Lucent Technologies Signs $15 Million Contract with U.S. Cellular to Enhance Wireless Services

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Lucent Technologies, a leading provider of telecommunications solutions, has signed a significant contract with U.S. Cellular, a major wireless carrier, to supply advanced wireless intelligent networking (WIN) hardware and software. The $15 million deal is aimed at enabling U.S. Cellular to rapidly develop and deliver enhanced services to its nearly three million mobile customers. The partnership will enable U.S. Cellular to offer a range of new services, including roaming features, service reliability, and improved network management.

Key Takeaways:

  • Lucent Technologies has signed a $15 million contract with U.S. Cellular to supply WIN hardware and software.
  • The contract will enable U.S. Cellular to rapidly develop and deliver enhanced services to its nearly three million mobile customers.
  • Lucent will provide U.S. Cellular with the Stand-Alone Home Location Register/Authentication Center (SLHR/AC) for roaming features, mated pairs of Service Control Points (SCPs) for service reliability, its Service Management System (SMS) for improved network management, and Lucent's Service Creation Environment (SCE) for the development of new, custom network services.
  • The enhanced service capabilities will help U.S. Cellular improve customer satisfaction, reduce subscriber turnover, and increase time-to-market for new revenue-generating services.
  • U.S. Cellular will use Lucent's SHLR/AC to replace its existing switch-based Integrated Home Location Registers, supporting the delivery of calls, enhanced services, information, and messages to subscribers regardless of their location.
  • Lucent's Service Control Point (SCP) will be deployed to support the delivery of services on U.S. Cellular's network, centralizing service logic, simplifying service creation and administration, and ensuring the delivery of services with exceptional levels of call-completion and reliability.

Statistics:

  • $15 million: the value of Lucent Technologies' contract with U.S. Cellular to supply WIN hardware and software.
  • 3 million: the number of mobile customers of U.S. Cellular.
  • 2.8 million: the number of customers of U.S. Cellular at the time of the announcement (note: this is a slightly lower number but close to the 3 million mentioned earlier).
  • 144: the number of markets served by U.S. Cellular.
  • 35: the number of additional markets where U.S. Cellular has ownership interests.

Sources:

  • BUSINESS WIRE, "Lucent Technologies Wins $15 Million Contract to Supply Advanced Wireless Intelligent Networking Hardware and Software to U.S. Cellular", August 21, 2000
  • American Stock Exchange, listing information for U.S. Cellular (USM)
  • Lucent Technologies, corporate website (http://www.lucent.com)