Alcatel-Lucent selected as prime supplier for ARIA WiMAX network in Italy.INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Alcatel-Lucent (Paris:ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) The high-speed CPU circuit that does calculating and comparing. Numbers are transferred from memory into the ALU for calculation, and the results are sent back into memory. Alphanumeric data are sent from memory into the ALU for comparing. ) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALU), a network technologies company, announced on 3 November that it has been selected as prime supplier for building and maintaining a WiMAX wireless network in Italy for ARIA, an Italian wireless Internet access provider See ISP. (networking, company) Internet Access Provider - (IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to businesses and/or consumers. . The company said that the commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network will be one of the largest WiMAX networks in Europe. The first 130 sites will be deployed by Alcatel-Lucent in the Puglia and Veneto regions. The network will enable ARIA to provide municipalities, businesses, small office/home office (SoHo) and residential users with high-speed access to the Internet as well as advanced broadband multimedia services, such as video streaming. In a second phase of the project, ARIA is said to be planning to introduce voice over IP (VoIP) and virtual private network (VPN) services. In the framework of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will act as network integrator with a wide range of services such as network planning and engineering, site and technology implementation to provide a turnkey WiMAX Rev-e solution, including base stations, wireless access controllers, backhaul transport microwave equipment as well as an operations and maintenance centre (OMC). No financial details of the contract were disclosed. ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@m2.com)) |
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