PARIS, July 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has signed comprehensive frame
agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom, two of the world's
largest telecommunications operators, to facilitate the transition
to dynamic cloud-based networks.
Alcatel-Lucent will support the companies in the delivery of
faster, more affordable mobile and fixed Internet connections
across the country, as China
strives to meet the ever-growing connectivity of people and
'things'.
Under the agreements - both spanning a year and valued at up to
RMB4.53 billion (Eur 656 million) and RMB3.59 billion (Eur 520
million) for China Mobile and China Unicom respectively -
Alcatel-Lucent will deliver its mobile and fixed ultra-broadband
access, IP routing, agile optical networking and network functions
virtualization (NFV) capabilities, as well as Nuage Networks'
software defined networking (SDN) technologies.
The deployment of these technologies will also support China
Mobile and China Unicom in meeting commitments to the 'Broadband
China' initiative which aims to see full broadband coverage across
the nation's rural and urban areas by 2020.
China's Ministry of Industry
and Information Technology has set the target for all the country's
municipalities, city districts and most non-urban households to
have access to 100 megabits-per-second (Mbps) fiber by 2017. Within
the same timeframe, China also
expects residents of major cities to have an average access rate of
30 Mbps, 80% of administrative villages to have fiber coverage,
with full 4G mobile access in urban and rural areas.
The agreements, signed today in Toulouse during a visit by Li
Keqiang, China's Premier of the
State Council, build on long-standing collaboration between
Alcatel-Lucent and the two companies.
Key Facts:
- The frame agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom make
Alcatel-Lucent a key technology provider in the execution of the
Broadband China initiative.
- Alcatel-Lucent will provide technologies that include:
- 4G TD-LTE and LTE FDD mobile ultra-broadband access
- Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON) and Ethernet Passive
Optical Networks (EPON) fixed ultra-broadband access
- Optical transport network and private telecommunications
network (PTN) data transmission
- IP routing and switching technologies
- Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
- NFV cloud technologies
- Nuage Networks SDN
- Alcatel-Lucent has collaborated closely with China Mobile
throughout many developments in mobile technology and is continuing
that collaboration with the operator's use of NFV technologies to
support cloud applications and services.
- At Mobile World Congress 2015, Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile
jointly demonstrated how Alcatel-Lucent's NFV technologies,
including the virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) technology
could help service providers meet changing market, customer and
environmental demands, while dramatically enhancing network and
lowering costs.
- Alcatel-Lucent's agreement with China Unicom underscores the
companies' long working relationship. In October 2014, Alcatel-Lucent announced that it
would be delivering its ground-breaking 7950 XRS IP Core Router to
China Unicom and other Chinese service providers.
- Alcatel-Lucent is providing both China Unicom and China Mobile
with the latest generation of access technologies on the high
capacity ISAM access platform, essential for meeting the country's
ambitious broadband targets.
- Alcatel-Lucent has had a major presence in China for more than 30 years through its
Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell venture.
Quotes:
Li Huidi, Vice President of China Mobile said: "We
have been working closely with Alcatel-Lucent on the development of
technologies to help the smooth transition to cloud networks. We
are pleased to continue this collaboration and under this agreement
we can benefit from Alcatel-Lucent's leading solutions to help us
expand connectivity across the company and enable new efficiencies
across our network."
Michel Combes, CEO of
Alcatel-Lucent, said: "This announcement is highly significant
as it furthers Alcatel-Lucent's role as a key technology provider
in China and aligns perfectly with
our strategy of bringing high-speed ultra-broadband access to open
up new opportunities for both service providers and their customers
alike. We are very pleased to continue working with both China
Mobile and China Unicom to help them deliver on their commitments
under The Broadband China' initiative."
ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)
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access and cloud technology specialist. We are dedicated to making
global communications more innovative, sustainable and accessible
for people, businesses and governments worldwide. Our mission is to
invent and deliver trusted networks to help our customers unleash
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