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Alcatel-Lucent to Focus on LTE

Edited By Greg Galitzine on December 15, 2008

As reported on Friday, Alcatel-Lucent plans to undergo some strategic realignment of its core efforts, and among other things it means that there will be less attention on WiMAX in favor of a strategy that calls for a stronger focus on LTE or long-term evolution. Some analysts would think that's merely a prudent reaction to the market. According to a recent Infonetics report: ...worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment and phones/Ultra Mobile PCs dropped 21% to $245 million in 3Q08 from 2Q08, and are expected to continue sliding through 2009 as the economic recession puts the squeeze on this early market. Even Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff said that his company -- clearly a leading poster child for WiMAX -- would also consider deploying LTE down the road "if it makes sense for us to do so." Of course, that's not to say that Clearwire is backing away from WiMAX, but it does go to show that equipment manufacturers need to place their bets on one side or the other in this evolving battle, not both. Blogging on the 4G Wireless Evolution site, resident expert Paul Kapustka has more on that subject.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Corporate News, Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Research, WiMAX

Infonetics: ALU Among Top Mobile WiMAX Vendors

Edited By Greg Galitzine on January 21, 2009

A recent survey conducted by Infonetics finds that Alcatel-Lucent is among the top vendors in the mobile WiMAX market. According to the survey, which asked Service Providers to name the top equipment suppliers in the space, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Huawei and Motorola led the list of a dozen gear makers. The survey, Perception Is Everything: WiMAX Vendor Leadership Service Provider Survey, was conducted over the course of two months (October/November) 2008, and asked purchase decision makers at incumbent, competitive, and mobile operators that own and operate a mobile WiMAX network (or will by 2010) about their: · Mobile WiMAX and cellular mobile network deployment plans · Most important criteria for choosing a mobile WiMAX equipment vendor · Familiarity with 10 mobile WiMAX vendors · Perception of the top vendors in the mobile WiMAX market · Ratings of 10 mobile WiMAX vendors based on 7 criteria: handsets and applications, WiMAX network performance, end-to-end solutions, pricing, product feature/roadmap, service and support, and ecosystem Of the Service Provider respondents 41% are from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); 23% are from Asia Pacific; 18% are from North America; and 18% are from Central and Latin America (CALA).

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Corporate News, Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, Next-Generation Communications, WiMAX

Alcatel-Lucent Enables WiMAX Deployment in Spain

Edited By Greg Galitzine on March 10, 2009

Alcatel-Lucent is committed to the emerging fourth-generation of wireless. And they seem to like Spain as a venue for making 4G-related news. Last month in Barcelona, Alcatel-Lucent made the headlines when Verizon Wireless named them to a select group of primary network vendors for its initial LTE network deployments in the United States. The company also announced a new LTE software module in Barcelona. Today Alcatel-Lucent announced a WiMAX deployment with Iberian broadband communications service provider Iberbanda, a provider specializing in serving the nation's rural areas (the plain, in Spain, if you will...). Iberbanda has deployed its first pilot network using Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX 802.16-e (Rev-e) wireless broadband technology. To showcase the new technology, a specially equipped bus is driving around Iberbanda's R&D center in Malaga testing mobile Internet access and other services such as voice over IP (VoIP) or video surveillance. This pilot is designed to validate simultaneous use of a WiMAX network by a variety of applications. According to the official announcement, Iberbanda's bus is equipped with WiMAX CPE with WiFi functionality so that multiple devices can be connected en route. The CPE is connected to a WiMAX base station enabling Internet access at 18 Mb/s download and 3 Mb/s upload speeds.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Corporate News, Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, WiMAX, Wireless

WiMAX or LTE, Alcatel-Lucent Says the Choice is Yours

Edited By Erik Linask on June 4, 2009

So, while it's clear that various industry pundits and participants are staunchly in one corner or the other, network operators faced with the decision as to which 4G technology to choose can at least sleep peacefully, knowing that, in Alcatel-Lucent, they have a willing -- and more than capable -- partner whichever path they choose.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Corporate News, Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, DSL, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, WiMAX, Wireless

Broadband Dependency Creates Bright Future for Multi-Solution Vendors

Edited By Erik Linask on June 29, 2009

More specifically, 84 percent of survey respondents agree that broadband is an essential service, making it a less likely target for cost cutting efforts. Perhaps more importantly, subscribers indicate a propensity for upgrading their broadband services -- or, subscribing to a service, for those currently without it.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, DSL, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Research, WiMAX, Wireless

Service Provider Strategies for a Recession and Beyond

Edited By Erik Linask on July 17, 2009

Using the latest network technologies from Alcatel-Lucent, network providers are able to build and optimize their networks to seamlessly deliver more services, more reliably, with greater flexibility leveraging converged access technologies and dynamic bandwidth allocation to increase operational efficiency, lower costs, and reduce carbon footprint.

Posted in Broadband, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Security, Web 2.0, WiMAX, Wireless

Monetizing Web 2.0

Edited By Erik Linask on August 3, 2009

So, now that Stage One is well underway, with the user community deeply into the process of integrating Web 2.0 capabilities into their daily routines, the question becomes, how can businesses monetize Web 2.0? How can they join the broadband economy?

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, DSL, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Web 2.0, WiMAX, Wireless

Create an Optimal Partner Ecosystem for Delivering New Services and Applications

Edited By Erik Linask on August 15, 2009

This understanding of how to leverage third parties is a key component of Alcatel-Lucent's application enablement vision, which includes network evolution to a high leverage network, and collaboration with the application developer community - and, ultimately, managing the integration of new applications in the network environment and identifying ways to effectively monetize those relationships.

Posted in Broadband, DSL, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Web 2.0, WiMAX, Wireless

Which Web 2.0 Services End Users Want and Are Willing to Pay For

Edited By Erik Linask on August 16, 2009

The key for service providers is being able to identify the services that will be most attractive, and for which users will be able to pay.

Posted in Broadband, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Web 2.0, WiMAX, Wireless

Address Legacy Network Phase-out While Developing Solutions from Embedded Network Assets

Edited By Erik Linask on August 17, 2009

Such investment is also the only path to being able to support end user demands for more interactive broadband services, including multimedia services, as well as tighter integration between telecom and other media.

Posted in Alcatel-Lucent Technology News, Broadband, DSL, LTE, Next-Generation Communications, Web 2.0, WiMAX, Wireless

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