Alcatel-Lucent awarded FTTH contract by Vodafone Qatar

Vodafone Qatar has awarded a contract to Alcatel-Lucent to be the sole supplier for an expansion into the fixed broadband market. Following the award of a landline licence last year, Vodafone Qatar plans to offer customers an integrated service, encompassing fixed and mobile.

To accomplish this project, Vodafone Qatar selected Alcatel-Lucent, together with partner companies, to deploy an entirely new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, based on gigabit passive optical network (GPON) and point-to-point Gigabit Ethernet technology. Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution will then be used to link the new infrastructure with Vodafone Qatar’s existing mobile network. This will allow services to be offered seamlessly through fixed and mobile connections without excessive cost or complexity.