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Paris based Alcatel-Lucent has made a succesful bid to be included in what is one of the largest LTE trials to date, with Singapore Telecoms.

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) has been selected as one of the vendors by SingTel for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, which kick off in the first half of 2010. Other vendors that are also working with SingTel on the project include; Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks & ZTE. It is hoped that the trial will jump-start deployment of 4G LTE networks across the SingTel Group.

LTE is a new wireless broadband technology that delivers significantly faster data speeds with the potential of several 100s Mbps downstream & several 10s Mbps upstream with reduced latency, allowing end users to access more complex content at much quicker speeds & with easier roaming that current 3G standards.

This is pretty upbeat news for Alactael-Lucent, as SingTel is Asia’s largest regional operator by subscribers, with a user base of 273 million mobile subs. More importantly the success of any trial will have a real impact, as the geographic spread of SingTel’s users is a major reason for adopting LTE technology. The trials are being coordinated across a number of countries & operators in which the company holds significant stakes; Singapore – SingTel, Indonesia – Telkomsel, Phillipines – Globe Comms, Thailand- AIS, India – Bharti-Airte, Pakistan-Warid Telecom & Australia – Optus.

Alcatel-Lucent will be leveraging its industry-leading LTE expertise to provide an end-to-end solution including the radio access network (eUTRAN), the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), IP service routing network elements as well as operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) systems. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide professional services including project management, planning, installation & commissioning, integration and test plan execution.

“This technical trial is a strong endorsement of Alcatel-Lucent’s innovation and forward-looking capabilities as we work closely with the SingTel Group to support its network transformation and LTE strategy,” said Sean Dolan, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in Asia-Pacific. “Our solution is further proving its readiness to meet the challenges of current and future network requirements which enable users to consume more complex content at faster speeds.”