Boston, MA 10/10/2014 (wallstreetpr) – Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) opened the new innovative facility Customer Network Center (CNC) at Tokyo, Japan. It will offer services on ultra-broadband and cloud technologies to its enterprise customers and service providers.
Japan – an advanced technology market
Historically, Japan offers an ecosystem for innovative technology and continues to create new solutions such as ultra-broadband services, cloud networking platform and advanced mobile applications.
In June 2014, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan, stated that Japan is the second-largest market after the U.S. As of now, it has more than 51 million LTE subscribers and the trend continues to grow in the coming years.
CNC – first network facility in Japan
Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) aims to address the growing needs of the advanced telecommunication market. The company intends to provide an interactive module and co-creation opportunities to its customers through the CNC facility.
The platforms including CloudBandTM NFV technology and Nuage Networks at the center will make the trends in networking including cloud-based and their feasible applications to customers. The company will focus on its SDN solutions through its in-house facility (in-house start-up venture) for cloud-optimized network.
The new facility will extend the company’s Central NFV Competency Center operation at the U.S. through a remote access using the cloud network. It will support NFV network transformation and allow the testing of virtualized solutions in CloudBand NFV platform.
Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) Japan’s President, Nicolas Bouverot said that the new center will create an environment for collaborative support to develop projects for customers using the latest innovation and cloud networks.
Mr. Bouverot mentioned that the decision-making process will work under four stages such as engagement of customers and their requirement specification through a proof of concept and then prepared the production. He also said that the CNC will bring the customers, cloud technologies and ultra-broadband communication in a single platform.
