Somedays I feel like a blonde. Did the Ericsson vets tell us that Ericsson was locked up in Japan and that the W-CDMA issue has been solved by Ericsson??
10/28 09:00 Lucent Technologies to Establish a Bell Laboratories Presence in
Japan for Next-
KANAGAWA, Japan, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), one of the world's leaders in providing sophisticated wireless infrastructure systems, is establishing a Bell Laboratories presence in Japan at the Yokosuka Research Park -- which recently opened as a global center for research and development of advanced information and communications technology -- to develop and test a prototype wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) system for third- generation wireless communications systems.
This presence in Japan complements Lucent's ongoing research and development activities already under way at its U.S.-based Product Realization Center (PRC) in Mt. Olive, New Jersey.
Lucent's PRC focuses on the design, development and manufacturing of CDMA minicells for the global market. Lucent is one of the first companies chosen by NTT DoCoMo to work with it to develop third-generation systems, which are high-speed, multimedia wireless communications systems.
At Yokosuka, which is located about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Lucent will work closely with customers -- such as NTT DoCoMo -- to create W-CDMA systems and reduce time to commercial deployment. NTT DoCoMo's facility in Yokosuka is where research and development for its core next generation digital mobile communications systems and services will take place.
"Japan is likely to be the first country to commercially deploy next- generation wireless phone systems. We have a dedicated team of more than 100 engineers and managers fully committed to this project to support Japan operations both locally, and in the United States, to fully realize the successful deployment of next generation wireless systems," said Ken Trojniar, Lucent's Executive Director, Wideband Wireless Japan Program.
"Lucent's expertise and experience in developing, manufacturing and deploying commercial CDMA systems is a solid foundation, giving us an advantage in leading the development of W-CDMA systems and solutions," he said. "Lucent shares with NTT DoCoMo a common vision that CDMA technology can be evolved into a next-generation standard for high-speed, multimedia wireless communications systems."
Lucent Technologies is a leading supplier of CDMA wireless systems, with approximately 60 networks in commercial service or under construction for 18 customers worldwide. Globally, Lucent Technologies has won CDMA contracts to build the first CDMA system in Thailand, and to install systems for the Indonesian carrier Komselindo, the Philippines' wireless service provider, Piltel, and Korean wireless services providers Shinsegi and Hansol. Lucent estimates that its CDMA systems handle some three million calls each day.
Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, has a world-renowned tradition of research and development excellence and is one of the world's leaders in technological innovation. Bell Labs has won more than 29,000 patents, averaging one per day since its founding in 1925. Today, it averages three patents every business day.
Lucent has two joint ventures in Japan -- one to manufacture and sell fiber optic cable components, and another to market and sell semiconductors in Japan -- and has sold switching systems, operations systems and wireless base stations to NTT, Teleway Japan, and Nippon Ido Tsushin (IDO). Lucent's Internet telephony servers, Internet call center, and Intuity universal messaging systems are also available in Japan.
Lucent Technologies (LU) designs, builds, and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, consumer and business telephone systems and microelectronics components. It employs approximately 123,500 people worldwide, with about 30,000 located outside the U.S. For more information about Lucent Technologies, headquartered at Murray Hill, N.J., visit its website at lucent.com .
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