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Alcatel-Lucent, a strong team across Africa, bringing broadband to the people
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LCATEL-LUCENT has a strong presence in Africa connected to its global organisation. Leveraging central support and ensuring best practices, the company has a strong team on the ground in most of Africa’s countries - dedicated teams with local knowledge and global expertise. They are working with its customers to develop and introduce new technologies and solutions, to ensure growth and capture their business opportunities - with the ultimate goal of bringing broadband to the people in Africa. Alcatel-Lucent is present in most of the African continent. The company has its regional headquarters for Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa - led by Daniel Jaeger, Vice-President Alcatel-Lucent Africa.
Serving local businesses with specialised support Alcatel-Lucent’s advanced solutions are supported locally by experienced services teams, distributed in the company’s hubs across the African continent. These experts are specialised in a wide array of technologies for both fixed and mobile communications - including and not limited to: 2G, 3G, 4G/LTE, Optics and IP, broadband access, VoIP, applications and managed and professional services - as well as enterprise solutions that deliver a competitive edge to businesses of all sizes. Moreover, the company is a global leader in submarine networks, with many successful projects implemented around Africa over the last years. Alcatel-Lucent is home to Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost research centres, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent was named in MIT Technology Review's 2012 Top 50 list of the ‘World's Most Innovative Companies’ for breakthroughs such as lightRadio™, which cuts power consumption and operating costs on wireless networks while delivering lightning-fast Internet access. Through
such innovations, Alcatel-Lucent is making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as the company pursues its mission: ‘Realising the Potential of a Connected World’.
Enabling network expansion for superfast broadband services This year, Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Telkom SA, one of the largest integrated communications companies in Africa, to supply network equipment to enable the operator to dramatically expand delivery of superfast broadband services across South Africa. Also, in June 2012, Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has been providing 4G LTE network technology to deliver lightning-fast mobile broadband services in Tanzania for African telecommunications operator Smile Telecom Holdings Ltd (Smile) - Africa’s first 4G LTE network in the 800 MHz frequency band - to deliver services such as video conferencing and multi-user Internet gaming in Dar es Salaam - and to support ongoing plans plans for expansion. Technology for telecommunication links in Ghana’s government In September 2012, Alcatel-Lucent and NITA the information and communications technology (ICT) policy arm of Ghana’s Ministry of Communications – announced that they are to dramatically
expand communication links between central and regional administration offices in support of ‘e-Ghana’, a national initiative to develop local IT services and improve the transparency and efficiency of government functions.
Supersector leadership Recently, Alcatel-Lucent also announced that the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) ranked Alcatel-Lucent as Technology Supersector Leader with a score of 87/100. This is the second year in a row that the company has been recognised in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2011, AlcatelLucent was named Leader of the CMT Communications Technology Sector, included in the Technology Supersector.
Alcatel-Lucent at AfricaCom Alcatel-Lucent will have a strong presence into the 15th edition of AfricaCom on November 13-15 in Cape town,SA – This is the biggest ICT conference in the continent. The company will be one of the sponsors, and will have a comprehensive agenda of high level executive speakers and experts on site. Stay tuned, and see you in November in Cape Town!
For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent at: www.alcatel-lucent.com; or contact Regional Communications by e-mail: sherine.aziez@alcatel-lucent.com