Franco-U.S. telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Tuesday said it has been selected as the long-term evolution network supplier for Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc (DCM).

Alcatel-Lucent will build the mobile backhaul network for NTT DoCoMo's long-term evolution service with Alcatel-Lucent's ethernet transmission solution, the company said in a statement.

Company Web sites: www.alcatel-lucent.com

www.nttdocomo.com

-By Ruth Bender, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 40 17 17 40; ruth.bender@dowjones.com