- Alcatel-Lucent's VoLTE platform recognized for innovative
approach to serving customers as part of the 20th Global Mobile
Awards
PARIS, March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has been recognized as a leader in
IP communications when a key element of its VoLTE platform, the
Converged Telephony Server, received the award for "Best Mobile
Network Product for Serving Customers". Announced at the GSMA's
20th Global Mobile Awards ceremony during Mobile World
Congress 2015 in Barcelona, the
award recognizes the critical role Alcatel-Lucent's VoLTE plays in
the world's largest commercial networks, paving the way for new
service innovation and commercialization beyond VoLTE.
Key Facts about Alcatel-Lucent and VoLTE
- Alcatel-Lucent's virtualized VoLTE platform provides advanced
communications services, including crystal clear high definition
voice and video, IP messaging and content sharing, while
simultaneously allowing ultra-broadband with LTE.
- Alcatel-Lucent VoLTE enables convergence across fixed, cellular
and WiFi networks, for consumer and business subscribers.
- By providing easy access to native APIs and WebRTC,
Alcatel-Lucent is helping service providers and third-parties
innovate with communications by creating specialized applications
that unlock new user experiences and open up new vertical
markets.
- As part of MWC 2015, Alcatel-Lucent:
- Provided a virtualized VoLTE platform that enabled Telefonica
to demonstrate LTE video-calling over its UNICA
infrastructure.
- Conducted the world's first public demonstration of
VoLTE/VoWiFi service interaction including handovers using an
end-to-end virtualized network.
- Collaborated with Summit Tech to demonstrate the world's first
VoLTE/RCS connected car, and with Phonedeck's mobile CRM
application to show blending mobile voice with SalesForce.com.
Quotes:
Bhaskar Gorti, President of IP
Platforms at Alcatel-Lucent, said: "This is a significant honor
for Alcatel-Lucent and underscores our leadership in the VoLTE
market. We won this award based on our ability to successfully
execute the world's largest live VoLTE deployments while also
enabling service providers to launch new innovative applications
with embedded contextual communications to drive commercial
success."
John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd.,
said: "Our warmest congratulations to all the winners of the
20th Global Mobile Awards. Our winners are in the esteemed company
of the mobile innovators, pioneers and leaders that have won these
coveted awards over the last two decades, many of whom have been
game-changers in transforming the way that the world
communicates."
RESOURCES
- Global Mobile Awards 2015, press release,
http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/winners-2015-global-mobile-awards/
- Global Mobile Award, photograph,
https://flic.kr/p/rfqjij
About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
Alcatel-Lucent is the leading IP networking, ultra-broadband access
and cloud technology specialist. We are dedicated to making global
communications more innovative, sustainable and accessible for
people, businesses and governments worldwide. Our mission is to
invent and deliver trusted networks to help our customers unleash
their value. Every success has its network.
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