April 18th - 19th, 2011 Dubai, UAE

April 18th, 2011 - Dubai , UAE


At a glance:

  • Alcatel-Lucent, an industry leader in 4G LTE solutions, will provide insights on LTE deployment strategies at the LTE MENA conference this year.

  • Leveraging insights garnered from operator deployments worldwide, Alcatel-Lucent will offer solutions to key challenges facing operators in the region.

  • Alcatel-Lucent's market leading end-to-end 4G LTE solution has been selected by Etisalat who will deploy the Middle East's first commercial LTE network in the UAE. This will enable Etisalat to deliver on its commitment to offer the most advanced Internet services to its customers. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone Qatar showcased the first live LTE demo in Qatar using 800 MHz spectrum. The demonstration highlighted advanced mobile capabilities with speeds that narrow the gap between the fixed and mobile experience.

Alcatel-Lucent at the event

18 April 2011 - 02.05

Panel: Migration strategy: the migration path from HSPA+ to LTE: practical benefits and deployment momentum

18 April 2011 - 03.10

Keynote: Learning from the successful LTE launch in the US: how does this relate to the MENA Region?

19 April 2011 - 02.45

Panel: Rolling out to rural: can LTE influence infrastructure development in terms of rural connectivity and, if so, what are the economics of bridging the divide between urban and rural access?

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About the LTE MENA
The LTE MENA taking place in Dubai from April 18th to April 19th is the meeting point for regulators, Operators, Manufacturers and Independent Voices of the industry coming together to discuss and debate LTE at the highest level. These thought leaders will share their business cases, strategies and visions on LTE deployment.

Alcatel-Lucent as a gold sponsor of the LTE MENA this year will showcase its leading end-to-end LTE solution that will transform the way that consumers communicate, collaborate and interact with other people, businesses and even machines, while enabling service providers to lower their total cost of ownership and unlock new business models.

About Alcatel-Lucent and LTE in the Middle East
Alcatel-Lucent is known in the region as the market leader in LTE and the guiding partner to mobile service providers delivering the industry's most comprehensive end-to-end High Leverage Network™ solution that combines IP and LTE leadership, IP transformation and integration experience and a rich and open ecosystem of devices, applications and content.

Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with major players in the Region such as Etisalat for the Middle East's first and widest Long Term Evolution (LTE) network deployment in the UAE and with VFQ showcasing the first in Qatar LTE live demo using 800 MHz spectrum and demonstrating an up to six times speed increase than that enjoyed by customers on 3G today, narrowing the gap between fixed and mobile experience.

Alcatel-Lucent's technical leadership and transformation expertise is helping mobile operators in the Middle East to unleash LTE's full business potential and deliver a mobile broadband experience far beyond anything that has been seen before and this explains the fact that Alcatel-Lucent has been so far selected by thirteen customers for commercial deployments and is involved in more than 60 trials worldwide and has established a strong leadership position in LTE.  With this long standing relationship with our clients in the region this is further evidence of the mutual trust and our ability to support next generation mobile networks.

More information about Alcatel-Lucent & LTE: http://www.lte.alcatel-lucent.com/  

For more media information, please contact:
Riham Khairy
Mobile: +20160 22 42 13
Email: Riham.Khairy@alcatel-Lucent.com
Website: www.alcatel-lucent.com

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