Not content with newly arrived iTunes and Netflix , Latin America’s growing population of web aficionados are seeing some major investment in high-speed internet services too. Alcatel-Lucent says it’s won contracts to produce infrastructure for the region’s first LTE network — in Uruguay, to be precise — in addition to the primary 100Gb/s optical cable network, that will soon be streaming telenovelas across Argentina. Welcome to the revolution, compañeros, and skim on for the entire PR.
• The wins represent the primary commercial LTE deployment in Latin America and the 1st Latin American Cable Operator to Deploy 100G Optical Technoogy;
• The wins are a powerful indication of the traffic growth occuring in Latin America and the infrastructure investments being made to deal with it;
• The annouoncements are a sturdy indicator of the strength of Alcatel-Lucent’s business within the region
• Double-Digit Growth over Past 3 Consecutive Quarters
Excerpts of press releases are below – - full releases are located here: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/pressroom
Argentina’s Cablevision selects Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 Gigabit Optical Approach to Handle Booming Data Demand and Rising Transport Costs
First cable operator in South America to deploy a 100 gigabit per second optical network to spice up multicast video services and high-speed Internet access
Buenos Aires, December 13, 2011 –Cablevision Argentina, one of the most Latin America’s largest cable TV and Internet services providers, could be the first cable operator in South America to deploy a complicated optical networking approach to deliver services at 100 gigabits per second (100G) speeds. Cablevision Argentina has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s next-generation 100G optical coherent networking option to dramatically increase performance and repair speeds to fulfill the growing demand for video, multimedia and Internet applications from its customer base.
ANTEL and Alcatel-Lucent Launch 4G/LTE Services In Uruguay; Establish the 1st Commercial 4G/LTE Wireless Network in a Latin American Country
Paris and Montevideo, December 13, 2011 -Antel, a number one provider of communications services in Uruguay, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) at the moment are making the promise of high-speed mobile broadband a reality in Uruguay by delivering the 1st commercial 4G/LTE wireless network in a Latin American country.
The network have been designed and built in keeping with Alcatel-Lucent’s complete, end-to-end LTE solution. Antel’s subscribers will benefit from the most advanced cell phone services inclusive of, HD video, high-speed navigation, top of the range videoconferencing, online gaming and other applications. LTE Services will initially be available in Montevideo and Punta del Este, and could evolve to produce additional coverage.
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