The Hindu : Business : C-DoT, Alcatel to set up centre in Chennai

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Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005

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C-DoT, Alcatel to set up centre in Chennai

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Ravi Sharma, President, Alcatel South Asia, exchanging documents after signing an agreement with Vijay Madan, Executive Director, C-DOT (extreme right), in the presence of Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Communication and Information Technology, and Etienne Fouques, President, Mobile Communication Group of Alcatel (second from left), in New Delhi on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, MARCH 29. The French telecom giant, Alcatel, and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) will jointly set up a 1,000 person research and development centre in Chennai.

The centre will undertake work in the area of broadband wireless access and develop products for deployment in India and abroad.

The Memorandum of Understanding between Alcatel and C-DOT for R and D was signed today in the presence of the Union Communications and IT Minister, Dayanidhi Maran.

Etienne Fouques, President Mobile Communication Group of Alcatel, said the centre would be a joint research company and investments and other resources would be shared by the two partners. The first R&D project to be implemented jointly will be related to WiMAX technology based on emerging IEEE 802.16e standard and its evolutions.

WiMAX 802.16 based systems are expected to provide mobility, high data rates and long distance coverage. "WiMAX technology is favourable to providing low cost communication solutions,'' Mr. Maran said.

It would be an excellent alternative initially to Indian rural broadband requirements and will also be compliant to Indian broadband business user needs and spectrum allocation, a statement said.

Alcatel already has two software development centres in India employing 1,000 people. — PTI

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