Alcatel-Lucent Wins Spanish WiMAX Contract

Alcatel-Lucent says that it is one of the companies selected by Spain's Neo-Sky to deploy a turnkey WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network in Madrid, enabling the Spanish broadband operator to test and accelerate the deployment of WiMAX services in Spain.

In the framework of this field trial, Alcatel-Lucent will provide Neo-Sky with a complete WiMAX Rev-e solution, including base stations and WiMAX access controllers, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) core networking equipment, software and application platforms and end-user terminals. Alcatel-Lucent also will provide design and planning for end-to-end integration of Neo-SkyÃ's network along with maintenance and provisioning services.

"With this WiMAX field trial we are laying the foundations to know the performances that the future commercial networks will be able to support to meet our corporate customerÃ's requirements for easy-to-use wireless broadband services offering nomadic capabilities, including voice, data, and multimedia, and best-in-class quality of service." said César Arranz, Executive President of Neo-Sky.

Posted to the site on 25th September 2008