PARIS, Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Globe Telecom (PSE: GLO) have
today signed a confirmation of award for the transformation of
wireless network infrastructure in the Philippine regions of
Visayas and Mindanao, upgrading it from WiMax to LTE-TDD and
LTE-FDD ultra-broadband access technologies.
The LTE infrastructure is part of Globe Telecom's continuing
network expansion to enable advanced technologies for better
broadband service experience. This will provide higher
network capacity, plus faster transmission speeds, addressing
ever-increasing demand for broadband service with higher bandwidth
in a country of more than 105 million mobile subscribers.
The signing of the confirmation of award was done during
the Philippines official state
visit to France. President
Benigno Simeon Aquino, III of
the Philippines and President
Francois Hollande of France
witnessed the signing in a ceremonial event at the Elysee Palace,
the official residence of the French president.
Key Facts:
- Globe Telecom is the second largest telecommunications provider
in the Philippines, with 45
million customers.
- There are more than 105 million mobile broadband subscribers in
the country, a number that has been growing by 10 percent each
year, leading to ever-increasing demand for bandwidth, speed and
capacity.
- Globe will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's LTE Radio Access Network
(RAN) which is aimed at bringing ultra-broadband Internet access to
a geographically diverse area comprised of 7,107 islands.
- Alcatel-Lucent will transform the existing Globe WiMax network
to state-of-the-art LTE–TDD and LTE-FDD technology to help meet the
ever-increasing demand for high speed mobile Internet access in the
Visayas and Mindanao regions of the
Philippines.
- The LTE RAN technology equipment will be activated in
approximately 1,200 sites, along with a converged Network
Management System (NMS) to manage and control network equipment on
an end-to-end basis from Access to the Core.
- Alcatel-Lucent also is providing Globe Telecom with a set of
professional services to include engineering, installation,
integration, and project management services.
Quotes:
Ernest L. Cu, president and CEO of Globe Telecom, said:
"The rollout of LTE technologies will provide increased internet
and fixed/wireless broadband capacity and better broadband
experience for our customers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
This is particularly significant for the Visayas region which is
still recovering from last year's severe typhoon. This project also
supports the Philippine government's thrust to expand the reach of
broadband internet services which has been emphasized as an area
for national improvement."
Michel Combes, CEO of
Alcatel-Lucent, said: "This project not only highlights
how our LTE-TDD technology is expanding, but also continues the
strong momentum of mobile ultra-broadband access in the
Asia-Pacific region. As a key
provider of infrastructure for some of the largest LTE network
deployments in the world, Alcatel-Lucent's support for Globe
Telecom's network expansion program is a further milestone in our
growing global leadership in mobile ultra-broadband access."
About Globe Telecom
Globe Telecom is a leading
full service telecommunications company in the Philippines, serving the needs of
consumers and businesses across an entire suite of products and
services including mobile, fixed, broadband, data connections,
internet and managed services. Its principals are Ayala
Corporation and SingTel who are acknowledged industry leaders in
the country and in the region. For more information, visit
www.globe.com.ph. Follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/talk2Globe and Facebook:
http://facebook.com/GlobePH.
About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:
ALU)
We are at the forefront of global
communications, providing products and innovations in IP and cloud
networking, as well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to
service providers and their customers, and to enterprises and
institutions throughout the world. Underpinning us in driving the
industrial transformation from voice telephony to high-speed
digital delivery of data, video and information is Bell Labs, an integral part of the Group and one
of the world's foremost technology research institutes, responsible
for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and
communications industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group
being recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator,
as well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's
Top 50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". We have also been
recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry
Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in
the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global
communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in
pursuit of the Group's mission to realize the potential of a
connected world.
With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion
in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New
York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company
is incorporated in France and
headquartered in Paris.
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the
Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow
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