OREANDA-NEWS. Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is to provide TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU), Canada’s fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with its breakthrough Enterprise Small Cell device, one of the first deployments of Alcatel-Lucent small cells resulting from its partnership with Qualcomm Technologies and a global first for this particular product.

Designed to extend LTE, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity and coverage into offices and other buildings, the first-of-its-kind Enterprise Small Cell device launched in September 2014 and features a chipset from Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

TELUS will use the Enterprise Small Cell to provide wireless customers with seamless connectivity and high performance inside of offices and other densely-populated buildings, which has been increasingly challenging for service providers as growth in use of mobile devices in the workplace has resulted in increased data traffic and network congestion.

In combining LTE, 3G and Wi-Fi, the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Small Cell will relieve this congestion and offload traffic from the macro cell network to extend existing and new services to public and enterprise indoor environments. 

Key Facts

  • The Enterprise Small Cell can be easily deployed, on walls or office ceilings to optimize coverage.
  • The Enterprise Small Cell feautures a Qualcomm Technologies FSM9955 system-on-chip which supports both 3G and LTE connectivity in a way that is both compact and power efficient.
  • Software Defined Radio is used on the Enterprise Small Cell to allow operators to configure support for 3G, LTE or a mix of technologies. This will facilitate the future transition from 3G to LTE networks, allowing operators to reclaim spectrum for use in LTE networks.