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Alcatel has relaunched A3 10” tablet from its A series. The Alcatel A3 10 comes with a 10’’HD IPS Display (1280 x 800 pixels) with 16M colours. It features ergonomic design and a slim 3D texturized back cover. Equipped with a 4,600mAh non-removable battery, the tablet also packs an 8MP primary and 5MP front camera for snapshots and video calls. Running on Android N 7.0, the device supports 4G LTE connectivity and is powered by a 1.1 GHz quad-core processor alongside 16GB ROM and 3GB RAM of storage. Speaking at the launch, Praveen Valecha, Regional Director, Alcatel India, remarked, “With the success of the launch of A310 in the Indian market. We have come up with all-new specification for the consumers to experience them never like before entertainment on this 10” HD tablet.... Read More

Alcatel has introduced the A3 10’’ tablet for Rs.9,999 in India. The A3 10 is a 4G LTE- supported device and will be now available exclusively at Flipkart from 15th June. Praveen Valecha, Regional Director, Alcatel India, said, “The new A310 was designed to provide our users with a complete immersive experience. The tablet comes with an array of features that are unprecedented at this price and shall change the shape of this segment entirely.” Bipul Kumar, Category Head, Flipkart, added, "The new tablet from Alcatel looks like a potential game-changer. We have had fruitful association with Alcatel in the past, with their innovative products and our wide reach making it an ideal partnership. I believe the new A3 10 is a fantastic offering for our consumers." Read More

In a biggest deal in the telecom industry, Nokia and Alcatel have joined hands with each other to generate revenues of $28 billion, with Asia-Pacific, Japan and India (APJ/India) contributing 18%. The annual revenue of Nokia in 2014 fiscal was Euro12.7 billion, with 26% coming from APJ/India, whereas  Alcatel-Lucent’s revenue in 2014 stood at Euro13.2 billion, with 10% (about Euro1.3 billion) flowing from APJ/India, according to data with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). If the deal goes through, the firm’s combined revenue base will hit Euro26 billion, with APJ/India contributing 18% or Euro4.7 billion (about $5 billion or close-to Rs.31,300 crore). The two firms announced that the deal is likely to be completed in the first half of 2016 and will result in Euro900 million of operating cost savings by 2019-end. This can be a good deal, since Lucent Technologies acquired Ascend Communications for about $21 billion in 1999 and can be compared with Alcatel’s 2006

If we go by what the sources have disclosed, Nokia is said to be in the advanced stages of negotiation for a possible takeover of Alcatel-Lucent’s wireless assets. Nokia is said to be offering 0.55 of a new share for each Alcatel-Lucent share. The deal, if struck, will equip Nokia better to compete with other telecommunication equipment giants, primarily Ericsson and Huawei. It will also help Nokia to expand its presence in the key United States market where Alcatel-Lucent is a major supplier to operators AT&T (T.N.) and Verizon (VZ.N) and get access to the French firm’s fast-growing, profitable Internet routing business. At the completion of the deal, which is expected to happen in the first half of next year, Nokia shareholders will own 66.5 per cent of Alcatel, while the latter’s investors will own the remaining stake. As news of the deal became rife in public, Nokia’s shares fell 3.6 per cent on Tuesday to €7.49, while Alcatel’s rose 16 per cent to €4.48. Based on Tues

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Alcatel-Lucent's  Board of Directors has approved the appointment of  Michel Combes  as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2013. Michel Combes will also join the company’s Board of Directors, subject to the approval of shareholders at the Alcatel-Lucent annual general meeting on May 7, 2013. Michel Combes, 51 has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry on a worldwide basis. He was Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Europe and a Board member of Vodafone PLC. During his career, he has held the positions of Chairman and CEO of TDF as well as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of France Telecom. Philippe Camus, Chairman of the Board said: “It is a great pleasure for us to welcome Michel Combes to Alcatel-Lucent. As chief executive he will be responsible for delivering sustainable profitability. His deep knowledge of the industry as well as his expe

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nimbuzz has announced its association with Alcatel One Touch for its upcoming 3G Dongle Speed 7.2 Mbps. In this strategic association, Nimbuzz will come preinstalled on the 3G Dongle, which provides Internet connectivity up to 7.2Mbps. Keshav Bajaj, Vice-President - Business Development, Nimbuzz, said, "Nimbuzz has a legacy in the business of instant communication and we are continuously innovating to keep our users engaged. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with Alcatel One Touch as the One Touch Communication Partner for its upcoming One Touch X230E & X230S. We believe that communication needs to be instant and we are glad that our belief and Alcatel’s vision aligns in the similar direction. We wish Alcatel One Touch a great success for this upcoming dongle and Nimbuzz would be ecstatic to play an important role behind the success." Praveen Valecha, Country Head - Sales & Marketing, Alcatel One Tou

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Alcatel-Lucent has recently announced that market research firm Gartner, Inc. placed Alcatel-Lucent in the Visionaries quadrant of its report, "Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure" authored by Tim Zimmerman and Mark Fabbi. As stated in the report, "A vendor in the Visionaries quadrant has demonstrated the ability to increase the features in its offering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market. A Visionary will have innovated in one or more key areas of access layer technologies (e.g., convergence, security, management or operational efficiency)." This year, the Unified Access category is the result of recognizing that, "Connectivity at the edge of an enterprise network is more than just a wired or wireless LAN infrastructure. Enterprises must choose infrastructure vendors that support network services, including security and management, and can integ

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Alcatel-Lucent is introducing the Photonic Service Engine (PSE), a new chip for fiber optic networks that offers double the capacity, and four times the speed of today's networks. Built on innovations from Bell Labs, the Alcatel-Lucent Photonic Service Engine supports 400 gigabit per second (400G) data transmission speeds on optical networks. The Photonic Service Engine will bring substantial improvements to 100G coherent optical networks, which are being deployed by operators today. The PSE also lays the foundation for the smooth migration to 400G networks in future. Keiichi Makizono, Corporate Officer, Deputy Unit Head, Technology Unit & Division Head, Network Division, SOFTBANK TELECOM, Japan said, "Speed is a factor for all service providers today: the speed of the network and the speed with which new services can be brought to market. With millions of people looking to us to access the full range of online content, we see A

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has launched an extended portfolio of software and services designed to improve the experience that consumers have with their smartphones, tablets and other connected devices. Adolfo Hernandez, President, Alcatel-Lucent's Software, Services & Solutions group, said, "Alcatel-Lucent has established a strong reputation in customer experience with hundreds of communications service providers around the world. What we are announcing today is a commitment to continue our investments in the area of customer experience with the introduction of our new portfolio – which we have called Motive Customer Experience Solutions." The Motive Customer Experience Solutions (CXS) portfolio is designed to proactively address the consumer experience, providing a suite of software and expert services to help communications service providers manage their customer relationships over a wide range of touch points. For More Detail

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Alcatel-Lucent is believed to enable the Asia Pacific Telecom Co., Ltd (APT) to expand its delivery of high-speed 3G services and meet customers' growing demand for video, Internet and data services on-the-move. In the second half of 2012, APT is said to extend its existing comprehensive list of fixed and mobile services to deliver seamless data services - including the latest multimedia applications - to business and residential customers. This is expected to provide a new experience for customers, enabling them to switch from text to voice to video on the communications most convenient at the time and wherever they are - in the home, office or on the move. Over the course of the supply agreement, Alcatel-Lucent claims to replace equipment previously supplied to APT by other vendors. Additionally, as it continues to evolve its network to offer even higher speeds and a greater variety of services, APT is said to be able to utilise Alcate

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Alcatel-Lucent has selected Spirent Communications solution to test the performance of its new FP3 400G network processor in advance of its commercial introduction. The Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics mX 40/100G provided Alcatel-Lucent with the ability to test its FP3-based Service Router modules under high-scale services and traffic. "Our innovative FP3 processor delivers a four-fold increase in performance over today's leading-edge NPU silicon. To ensure we are able to address the needs of tomorrow's IP networks, it is critical to validate how our solutions will perform in the real world as our service provider customers enhance their offerings and deploy 100GE technology. We look for test products that can match our leading-edge capabilities to ensure we deliver to our customers the reliability and quality they need. As we validated our high-density 100GE modules, Spirent was able to provide the robust testing we looked for t

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Alcatel-Lucent has announced its new data center switching solutionblueprint for enterprises. This unique solution provides a complete data center switching fabric that extends the boundaries of the data center through virtualization of the network with an innovative "mesh" architecture design. This reduces costs and allows an enterprise to leverage its IT resources and optimize application delivery to employees across sites and devices. Leveraging market leading scalability, low latency and low-power consumption, enterprises can move beyond costly client server computing by managing applications as a service across a range of data center deployment models, including multi-site data centers, dedicated departmental or workgroup virtual data centers, and hybrid environments that can integrate service provider offerings. With its application services enabling approach, Alcatel-Lucent opens the door for enterprises to leverage cloud se