and one of the world's foremost
technology research institutes, responsible for countless
breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications
industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group being
recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as
well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's Top
50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". We have also been
recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry
Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in
the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global
communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in
pursuit of the Group's mission to realize the potential of a
connected world.
With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion
in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New
York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company
is incorporated in France and
headquartered in Paris.
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