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Paris, October 4, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris e NYSE: ALU)
announced today that it has been selected by Brasil Telecom, one of the biggest
mobile and fixed telephony operators in Brazil, to deploy the first commercial
WiMAX networks -- using the 802.16e-2005 (also called Rev-e) standard -- in the
cities of São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre.
“WiMAX will enable us to distribute state-of-the-art services, particularly in
the rural and urban regions that today do not have access to many of the
services those in more urban areas take for granted. This network will enable
us to fully meet our customers’ services requirements in São Paulo, Curitiba
and Porto Alegre, in addition to its surrounding region,” said Mauro Fukuda,
Brasil Telecom Director of Technology and Architecture. “We selected
Alcatel-Lucent because its universal WiMAX solution is available now and it is
flexible, easy to deploy and scalable, which will help our partners bring these
services to market more quickly.”
Under the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will provide its end-to-end WiMAX solution,
including base stations, wireless access controllers, backbone links, Ethernet
MXC 9500 links, IP aggregation equipment, software and application platforms.
It also will provide design and planning for end-to-end integration of the
network as well as provisioning services for Brasil Telecom’s network.
“With our complete and powerful WiMAX solution, Brasil Telecom’s network will
benefit from the most advanced technologies in terms of radio frequency
management. Our solution will enable Brasil Telecom’s professional and
residential subscribers to have fast, reliable connections to the Internet in
fixed and nomadic environments in areas with little or no DSL coverage,” said
Olivier Picard, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Europe and South activities.
“This project underscores Alcatel-Lucent’s commitment to WiMAX as a key element
of its universal broadband access strategy, and expands the company’s footprint
in the region.”
Alcatel-Lucent’s Universal WiMAX solution is designed to enable rapid
implementation of voice over IP (VoIP) and broadband services such as mobile
data, video streaming and virtual private network (VPN) access in fixed,
nomadic and mobile environments. WiMAX is a flexible technology that enables
people to access high-speed, high-quality broadband wireless services wherever
they are and wherever they go, providing truly “universal” wireless broadband
access. Alcatel-Lucent’s Open CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) program will
give Brasil Telecom access to the most advanced end-user devices and to a large
choice of devices for its services.
Alcatel-Lucent’s Universal WiMAX solution integrates the latest technological
innovations, such as “beam forming”* and MIMO**. “Beam forming” makes it
possible for a service provider to dramatically reduce the number of radio
sites needed to provide coverage – in some instances by as much as 40 percent –
while reducing interferences and ensuring better indoor penetration of the
radio signal. “MIMO” helps make radio links more robust, nearly doubling the
capacity delivered in dense urban environments.
With more than 70 pilots and deployments across the world and 15 commercial
contracts signed since the beginning of 2007, this new project clearly
underscores Alcatel-Lucent's leadership in the WiMAX market.
About WiMAX:
WiMAX (802.16e-2005) stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave
Access. It enables Voice and Broadband connectivity for fixed, nomadic or
mobile use in urban, suburban and rural areas.
* “Beam forming” is an Advanced Antenna Technology (AAT) that ensures that
radio power is concentrated where the WiMAX terminals are, adjusting the beam
automatically as the terminals move around the coverage area.
** “MIMO”(Multiple Input – Multiple Output) is an Advanced Antenna Technology
(AAT) that combines the radio signals transmitted and received on separate
antennas. The technique takes advantage of the multiple paths and reflections
of a radio signal to strengthen radio communications, particularly in densely
populated areas where signals can be degraded by buildings and other physical
obstacles.
About Brasil Telecom
Brasil Telecom is the first integrated telecommunications company that provides
complete solutions to all market demands and integrates its fixed, mobile,
voice and data operations, national and international long distance calls, data
center, free internet, broadband and dial access in converged solutions for
your home, your company and your city. Since 1998, Brasil Telecom has provided
fixed telephony services in the Federal District and in the States of Acre,
Rondônia, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Paraná, Santa
Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. In July of 1999 it started to offer the code
CSP 14 for interurban calls and in January of 2004 the CSP 14 started to
operate for all in-country and international calls. Beyond this, it provides
high-speed Internet connection with Turbo, which uses ADSL technology to allow
you and your company to have quick access to the network without occupying your
telephony line, and offer 100% broadband content with the providers BrTurbo and
BrTurbo Empresas. And if the need is mobility to access the wireless network,
you can count with BrTurbo ASAS. To dial access to the Internet, Brasil Telecom
offers iBest, the second biggest free provider of the Brazilian market.
To further reinforce its position as leading provider in telecommunications,
Brasil Telecom acquired all the fiber optics submarine cables systems from
Globenet group, linking connection points in the United States, Bermudas,
Brazil and Venezuela. With the acquisition of MetroRED, service provider for
the private network of telecommunications by digital networks of optical fiber,
Brasil Telecom started to offer access to the biggest enterprise customers in
the country in the big national urban centers as São Paulo, Rio and Belo
Horizonte, in addition to Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Brasília and
internationals. Vant was also acquired with the objective of extending the
offer of solutions to the enterprise market throughout the whole country.
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