NEW YORK, USA: When it comes to managed services for mobile operators, Europe leads the world’s most active regions this year.
ABI Research forecasts indicate that the European managed mobile services market will total nearly $9 billion in 2009. The Asia-Pacific region follows a distant second, with a market size of about $5.7 billion. Total managed services revenue for 2009 is forecast to reach $22.2 billion.
“Just a few large companies account for the lion’s share of the network-related managed services market,” says senior analyst Nadine Manjaro. “Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent are the leaders in this space with both vendors recently announcing new managed services contracts and agreements. Among them: Ericsson’s $5 billion contract with Sprint – the first major penetration in North America. The company also signed a seven-year contract with Vodafone UK.”
In 2008 Alcatel-Lucent concluded a three-year managed services deal with Saudi mobile operator Mobily.
Nokia Siemens ranks third in the world in terms of market share, and recently announced managed services contracts with the Brazilian operator Oi valued at $1.57 billion.
Meanwhile the major managed services providers are working to extend their IT capabilities through partnerships or on their own; Alcatel-Lucent, for example, has established a global alliance with HP. The company also entered a managed service joint venture with Bharti Airtel in India.
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Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
North American DSL and CMTS shipments recover
UK: Ovum today announced its preliminary quarterly results for global 2Q09 DSL and CMTS port shipments.
“Continuing demand for downstream capacity contributed to strong growth in downstream CMTS port shipments in North America. We estimate that for the first time ever, more than half of ports shipped were downstream ports,” said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly. “Arris topped the CMTS market in volume for the first time.
2Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ increase versus 1Q09 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 19 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q09 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 39 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, which shipped 5.8 million DSL ports in 2Q09, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis with 32 percent share, followed by Huawei (28 percent), ZTE (16 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (5 percent), and UTStarcom (3 percent).
All the regions saw double-digit sequential growth in DSL shipments, with the exception of South and Central America. In the CMTS market, Cisco dropped to 50 percent rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris whose share jumped to 35 percent and Motorola whose share grew to 13 percent. Downstream ports contributed to more than 50 percent of CMTS ports shipped for the first time.
“Continuing demand for downstream capacity contributed to strong growth in downstream CMTS port shipments in North America. We estimate that for the first time ever, more than half of ports shipped were downstream ports,” said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly. “Arris topped the CMTS market in volume for the first time.
2Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ increase versus 1Q09 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 19 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q09 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 39 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, which shipped 5.8 million DSL ports in 2Q09, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis with 32 percent share, followed by Huawei (28 percent), ZTE (16 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (5 percent), and UTStarcom (3 percent).
All the regions saw double-digit sequential growth in DSL shipments, with the exception of South and Central America. In the CMTS market, Cisco dropped to 50 percent rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris whose share jumped to 35 percent and Motorola whose share grew to 13 percent. Downstream ports contributed to more than 50 percent of CMTS ports shipped for the first time.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Spending in China propels Huawei to near tie with Alcatel-Lucent
UK: Ovum today announced its preliminary 2Q09 results for global optical equipment networking vendors. The global optical networking (ON) market, led by strength in Asia-Pacific markets, was $3.9 billion, up 11 percent sequentially, but down 9 percent compared with 2Q08.
“This marks the third consecutive quarter that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global economic conditions we were not surprised,” remarked Ron Kline, Ovum’s Research Director, Optical Networking.
“Spending in Asia-Pacific remained surprisingly strong, driven by 3G network builds in China. The level of spending we’re seeing in China has disproportionally benefitted Huawei and ZTE, adding over a share point each to their market positions, and has brought Huawei to the verge of market leadership, an event we think very likely for 3Q09.”
Top 10 ON vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, only Huawei and ZTE posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting the surge in spending in their home market.
Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson posted sequential revenue gains but were still off 22 percent and 18 percent from the year-ago period, while Ciena, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, and Tellabs all declined sequentially and year over year. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by 21 percent and 62 percent, respectively, over 2Q08 due to 3G mobile-related aggregation spending in China.
“Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 20.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.4 percentage points to come within just 0.2 points of the market leader at 20.5 percent share,” said Kline.
“Given the continued strength of spending in China where Huawei is strong, favorable exchange rates, light exposure to North America, and access to capital, it’s only a matter of time before we have a new market leader.”
“This marks the third consecutive quarter that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global economic conditions we were not surprised,” remarked Ron Kline, Ovum’s Research Director, Optical Networking.
“Spending in Asia-Pacific remained surprisingly strong, driven by 3G network builds in China. The level of spending we’re seeing in China has disproportionally benefitted Huawei and ZTE, adding over a share point each to their market positions, and has brought Huawei to the verge of market leadership, an event we think very likely for 3Q09.”
Top 10 ON vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, only Huawei and ZTE posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting the surge in spending in their home market.
Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson posted sequential revenue gains but were still off 22 percent and 18 percent from the year-ago period, while Ciena, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, and Tellabs all declined sequentially and year over year. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by 21 percent and 62 percent, respectively, over 2Q08 due to 3G mobile-related aggregation spending in China.
“Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 20.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.4 percentage points to come within just 0.2 points of the market leader at 20.5 percent share,” said Kline.
“Given the continued strength of spending in China where Huawei is strong, favorable exchange rates, light exposure to North America, and access to capital, it’s only a matter of time before we have a new market leader.”
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
NTT selects Alcatel-Lucent for Japan's first IPv6-compatible MPLS IP-VPN service
PARIS, FRANCE: Alcatel-Lucent announced that NTT Communications Corp. (NTT Com) has deployed Alcatel-Lucent's service router solution as the base for its IP-VPN service, which now supports both IPv4 and next generation IPv6 protocols (IPv4/IPv6 dual stack) for enterprise users.
IPv4/IPv6 dual stack provides both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity using only one subscriber line seamlessly integrated with physically independent networks.
Offered as an option for its Arcstar IP-VPN service, this is the country's first commercial IPv6 compatible IP-VPN service based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) was first deployed in 2007 to support NTT Com's IP-VPN IPv4-based service, where its reliability and flexibility were put to the test by the high demands of NTT Com's enterprise customers.
Now, with IPv4 addresses approaching exhaustion, NTT Com again chose Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic to be used on a single network, offering a smooth, relatively low-cost IPv6 migration for its enterprise customers.
"This represents a key milestone in the Japanese market with NTT Com launching its IPv4/IPv6 dual stack service," said Martin Jordy, president of Alcatel-Lucent's Japan activities. "With our market-leading service router solution, we will continue to help NTT Com and its enterprise customers take advantage of the efficient and reliable advanced network services offered with this next generation Internet protocol."
Over 270 service providers in more than 100 countries around the world have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio as key elements of their IP transformation. According to Ovum RHK, Alcatel-Lucent holds the #2 position in the IP/MPLS Edge market segment.
IPv4/IPv6 dual stack provides both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity using only one subscriber line seamlessly integrated with physically independent networks.
Offered as an option for its Arcstar IP-VPN service, this is the country's first commercial IPv6 compatible IP-VPN service based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) was first deployed in 2007 to support NTT Com's IP-VPN IPv4-based service, where its reliability and flexibility were put to the test by the high demands of NTT Com's enterprise customers.
Now, with IPv4 addresses approaching exhaustion, NTT Com again chose Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network to allow both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic to be used on a single network, offering a smooth, relatively low-cost IPv6 migration for its enterprise customers.
"This represents a key milestone in the Japanese market with NTT Com launching its IPv4/IPv6 dual stack service," said Martin Jordy, president of Alcatel-Lucent's Japan activities. "With our market-leading service router solution, we will continue to help NTT Com and its enterprise customers take advantage of the efficient and reliable advanced network services offered with this next generation Internet protocol."
Over 270 service providers in more than 100 countries around the world have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio as key elements of their IP transformation. According to Ovum RHK, Alcatel-Lucent holds the #2 position in the IP/MPLS Edge market segment.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
$3.3bn to be spent on LTE base stations in 2011
NEW YORK, USA: Wireless operators will spend about $3.3 billion building LTE (Long Term Evolution) base stations in 2011, according to the most recent study of LTE from ABI Research.
That expenditure will have purchased some 142,000 base stations worldwide. LTE base station equipment spending is expected to rise sharply between 2011and the end of 2012.
“Vendors will be shipping base station equipment in significant quantities in 2010 ahead of limited trials that typically last about a year, followed by full commercial launches,” says senior analyst Nadine Manjaro.
“Many operators have been talking about re-use of existing equipment, but ABI Research understands that while there may be sharing of masts and cabinets most of those 142,000 base stations will have completely new baseband and RF components, because operators will generally try to keep the new LTE networks separate from their legacy networks.”
ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders also points out that, “Due to LTE’s propagation characteristics and higher frequencies, operators will eventually have to deploy extra sites to iron out gaps in coverage.”
That is good news for base station equipment vendors. Some contracts have already been announced: as noted previously, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Starent are the winners of a major set of contracts from Verizon Wireless.
In Japan, NTT-DOCOMO, in addition to tapping the world’s largest network infrastructure supplier, Ericsson, is also supporting local vendors NEC and Fujitsu.
TeliaSonera has chosen Ericsson and Huawei, while its fellow Scandinavian operators Tele2 and Telenor are also thought likely to settle on Huawei, which is proving a formidable competitor.
“There may be a new opportunity here for Nokia Siemens Networks,” notes Manjaro. “Nortel was early to market with LTE base station equipment, but its bankruptcy preempted that market push. With NSN’s acquisition of Nortel’s LTE assets, it is well placed to benefit from that early market presence.”
That expenditure will have purchased some 142,000 base stations worldwide. LTE base station equipment spending is expected to rise sharply between 2011and the end of 2012.
“Vendors will be shipping base station equipment in significant quantities in 2010 ahead of limited trials that typically last about a year, followed by full commercial launches,” says senior analyst Nadine Manjaro.
“Many operators have been talking about re-use of existing equipment, but ABI Research understands that while there may be sharing of masts and cabinets most of those 142,000 base stations will have completely new baseband and RF components, because operators will generally try to keep the new LTE networks separate from their legacy networks.”
ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders also points out that, “Due to LTE’s propagation characteristics and higher frequencies, operators will eventually have to deploy extra sites to iron out gaps in coverage.”
That is good news for base station equipment vendors. Some contracts have already been announced: as noted previously, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Starent are the winners of a major set of contracts from Verizon Wireless.
In Japan, NTT-DOCOMO, in addition to tapping the world’s largest network infrastructure supplier, Ericsson, is also supporting local vendors NEC and Fujitsu.
TeliaSonera has chosen Ericsson and Huawei, while its fellow Scandinavian operators Tele2 and Telenor are also thought likely to settle on Huawei, which is proving a formidable competitor.
“There may be a new opportunity here for Nokia Siemens Networks,” notes Manjaro. “Nortel was early to market with LTE base station equipment, but its bankruptcy preempted that market push. With NSN’s acquisition of Nortel’s LTE assets, it is well placed to benefit from that early market presence.”
Monday, June 1, 2009
Accumulated 75 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers by 2014: Maravedis
MONTREAL, CANADA: Maravedis, a leading telecom market research and analysis firm has announced the publication of its report “WiMAX and Broadband Wireless Access Equipment Market Analysis, Trends and Forecasts, 2009-2014.” Maravedis forecasts an accumulated 75 million WiMAX subscribers by the end of 2014. “Market forecasts have been revised to reflect the economic slowdown and the progress made by the LTE camp,” said Adlane Fellah, Maravedis CEO and Founder and co-author of the report.
“Facing a strong challenge from LTE, WiMAX is leveraging its existing foothold. Our research shows its healthy ecosystem is key for its survival. More than 22 vendors shipped a total of 2.2 million WiMAX CPEs in 2008,” noted Bilel Bouraoui, Senior Analyst and co-author of the report.
“Similarly, the silicon market faced increasing competition with more than 6 players enjoying market shares of more than 7 percent each. Consolidations, mergers and exists in the device and silicon vendor communities will reduce competition in 2009 if volumes don’t ramp up fast enough,” Bilel added.
The report confirms that both WiMAX and LTE are converging upon 4G service capabilities. LTE’s primary market, 3G operators, will be unlikely to deploy LTE sooner than 2012. “While LTE appears to have the decisive volume advantage, the lag between 3G evolution and the next generation mobile network will greatly benefit WiMAX in the near term,” noted Robert Syputa, Senior Analyst.
Select key findings
* Korean and Taiwanese ODMs accounted for 60 percent of CPEs shipped in 2008.
* The 802.16e-2005 share of new WiMAX subscribers will peak in 2012 and be dominated by mobile devices with embedded wireless modems.
* Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Motorola and Samsung were the leaders in BWA and WiMAX combined equipment markets,
* The WiMAX equipment market, which includes active WiMAX subscribers, will reach an annual $4 billion in 2014, from over $2 billion at the end of 2008.
* Proprietary and fixed WiMAX equipment markets will continue to grow organically to meet the needs of WISPs and vertical segments.
* Service revenues generated by broadband wireless services will reach $15 billion in 2014.
“Facing a strong challenge from LTE, WiMAX is leveraging its existing foothold. Our research shows its healthy ecosystem is key for its survival. More than 22 vendors shipped a total of 2.2 million WiMAX CPEs in 2008,” noted Bilel Bouraoui, Senior Analyst and co-author of the report.
“Similarly, the silicon market faced increasing competition with more than 6 players enjoying market shares of more than 7 percent each. Consolidations, mergers and exists in the device and silicon vendor communities will reduce competition in 2009 if volumes don’t ramp up fast enough,” Bilel added.
The report confirms that both WiMAX and LTE are converging upon 4G service capabilities. LTE’s primary market, 3G operators, will be unlikely to deploy LTE sooner than 2012. “While LTE appears to have the decisive volume advantage, the lag between 3G evolution and the next generation mobile network will greatly benefit WiMAX in the near term,” noted Robert Syputa, Senior Analyst.
Select key findings
* Korean and Taiwanese ODMs accounted for 60 percent of CPEs shipped in 2008.
* The 802.16e-2005 share of new WiMAX subscribers will peak in 2012 and be dominated by mobile devices with embedded wireless modems.
* Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Motorola and Samsung were the leaders in BWA and WiMAX combined equipment markets,
* The WiMAX equipment market, which includes active WiMAX subscribers, will reach an annual $4 billion in 2014, from over $2 billion at the end of 2008.
* Proprietary and fixed WiMAX equipment markets will continue to grow organically to meet the needs of WISPs and vertical segments.
* Service revenues generated by broadband wireless services will reach $15 billion in 2014.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Huawei beats Alcatel-Lucent in 1Q09 to top optical networking market
UK: Ovum announced its preliminary 1Q09 results for global optical equipment networking vendors. The global optical networking (ON) market, led by strength in Asia-Pacific markets, was $3.6 billion, down 15 percent sequentially and down 8 percent compared with 1Q08.
"This marks the second time in two quarters that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global financial meltdown the situation could have been much worse." remarks Ovum’s Vice President, Optical Networking, Dana Cooperson.
"Spending in Asia-Pacific was surprisingly strong. We did not see the seasonal decline we normally expect in China, for example, as the race to build 3G mobile networks and support them with transport capacity obliterated any seasonality or macroeconomic downturn factors. Huawei, posting a remarkable $790 million in revenue to lead the market for the quarter, benefited from China’s 3G race, along with teledensity growth in India, a strong and stable currency, and comparatively little exposure to the cool North American market, while Alcatel-Lucent suffered from much of the opposite," Cooperson added.
Top 10 optical networking vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, none posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting slowing spending in much of the world. Vendors who beat both the sequential and year-over-year average market declines of 15 percent and 8 percent, respectively, include Ericsson, Huawei, and NEC.
Those three vendors, plus ZTE, were the only top ten vendors that did not post revenue declines compared with 1Q08. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by more than 40 percent and 20 percent, respectively, over 1Q08 in part due to 3G mobile-related spending in China.
"Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 21.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.8 percentage points to come within 3 points of the market leader at 19.1 percent share. Given the continued strength of spending in markets where Huawei is strong, its light exposure to weaker markets, and the firm’s seemingly bottomless availability of financing, this looks like a huge year for the Chinese giant.” said Cooperson.
"This marks the second time in two quarters that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global financial meltdown the situation could have been much worse." remarks Ovum’s Vice President, Optical Networking, Dana Cooperson.
"Spending in Asia-Pacific was surprisingly strong. We did not see the seasonal decline we normally expect in China, for example, as the race to build 3G mobile networks and support them with transport capacity obliterated any seasonality or macroeconomic downturn factors. Huawei, posting a remarkable $790 million in revenue to lead the market for the quarter, benefited from China’s 3G race, along with teledensity growth in India, a strong and stable currency, and comparatively little exposure to the cool North American market, while Alcatel-Lucent suffered from much of the opposite," Cooperson added.
Top 10 optical networking vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, none posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting slowing spending in much of the world. Vendors who beat both the sequential and year-over-year average market declines of 15 percent and 8 percent, respectively, include Ericsson, Huawei, and NEC.
Those three vendors, plus ZTE, were the only top ten vendors that did not post revenue declines compared with 1Q08. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by more than 40 percent and 20 percent, respectively, over 1Q08 in part due to 3G mobile-related spending in China.
"Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 21.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.8 percentage points to come within 3 points of the market leader at 19.1 percent share. Given the continued strength of spending in markets where Huawei is strong, its light exposure to weaker markets, and the firm’s seemingly bottomless availability of financing, this looks like a huge year for the Chinese giant.” said Cooperson.
Huawei takes top spot in DSL shipments, says Ovum
UK: Ovum announced its preliminary quarterly results for global 1Q09 DSL and CMTS port shipments.
"The buoyant domestic market in China has lifted Huawei to first place in quarterly DSL volume shipments for the first time ever," said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly.
"Huawei also substantially increased its shipments to the EMEA region in 1Q09. Having successfully expanded its presence in several international markets in a few short years, Huawei has exploited its market share fully, both inside and outside China. We commend Huawei on this remarkable achievement," Ganguly said.
1Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 11 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 10 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, shipping 25.7 million DSL ports for the 2Q08–1Q09 period, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis (32 percent), followed by Huawei (29 percent), ZTE (15 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (4 percent), and UT Starcom (3 percent).
In the CMTS market, North American shipments dropped to less than half of all shipments for the second time in the last six years, while all other markets grew in the single or double digits on a sequential basis. Cisco dropped to 59 percent, rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris (30 percent) and Motorola (10 percent).
"The buoyant domestic market in China has lifted Huawei to first place in quarterly DSL volume shipments for the first time ever," said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly.
"Huawei also substantially increased its shipments to the EMEA region in 1Q09. Having successfully expanded its presence in several international markets in a few short years, Huawei has exploited its market share fully, both inside and outside China. We commend Huawei on this remarkable achievement," Ganguly said.
1Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 11 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 10 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, shipping 25.7 million DSL ports for the 2Q08–1Q09 period, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis (32 percent), followed by Huawei (29 percent), ZTE (15 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (4 percent), and UT Starcom (3 percent).
In the CMTS market, North American shipments dropped to less than half of all shipments for the second time in the last six years, while all other markets grew in the single or double digits on a sequential basis. Cisco dropped to 59 percent, rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris (30 percent) and Motorola (10 percent).
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Bharti Airtel, Alcatel-Lucent in managed services JV for broadband and telephone services
PARIS, FRANCE & NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that they have formed a joint venture to manage Bharti Airtel’s pan-India broadband and telephone services and help Airtel’s transition to next generation networks.
Under the joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent will design, plan, deploy, optimize and manage Bharti Airtel’s broadband and telephone network across India. A new legal entity is being formed which will be operated by Alcatel-Lucent.
Manoj Kohli, CEO & Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel said: “This joint venture is another step towards Bharti Airtel’s vision to continuously redefine and deliver the benchmarks of customer experience. We will leverage Alcatel-Lucent’s global expertise in IP transformation and network management while allowing us to focus on customer delivery and market growth. It will also help us accelerate performances as we migrate to next generation networks for our broadband and telephone customers, opening the door to advanced services and applications.”
“We appreciate the opportunity that Bharti Airtel has given us to demonstrate our worldwide expertise in network transformation, managed network services and IP transformation”, said Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent. “The expansion of our relationship is drawn on our strengths as a global services player, ready to partner with innovative customers in their business transformation plans,” he added.
This managed services partnership will include all end-to-end activities -- service rollout, installation and fault repair, service continuity and transformation. It will support Bharti Airtel’s transformation to next generation networks, offering advanced services like high-speed internet, triple play, media-rich VAS, MPLS, VPN for both retail and business customers. The partnership will also drive optimal capital investment and increase operational efficiency by moving voice and data traffic onto a single, 'packetized' infrastructure.
Under the joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent will design, plan, deploy, optimize and manage Bharti Airtel’s broadband and telephone network across India. A new legal entity is being formed which will be operated by Alcatel-Lucent.
Manoj Kohli, CEO & Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel said: “This joint venture is another step towards Bharti Airtel’s vision to continuously redefine and deliver the benchmarks of customer experience. We will leverage Alcatel-Lucent’s global expertise in IP transformation and network management while allowing us to focus on customer delivery and market growth. It will also help us accelerate performances as we migrate to next generation networks for our broadband and telephone customers, opening the door to advanced services and applications.”
“We appreciate the opportunity that Bharti Airtel has given us to demonstrate our worldwide expertise in network transformation, managed network services and IP transformation”, said Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent. “The expansion of our relationship is drawn on our strengths as a global services player, ready to partner with innovative customers in their business transformation plans,” he added.
This managed services partnership will include all end-to-end activities -- service rollout, installation and fault repair, service continuity and transformation. It will support Bharti Airtel’s transformation to next generation networks, offering advanced services like high-speed internet, triple play, media-rich VAS, MPLS, VPN for both retail and business customers. The partnership will also drive optimal capital investment and increase operational efficiency by moving voice and data traffic onto a single, 'packetized' infrastructure.
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