BASE Jumping in the Benelux

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BASE Jumping in the Benelux

BASE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dutch operator KPN, is the third largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications operators with roughly 24% market share, which translates to approximately 3.4 million subscribers.
 
Today, Alcatel-Lucent announced an outsourcing contract with BASE, which entails end-to-end responsibility for all network operations and rollout for BASE's network.
 
According to the announcement, the contract covers the operations of the BASE mobile network in Belgium, comprising approximately 3,000 sites. It also involves the transfer of around 29 BASE employees to Alcatel-Lucent.
 
The decision to outsource operations to Alcatel-Lucent was driven in part by a desire to focus on what BASE does best, that is marketing their service offering and growing their customer base, while leaving the network operations responsibility to an experienced partner like Alcatel-Lucent.
 
According to BASE CTO Heinrich Lakatha, "This contract will produce synergies that enable us to further concentrate on marketing our services throughout Europe. We selected Alcatel-Lucent based on their history of being a trusted partner over the years and given their global experience in network outsourcing."
 
The deal is another example of Alcatel-Lucent's move into the services business.
 
Said Paul Depuydt, vice-president of Alcatel-Lucent in the Benelux, "This important contract with BASE reinforces Alcatel-Lucent's position as a strong and competitive managed services provider. It is significant not only for its value, but also because it confirms our ambition to diversify our business into the services domain and the mobile operator customer segment."
 


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