Alcatel Selects Carleton University as First Canadian
Research Partner; Partnership to Exploit Demonstrated
Excellence in Data Communications, Network Security and
Management
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--OCTOBER 22, 2002 - 10:32 EDT
Alcatel (Paris:CGEP.PA) (NYSE:ALA) today
announced that Carleton University has joined the company's
Research Partner Program, a global initiative designed to foster
technological innovation through strategic research relationships.
Carleton University will work closely with Alcatel's Ottawa
Research & Innovation (R&I) Center, established this year to
leverage the region's recognized leadership in telecommunications
networking.
"Alcatel continues to invest in research and development that our
customers need," said Zlatko Krstulich, chief technology officer,
Alcatel Canada and Ottawa R&I director. "Working in partnership
with Carleton University, we expect to contribute significantly to
the development of breakthrough technologies or product concepts
that contribute to the Alcatel portfolio."
Carleton joins a prestigious list of eight other academic
institutions who are members of the Alcatel Research Partner
Program. They include: Microelectronics Center of North Carolina
(MCNC), Sarnoff Institute, and University of Texas, Dallas (UTD)
in the United States; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique (INRIA), Groupe des Ecoles de Telecom (GET),
Heinrich-Hertz Institut (HHI), and University of Stuttgart in
Europe.
"I am delighted that Carleton has been selected as the first
Canadian university to join Alcatel's Research Partner program.
Carleton University is a national leader in telecommunications
research, and we welcome the opportunity to collaborate with
Alcatel in furthering technological innovation," says Carleton
University President Richard Van Loon. "This partnership will also
open up exciting research opportunities for our students and
faculty."
About Carleton University
Carleton University, Canada's capital university, is a dynamic,
research-intensive institution with a tradition of anticipating
and leading change. Carleton has a strong reputation for
excellence in high technology and public affairs and management
and is a leading innovator in undergraduate education. Recently,
the University introduced many new degree programs that focus on
the kind of knowledge students urgently need in today's changing
world. Carleton offers undergraduate and graduate programs in 50
areas of study taught by professors renowned nationally and
internationally for their scholarship and cutting-edge research.
Carleton has a community of over 1500 faculty and staff, 20,000
students and 87,000 alumni. carleton.ca
About Alcatel
Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive
communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and
enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data
and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world.
Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions
portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures,
fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers
can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue
streams. With sales of Euro 25 billion in 2001, Alcatel operates
in more than 130 countries. For more information, www.alcatel.com |
