Prakash Ramalingam

CDOT Alcatel Lucent Research Centre

CDOT Alcatel Lucent Research Center (CARC) is a Joint Venture between Alcatel-Lucent and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the Indian Government's telecom technology development centre in establishing a global R&D center, dedicated to broadband wireless access. The company is 51 percent Alcatel-Lucent owned and the remaining 49% by C-DOT. The world-leading expertise of Alcatel-Lucent in fixed and mobile broadband networks together with C-DOT's knowledge of local market conditions would enable CARC to come up with an optimum solution for the local carriers to build a user-centric broadband infrastructure for Indian consumers. Its primary focus is on WiMAX Rev-E solutions, adapted to the needs of Indian carriers and customers. Subsequently, these adapted solutions can be used in other high-growth economies worldwide.