[July 27, 2010] Alcatel Lucent: China Mobile to deploy Alcatel-Lucent's IMS solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces Tweet Paris,, Jul 27, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected by China Mobile to deploy its IMS Solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support the delivery of enhanced communication services to consumers and businesses. The contract was secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, its Chinese flagship company. By deploying Alcatel-Lucent's IMS Solution, China Mobile is investing in a High Leverage NetworkaEURAc architecture to address today's rapid growth in VoIP, multimedia and video traffic. The IMS network, when it is completed, will help China Mobile to deliver services such as in-call sharing of images and video, presence-enhanced contact management and unified messaging across mobile and fixed devices. As part of its IMS framework, China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's innovative IP Access Border Solution, which provides security at the network's edge to enable network-independent access to offerings such as triple play services, as well as independent scaling of media and signaling elements to flexibly support today's multimedia traffic mix. 'Alcatel-Lucent is a long-time strategic partner of China Mobile and is supplying its best-in-class technology, knowledge of networks and services expertise to enable this first of a kind, large scale IMS commercial deployment in China. It will create the service transformation China Mobile desires to introduce rich subscriber services for new revenue generation and to maximize the operational efficiency of its network,' said Romano Valussi, president of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. Alcatel-Lucent is the global IMS leader, with more than 55 customers of its IMS Solution and an additional 60 customer projects utilizing its IMS applications. It is also ranked #1 in IMS VoIP subscriber market share. About Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent. CONTACT: Press Office, Alcatel-Lucent e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]