Alcatel-Lucent announced a contract with ANTEL to supply and install a wireless network based on UMTS/HSPA technology to provide innovative 3G services in Uruguay.

The mobile network project will enable ANCEL, the mobile phone division of ANTEL, to offer advanced multimedia, mobile broadband and converged services such as video call and streaming, Mobile TV and high-speed mobile Internet access on 3G mobile handsets. ANCEL also will introduce high-speed Internet and mobile data services to business and residential subscribers through USB modems and data cards.

“With Alcatel-Lucent’s UMTS/HSPA network that ANCEL will deploy, we will be the first operator in Uruguay to offer broadband access to advanced mobile data services at a very high throughput,” said Marcelo Erlich, division manager from ANCEL.
Olivier Picard, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Europe and South activities, noted that this contract signals another endorsement of the UMTS portfolio strategy through the acquisition of Nortel’s 3G UMTS access business.

Alcatel-Lucent will provide an end-to-end turnkey UMTS/HSPA solution, including MPLS core, network deployment, and network and applications integration and services. Alcatel-Lucent has previously supplied ANTEL with TDM, ATM and MPLS networking solutions, as well as ADSL broadband access and SDH optical advanced platforms.