As North American and European markets mature, telecom equipment makers have
turned to Asia-Pacific, but there's another region that shouldn't be
overlooked.
Carriers and ISPs throughout Latin America are expanding and upgrading
their networks as demand grows and competition increases.
The latest beneficiary of the trend is Lucent Technologies (Quote),
which today announced hardware, software and service contracts in two
countries.
"Our customers in Latin America are relying on our advanced technology and
services to upgrade their networks and deploy new revenue-generating
services," Victor Agnellini, president of Lucent Technologies in the
Caribbean and Latin American region, said in a statement.
The company recently installed 80,000 ADSL (define) access ports for
Telefonica de Argentina, a subsidiary of the Spanish telecom giant.
Lucent's ADSL Stinger FS+ ports will help the carrier provide high-speed
Internet access to business and residential customers, as well as new
services like Voice over IP (define) in the future.
It's the second time Telefonica de Argentina has tapped Lucent to boost its
broadband reach. Previously, the gear maker installed 20,000 ADSL ports.
And in Mexico, Maxcom Telecomunicaciones hired Lucent to increase the
network's ability to deliver IP services.
Lucent will supply switch software that will increase capacity and allow
Maxcom to expand its services portfolio to include VoIP and virtual private
networks (define) for corporations and consumers.
The Maxcom order comes a month after Lucent signed a deal with another
Mexican service provider, Alestra, for optical networking products and
services.
Financial terms of today's deals were not disclosed.
Lucent competes against Alcatel (Quote), Cisco Systems , Nortel (Quote) and others in the space.
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