Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent collaborate on lightRadio technology

Alcatel-Lucent and Etisalat have today signed an agreement to jointly develop the most efficient and sustainable means to deliver mobile broadband to customers – built around the Alcatel-Lucent lightRadio product family. The agreement was signed by Nasser bin Obood, Acting CEO- Etisalat and Nicholas Bouverot, VP ME, Alcatel-Lucent.

Through its collaboration around lightRadio, Etisalat will help define the commercial introduction of this new product family in the Middle East and in other markets.

The lightRadio product family enables superfast speeds and high-quality delivery of applications to a variety of mobile devices, while reducing the size, complexity, cost and power consumption of mobile networks, making it a greener and more cost-effective solution for operators.

Under the joint innovation and collaboration agreement signed with Alcatel-Lucent, Etisalat will help influence the development of lightRadio via participation in joint working groups, early trials and validation of the technology. Business modelling teams of Bell Labs – the innovation engine of Alcatel-Lucent – will conduct a study of Etisalat’s network evolution path and determine the best fit of lightRadio products to help to reduce costs and meet customers’ needs. Etisalat is one of 10 operators worldwide selected to participate in this innovative collaboration model.