19/02/2010 ( Source: http://www.tmcnet.com )

Alcatel-Lucent and Telecom Italia partner on technology development

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a cooperation agreement with Telecom Italia to engage in a new technology development program, including a trial of 4G LTE wireless broadband technology.

Alcatel-Lucent said the joint program aims to assess the evolution of mobile radio access network to prepare Telecom Italia (TI) to offer next-generation services, by optimizing investments.

The partnership has initiated an LTE trial leveraging the respective strengths of TI Lab and Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent's research arm. The trial will assess how to deploy next-generation mobile access technology to exploit its capabilities to introduce new mobile services, while reducing time-to-market.