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France,Philippines : ALCATEL-LUCENT inks Network Infrastructure deal with GLOBE TELECOM for PHILIPPINE [TendersInfo (India)]
[September 18, 2014]

France,Philippines : ALCATEL-LUCENT inks Network Infrastructure deal with GLOBE TELECOM for PHILIPPINE [TendersInfo (India)]


(TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Alcatel-Lucent has inked LTE infrastructure deal with Globe Telecom for transforming telecom network infrastructure in the Philippine regions of Visayas and Mindanao by upgrading it from WiMax to LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD ultra-broadband access technologies.



As per the deal, Globe will install Alcatel-Lucent s LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) which is aimed at bringing ultra-broadband Internet access to a geographically diverse area comprised of 7,107 islands.

The LTE RAN technology equipment will turn on in approximately 1,200 sites, along with a converged Network Management System (NMS) to manage and control network equipment on an end-to-end basis from Access to the Core.


The LTE infrastructure is part of Globe Telecom's continuing network expansion to enable advanced technologies for better broadband service experience.

The companies initialed the deal during the Philippines official state visit to France, in the presence of President Benigno Simeon Aquino, III of the Philippines and President Francois Hollande of France.

The rollout of LTE technologies will provide increased internet and fixed/wireless broadband capacity and better broadband experience for our customers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, said Ernest L. Cu, president and CEO of Globe Telecom, This is particularly significant for the Visayas region which is still recovering from last year's severe typhoon. This project also supports the Philippine government's thrust to expand the reach of broadband internet services which has been emphasized as an area for national improvement.

This project not only highlights how our LTE-TDD technology is expanding, but also continues the strong momentum of mobile ultra-broadband access in the Asia-Pacific region. As a key provider of infrastructure for some of the largest LTE network deployments in the world, Alcatel-Lucent's support for Globe Telecom's network expansion program is a further milestone in our growing global leadership in mobile ultra-broadband access, said Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent.

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