Sierra Global strengthens ties with Alcatel-Lucent

One of the foremost telecommunication infrastructure development and management service firms, Sierra Global further strengthened their ties with the leading global telecommunications corporation, Alcatel-Lucent recently.

Sierra Global is currently undertaking a number of 3G base station installations and micro wave installations for Alcatel-Lucent in Sri Lanka. "We have been working for Alcatel-Lucent for almost the past 10 years and have been partnered with them in projects not only in the Sri Lankan market but also in some overseas markets too including the Maldives."

"Time to come we intend to focus more on overseas projects with Alcatel-Lucent particularly in the Africa region," said Sierra Global Director and CEO Dr. Arosha Fernando.

Sierra's 30 years experience of the local market and selected overseas markets blends with the highest technical expertise of all types of technologies and vendors including Alcatel-Lucent. "I trust the company is well positioned to take a leap in to the African region in the near future," said Sierra Global Consultant' Market Communication and Market Development Fanny Moreno, who is currently working on a market strategy and business development towards selected overseas markets including the African region.

Headquartered in Paris, France, Alcatel-Lucent provides telecommunication solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling them to deliver voice, data, and video services. The company focuses on fixed, mobile, and converged networking hardware, IP technologies, software, and services. It holds Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation and R & D houses in the communications industry. Bell Labs was awarded seven Nobel Prizes and holds over 29,000 patents. Alcatel-Lucent has operations in more than 130 countries. In 2011 it was added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.