Largest deployment in East African region to serve 350,000 subscribers
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Kenya Data Network, a full service, data communications carrier, has selected the Alcatel-Lucent triple play service delivery architecture (TPSDA) for the delivery of voice, video and data services to consumers and enterprises throughout Kenya and other East African countries. This three-year frame contract, which is valued at approximately 14 Million Euros, will be the largest TPSDA deployment in the region serving an estimated 350,000 subscribers. Deployments will start in 2007 in Kenya’s capital Nairobi followed by the cities of Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru, Nyeri and others. Further deployments will take place starting in 2008 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.
The Alcatel-Lucent TPSDA provides a unified, scalable and highly resilient service infrastructure that enables KDN to carry multiple service types on its nationwide IP backbone as well as traffic from international and domestic Internet service providers and other telecommunications service providers.
“As time-to-market is a significant factor for us, we can rely on Alcatel-Lucent’s unmatched experience in providing quality, end-to-end triple play services within our required timeframes,” said Kai Wulff, Managing Director- Kenya Data Networks Limited. “Residential customers in Kenya will now be in a position to enjoy high quality triple play and advanced Internet access services.”
“This project will enable KDN to expand its business throughout the East African region,” said Olivier Picard, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Europe and South activities. “Thanks to Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end, triple play-ready network, KDN subscribers will be able to enjoy a seamless user-experience when using voice, multimedia and Internet services.”
Alcatel-Lucent’s architecture is based on its industry-leading IP/MPLS, IP DSLAM and management portfolios. The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS) at the edge plus the 7302 Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) and 7330 ISAM fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) in the access network provide the performance, scalability and reliability required to offer wire-rate, non-blocking triple play services to all users at the same time. End-to-end service and network management is provided by the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) and 5523 ADSL Work Station (AWS).
Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in triple play with more than 45 deployments in progress. Alcatel-Lucent’s ISAM family has been chosen by more than 135 service providers globally – including 80% of the top 20 DSL operators worldwide. With more than 126 million DSL lines shipped, Alcatel-Lucent remains the uncontested global market leader in broadband access. Alcatel-Lucent reinforced its #2 position in Services Edge Routing in the first quarter of 2007, with 22% of the market according to Synergy Research Group.
For more information visit www.alcatel-lucent.com/tpsda.
About KDN
Kenya Data Networks is a fully owned subsidiary of the Sameer Group. It initiated services at the beginning of 2003 as a Full Service, Data Communications Carrier. Its mission is to build a world-class telecommunications infrastructure in Kenya. KDN has established itself as the leader in the provision of Commercial Leased lines, Frame Relay and Metro Ethernet based Services in the Kenyan market. KDN extensive operations cover all the major cities and towns of Kenya (3 of which have a metropolitan Wi-Fi network) and are soon to be expanded to cover other cities and towns in the East African region. KDN currently has the largest WiMAX network in Africa with over 190,000 square kilometres covered. For more information, please visit KDN on the Internet: http://www.kdn.co.ke
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. [All figures exclude impact of activities transferred to Thales]. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
