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América Móvil plans LTE for Latin America
03 February 2012
Carlos Slim’s América Móvil selects Alcatel-Lucent LTE kit for 4G infrastructure in Latin America, starting in Puerto Rico
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América Móvil has selected Alcatel-Lucent to provide infrastructure for its LTE network rollout in Latin America. The deployment will start in Puerto Rico with América Móvil’s Claro due to launch high-speed mobile broadband services to subscribers in the coming weeks. Claro’s offering will use Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio portfolio of products.
Enrique Ortiz de Montellano, president of América Móvil’s operations in Puerto Rico, said: “With speeds as high as 100 megabits per second, our subscribers will enjoy the most advanced wireless broadband services. This includes, amongst others, HD video with video on demand, at least 10 times faster high-speed navigation, high definition videoconferencing, online gaming and other applications.”
The Alcatel-Lucent solution deployed by Claro will provide a future evolution path to ensure that Claro continues to offer strong connectivity in Puerto Rico. The solution also provides an evolution path to lightRadio product that will help cut operating costs, technical complexity and power consumption in mobile broadband networks.
Osvaldo Di Campli, president of Alcatel-Lucent in Latin America, said: “Through our experience of operating LTE networks in every major geography, Alcatel-Lucent has developed unrivalled domain expertise around all facets of 4G deployments. We look forward to sharing this knowledge with América Móvil as LTE continues its roll-out across Latin America.” GTB
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