Alcatel-Lucent launches University Innovations Programme (USA)Alcatel-Lucent has launched a programme to team up with American universities on research, development and testing of ultra-high bandwidth applications for fixed and mobile networks. The Alcatel-Lucent University Innovations Programme is intended to build a vision of future advanced applications and services for consumers, educational and non-profit institutions, and businesses. Alcatel-Lucent and the Georgia Institute of Technology are planning to establish a Centre of Excellence on ultra-high bandwidth applications. Alcatel-Lucent is working with the Stevens Institute to leverage the company’s knowledge within its graduate-level course on Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing. The company will provide guest speakers as part of the course. The Alcatel-Lucent programme will focus on creating applications and services based on emerging technologies and trends in the industry such as convergence for personalised services based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem and a carrier-grade service delivery environment. The programme also will emphasise developments involving mobile ultra-high bandwidth applications including 4G and multimedia services, and the evolution in broadband enabling the connected home, interactive TV, and hyper-speed optical technology. Alcatel-Lucent is in conversations with several universities to establish more relationships under the programme. The company expects to contribute funding, training, application development software, technical support, researchers, access to network infrastructure prototypes and support for device prototypes.
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