AUGUST 27, 2010 -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says that SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM, KSE: 017670), Korea’s largest mobile service provider, has selected its packet optical transport platforms to upgrade the operator’s nationwide wireless data network. The project is currently being deployed.
SK Telecom is expanding its mobile data networks to enable end users to access services in a more convenient and reliable way. The new backhaul network will play a significant role in supporting the customer’s high capacity traffic as well as offering of QoS-based services, Alcatel-Lucent asserts. The mobile backhaul upgrade will help SK Telecom to increase its network capacity for the delivery of its WiFi and WiBro services. In addition, it will support its WCDMA traffic and establish a foundation for SK Telecom’s future Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based services, the systems house asserts.
Alcatel-Lucent’s packet optical transport offering to SK Telecom is based on its 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS) and is managed by its 1350 Optical Management Suite (OMS).
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