Korea Telecom Activates Fourth W-CDMA Carrier

­Alcatel-Lucent today announced that Korea Telecom (KT) has activated a fourth carrier in its W-CDMA network.

Due to the scalable network architecture deployed by Alcatel-Lucent and LG-Nortel, KT is now able to handle more traffic and end-users with the same number of Node Bs and provide the same quality of service. The 4th carrier was activated in more than 700 sites with a software upgrade.

"By launching Alcatel-Lucent's fourth W-CDMA carrier, we are now able to serve our fast growing traffic demand effectively with secured network stability. We are also grateful that there is zero impact on our end users throughout the implementation," said JS Koh, Senior Vice President, KT Mobile R&D Laboratory.

"The number of KT's W-CDMA subscribers has multiplied four fold over the last two years reaching over 10 million users. As an entrusted partner of KT, this project further demonstrates Alcatel-Lucent's leadership in advanced wireless technology and our capabilities to support fast growing networks. We are committed to our customers providing best of breed wireless solutions catering to the growing demand in Korea," said Sean Dolan, president of Alcatel-Lucent's activities in Asia-Pacific.

Posted to the site on 4th November 2009