- With a total of more than one million sites now available in
the program new members will help service providers improve
coverage for companies indoors while expanding outdoor deployment
support
PARIS, June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is expanding its Site Certification
Program with the addition of new member companies to help mobile
service providers quickly deploy small cells where they need
greater coverage. New members of the award winning program, will
increase support for outdoor small cell deployment while adding
expertise to solve the challenges related to indoor deployment -
often in the workplace.
Mobile service providers want to increase coverage and quality
in busy, high-traffic areas, or where the radio signal is
obstructed. By continuing to expand program membership as well as
focussing on critical coverage challenges inside buildings,
Alcatel-Lucent can help them accelerate deployments in public or
privately owned premises. This will allow mobile service providers
to address an in-building market opportunity which is growing from
US$4.3 billion in 2014 to
US$9.4 billion in 2020 – a market
with less than 10% penetration today1.
The Site Certification Program has already successfully
accelerated the deployment of outdoor small cells. Originally
focused on boosting coverage in dense urban areas and large venues
such as busy shopping centers and outdoor stadiums, Alcatel-Lucent
has tripled the number of program members since launch. With the
addition of new specialists the program now provides access to over
one million sites across the globe including North America, Central and Latin America, Europe, the Middle
East and Africa.
New program members, including Argent Associates, Colt
Technology Services, DecisionOne Corporation, Eiffage Energie,
Mastec, Inc., Md7 and Syscom Telecom, each bring unique
capabilities and assets to help operators rapidly deploy small
cells outdoors and in-building and meet the coverage needs of
subscribers. Their specialized market knowledge in a range of
industry types include access to indoor sites, some in hard to
reach locations for power and backhaul, as well as lease
negotiation.
Jim Cocito, Senior Vice
President, Wireless Services, Alcatel-Lucent said: "The
in-building market is a large and untapped opportunity for mobile
operators. With people increasingly using their own devices at work
and more acceptance of BYOD, enterprises have the opportunity to
move to the 'Mobile Office', using their IT infrastructure for
mobile communications and removing legacy land lines. With the Site
Certification Program we can help service providers get small cells
into the places to meet their customers' needs more rapidly and
efficiently."
Nick Marshall, Research
Director at ABI Research, said: "Since 2013 when it was first
announced, Alcatel-Lucent's Site Certification program has been
solving complex and time consuming small cell deployment challenges
for outdoor and venue locations. Now with this announcement the
company and its Site Certification partners are applying their
specialist know-how to the challenges of deploying small cells
indoors."
About the Site Certification Program
Alcatel-Lucent
has an extensive portfolio of small cells solutions and over 130
contracts spanning more than 78 operators in 54 countries. Launched
in December 2013, the Alcatel-Lucent
Site Certification Program aims to help service providers
accelerate small cells deployments to meet their customers'
ultra-broadband needs more easily by:
- Offering access to a large database of small cell-ready sites,
including on-net buildings and multiple certified program
members.
- Reducing deployment time by 30-40% in terms of site acquisition
and building lease and power and backhaul access.
- Lowering deployment costs by at least 20% by leveraging the
program members' cell site assets.
- Lowering service providers' capital and operating expenditure
related to site acquisition, leasing, backhaul, power and
maintenance.
- Providing training to the member companies to ensure that their
workforce can participate in the deployment of small cell
networks.
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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1 ABI Research, "In-Building Wireless" 2015