Alcatel-Lucent announced plans to conduct a trial of wireless broadband services using WiMAX Rev-e technology with True, Thailand’s only fully integrated telecommunications providers and leader in convergence lifestyle.

For the trial Alcatel-Lucent will provide True Corporation with a comprehensive WiMAX solution that operates on the 2.5 GHz frequency band, including base stations, wireless access controller, operation and maintenance center, customer premises equipment (CPE) – including WiMAX CPE and wireless cards for laptop computers – to deliver Internet broadband access when on the move.

Alcatel-Lucent will also provide its WiMAX engineering expertise and integration services for the trial, which will take place in Phatumthanee province on the outskirts of Bangkok. This trial has also been designed to test several applications that improve the overall welfare of the community by leveraging advances in telecommunications technology.

"Alcatel-Lucent is a clear leader in the market in WiMAX with 25 commercial contracts and more than 70 trials around the world,” said Mr. Vincent Duda, Managing Director of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in Thailand. “This leadership position gives us a unique ability to address the broadest set of customer requirements and the most extensive field experience to draw from. Being chosen by True for this important test is yet another testament to our growing reputation in this important market sector and an important statement about our role as a leading supplier for this customer."

Alcatel-Lucent was recently selected by True Move to support the expansion of its GSM/EDGE network.

Thiti Nantapatsiri, Managing Director Home/Consumer Solution & High Speed Access, True Corporation PCL. said, "True’s initiative reflects our position as Thailand’s convergence solutions leader. We plan to offer our customers the advantages of WiMAX-based technologies that allow for seamless and uninterrupted nomadic connection to advanced services for customers in the remote areas of Thailand while on-the-go using WiMAX-enabled devices. With more than 12.5 million mobile subscribers and 570,000 wireline broadband customers under the True Group, we hope to further propel the concept of today’s convergence lifestyle with the addition of WiMAX broadband services.”