Alcatel-Lucent Signs US$1.1 Billion Network Contracts in China

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a package of frame agreements with a combined value of up to EUR750 million (US$1.12 billion) for mobile communications solutions and services with China Mobile and China Unicom. They were secured through Alcatel-Lucent's subsidiary in China, Alcatel Shanghai Bell.

Part of these agreements was previously announced - although the company didn't detail how much was "old news", and how much are new contracts.

Under the terms of the EUR600 million (US$890 million) agreement with China Mobile, Alcatel-Lucent is providing end-to-end mobile solutions supporting China Mobile's network expansion plans. The solution includes GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio and core networking equipment, mobile applications, IP routers and optical networking equipment. Alcatel-Lucent also is providing China Mobile with a TD-SCDMA solution being implemented in the operator's trial network.

The agreement with China Unicom, valued at EUR150 million (US$222.6 million), encompasses a range of end-to-end solutions including CDMA networking equipment, GSM/GPRS radio and core networking equipment, mobile applications, IP routers, optical networking equipment and related services to support China Unicom's network deployment and expansion. In addition, the agreement includes the expansion and upgrade of China Unicom's 3G CDMA1xEVDO, a high-speed data network in Macau.

For these projects Alcatel-Lucent will supply its comprehensive GSM/EDGE and CDMA/EV-DO radio networking solutions including base stations, radio network and base station controllers, wireless network management system solutions and engineering tools. Alcatel-Lucent also will supply core networking platforms, as well as a comprehensive optical networking solution based on its data-aware Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems, 1675 LambdaUnite MultiService Switch, 1678 Metro Core Connect, 1626 Light Manager multi-reach DWDM platform and 1696 Metrospan and the 1643 Access Multiplexer Small (AMS).

Posted to the site on 26th November 2007