PARIS, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --
- Alcatel-Lucent to Serve as Network Integrator and Supply Key Elements of its IMS Portfolio to Enable Belgacom to Offer Fixed and Mobile Multimedia Services
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected by Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG), the Belgian leading telecom operator, as its technology and network integration partner to design, integrate, and deploy an end-to-end multi-vendor IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution. The platform will enable Belgacom to effectively support and to further develop a wide variety of fixed and mobile services including voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia communications for both residential and business customers.
Alcatel-Lucent will deliver a complete IMS applications and core network solution, based on a standard architecture, incorporating products from Alcatel-Lucent and partners, including application servers, session controllers, home subscriber servers, session border controllers and network/service management functionality. The solution, based on widely adopted standards facilitating convergence, will be a cornerstone of Belgacom's future network.
As Belgacom's primary network integrator, Alcatel-Lucent will use its global network of IP Transformation Centers - including one in Antwerp - to provide network design and integration, testing and validation between the IMS Core, third-party applications and communications devices.
"Belgacom is implementing its customer-focused business transformation program with convergence as a clear focal point in our 'Move to all-IP' strategy for fixed and mobile networks," said Scott Alcott, executive vice president of Belgacom's Service Delivery Engine. "Alcatel-Lucent has proven to be reliable supplier of next generation intelligent network and IMS solutions, as well as a strong IP transformation partner."
"Belgacom's choice of an IMS service delivery system is the logical next step in its all-IP network transformation," said Michel Rahier, President of Alcatel-Lucent's carrier business. "Our experience in IP network transformation projects with customers worldwide, and with Belgacom in particular, will help ensure that the IMS solution can be integrated with minimal effort in Belgacom's network with a safe and predictable rollout plan."
With this contract Alcatel-Lucent underlines its leading position in IMS solutions, and its capabilities in multi-vendor deployments and network integration.
About Belgacom
Belgacom Group (Euronext Brussels: BELG) is the benchmark Belgian provider in the field of integrated telecommunications services. Underpinned by its experience as the country's national operator, matched by a capacity to innovate, the Belgacom Group, through the strong brands of its subsidiaries (Belgacom, Proximus and Telindus), provides a full range of offers, solutions and expertise in fixed and mobile networks. The Belgacom Group proposes a complete quadruple-play solution comprising fixed and mobile telephony, the Internet and television. It is committed to meeting the demands of its business and residential customers, and innovates in order to anticipate their future needs, drawing from the latest technological developments.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Régine Coqueran, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-49-24, regine.coqueran@alcatel-lucent.com; Mark Burnworth, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, mark.burnworth@alcatel-lucent.com; Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations, Rémi Thomas, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-61, remi.thomas@alcatel-lucent.com; John DeBono, Tel: +1-908-582-7793, debono@alcatel-lucent.com; Tony Lucido, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-49-80, alucido@alcatel-lucent.com; Don Sweeney, Tel: +1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com
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