Alcatel-Lucent working with Polish gov't to extend ultra-broadband access

Alcatel-Lucent  is to cooperate with the Polish government and local authorities to extend ultra-broadband access to up to eight million people in previously underserved areas in the east of the country, through the deployment of the company’s IP/MPLS and agile optical networking technology, the company reported.

In such voivodships as Świętokrzyskie, Lubelskie, Podkarpackie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Alcatel-Lucent is working with local service providers to support business modeling and advanced consultancy. The project, initiated by local Polish authorities and co-funded by the EU, continues work already in progress under the country’s National Broadband Plan and the Eastern Poland Broadband Network investment initiative, and represents one of the largest national broadband initiatives in Europe to date.