Alcatel-Lucent tops global mobile backhaul market: Infonetics Research
18 Oct 2010
Telecom networking equipment manufacturere Alcatel-Lucent, today announced enhancements to its mobile backhaul solution to enable mobile network operators to seamlessly support 'AnyG to LTE' (2G, 3G and LTE) radio access network technologies.
It said it is introducing the 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR)-18 to its extensive mobile backhaul portfolio, along with end-to-end, unified network and policy management from the Radio Access Network (RAN) to the packet core, for simplified network integration, trouble shooting and rapid service deployment.
The Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR-18 is a 10-rack unit (RU) version of the Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR with industry-leading scalability of 140Gb/s. The new 7705 (SAR)-18 is optimised for large aggregation sites or smaller central hub sites requiring multiservice support for 2G and 3G as well as Ethernet/IP support for LTE.
Alcatel-Lucent says these enhancements will enable mobile network operators to cost effectively manage exploding subscriber data traffic brought on by smartphones and the thousands of applications and video content running on them.
''Operators, especially those offering 2G and 3G services today, are not willing to build a separate backhaul network to handle just LTE traffic, therefore, they will coexist for the foreseeable future,'' says Glen Hunt, transport and routing infrastructure principle analyst, Current Analysis, and author of LTE: Game Changer for Mobile Backhaul Strategies or Just More Data?.
Hunt adds, ''Alcatel-Lucent's 'Any G to LTE' enhancements, which are in line with the company's HLN architecture, strongly reaffirm the company is extending the portfolio in the right direction and is committed to making investments in key areas such as converged IP/MPLS, microwave and management. With this announcement, Alcatel-Lucent can make a strong case for a leadership position in mobile backhaul with a string of customers to back them up.''
