­Alcatel-Lucent has organized its CDMA Push-To-Talk (PTT) service for China Telecom. This service is going to be one of its kinds in China which will target vertical and enterprise customers and will be commercialized across the country by the end of August. The commercial contract was secured by Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell the flagship company of Alcatel-Lucent in China which previously deployed China Telecom’s CDMA EVDO-based solution.

Alcatel-Lucent’s CDMA service allows private and group calls to be established across the wireless service coverage area at the push of a single button.

Alcatel-Lucent provided its high-capacity, high-performance CDMA end-to-end solution including systems for registration management, group management, data management, new lease line application, and network management. Alcatel-Lucent also provided professional integration and system development services to integrate such services as radio access network (RAN) and Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) deployed by various suppliers on many sorts of handsets. Alcatel-Lucent acted as project leader to provide a customized solution and manage and coordinate all relevant vendors in the process.

According to Romano Valussi, president of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, the project further enhances our long-term partnership with China Telecom and confirms Alcatel-Lucent’s leading position in the CDMA market in China. Alcatel-Lucent’s advanced solution and enriched network management experience will help China Telecom provide more flexible, value-added services to the strategic vertical and enterprise markets.