Alcatel leads the way with the launch of the first fully-functional 3G/UMTS system in Taiwan

date: May 22, 2002

Alcatel officially opened its 3G Reality Centre in Taipei. This facility is the first fully functional 3G/UMTS system in Taiwan and the newly born member to Alcatel's worldwide 3G Reality Centre program.

The 3G Reality Centre offers Alcatel and its partners, including local content and applications providers, a live and comprehensive end-to-end environment for the development and testing of advanced mobile applications and data services, in the field of 2.5G/GPRS and 3G/UMTS.

"With the opening of this 3G Reality Centre, Alcatel has clearly demonstrated its visionary role in facilitating the deployment of 3G/UMTS. This facility will help make Taiwan one of the world's earliest success stories in 3G/UMTS commercial rollouts and realize our dream of a 'green silicon island", declared Mr. Tsay, Taiwan's Minister of State and Deputy Chairman of the Science & Technology Advisory Commission.

Apart from offering assistance for the immediate commercial roll out of Taiwan's newly-licensed 3G operators, the Alcatel 3G Reality Centre in Taipei will make available to Taiwan's telecom industry practically everything revolving around 3G – from the latest data transfer of know-how and incubation of expert personnel, to applications and services. Visitors will personally experience 3G/UMTS communications with voice in circuit mode and data and high-speed video images in packet mode, web browsing, access to online information, image transfer, video streaming & downloading, and even transfer of live video.

Jean-Philippe Benoist, Country Senior Officer of Alcatel Taiwan, said, "The Alcatel 3G Reality Centre is the only such centre set-up in Taiwan that brings 3G/UMTS communications to life on a real platform. With our proven expertise and experience in 3G/UMTS, Alcatel is ideally positioned to help operators identify their optimal business model for immediate commercial roll out. This will, in time, positively impact Taiwan in a number of ways, putting it amongst the world's best 3G/UMTS industries"

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