TELUS names Alcatel-Lucent system integrator for Subex Azure’s IP broadband service provisioning solution

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been named by TELUS as system integrator to support the delivery of broadband IP services over the Alcatel-Lucent IP service routing portfolio using the Syndesis NetProvision software solution from Subex Azure, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators.

TELUS has deployed the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch in its network to support the delivery of consumer and business broadband services. With Alcatel-Lucent as the system integrator TELUS is leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s expertise in IP networking and its partnership with Subex Azure to optimize the development of an IP OSS services provisioning solution that fully exploits the rich feature set of the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio.

Syndesis NetProvision automates the design and activation of complex, application-aware connectivity services. It enables flow-through provisioning of next-generation data and IP offerings across multi-vendor, multi-technology networks. Based on the industry’s most advanced and most widely deployed discovery engine, Syndesis NetProvision significantly reduces fallout rates and decreases the time required to activate a service. Best suited to complex, high-volume production environments, it ensures quick, reliable service fulfillment, accelerates time-to-market for new offerings and facilitates mass-market efficiencies, driving out costs while generating new revenue opportunities.

“We anticipate that Alcatel-Lucent, working closely with Subex Azure, will deliver a cost-effective solution that will enhance our service provisioning capabilities,” said Ibrahim Gedeon, Chief Technology Officer, TELUS. “This relationship will take full advantage of each vendor’s strengths to generate critical OSS service provisioning solutions faster and without sacrificing quality.”

“Subex Azure is a close and valued partner with us for customers implementing OSS solutions in the broadband IP services market,” said Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel-Lucent IP activities. “TELUS understands that Alcatel-Lucent, as the systems integrator of Syndesis NetProvision solutions for our IP portfolio, can leverage extensive service and network architecture expertise, and our own OSS developments, including our 5620 Service Aware Manager, to deliver quality solutions faster.”

“Subex Azure welcomes Alcatel-Lucent as systems integrator for our solution,” said Subash Menon, Founder Chairman, Managing Director and CEO of Subex Azure. “Alcatel-Lucent’s global broadband IP services success provides an excellent channel to market for Subex Azure’s best-in-class OSS software.”