The city of Paris has tapped Alcatel (News - Alert)-Lucent—along with French mobile operator SFR to supply and integrate an urban WiFi network. The companies plan to launch the new network during the third quarter of this year.
The newly inked agreement calls for Alcatel-Lucent to integrate and deploy a WiFi (News - Alert) network, which SFR will operate, monitor and maintain. SFR also agreed to provide the customer service and the Web portal for the new WiFi network.
The WiFi network will allow the city of Paris to offer broadband wireless access to Internet in 400 new access points. Access to WiFi services around the city will be free of charge for citizens and visitors.
"We are very pleased to have been selected for this unique initiative. Our success confirms Alcatel-Lucent's leading position as turnkey provider of broadband access solutions to Cities and Regions, and as the leading network integrator worldwide," commented Olivier Picard, president for Alcatel–Lucent's Europe and South activities.
Today's news comes on the heels of Alcatel-Lucent's recent announcement about it supplying Armenian Datacom with an IP/MPLS network so it can deliver an expanded suite of services to its business and residential customers including data and Internet services.
Alcatel-Lucent's new IP/MPLS network will cover most of the Armenian capital city of Yerevan in Armenia. When the network is deployed, Armenian Datacom will be able to provide high speed Internet (HSI) and virtual private LAN services (VPLS) for corporate customers. The operator will be able to run all services on a single IP infrastructure.
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