Implementation of NEAR Cable Project by Alcatel-Lucent S.A.:

The project will be subcontracted to Alcatel Lucent Submarine Networks France  (ALSN). ALSN has also implemented the EASSY Cable system and almost all of  the undersea submarine Cable systems around Africa. Famous names from the  past like AT&T, founded by Alexander Graham Bell, Western Electric, in the  past the largest electrical manufacturing company in the USA and CGE, a leader  in digital communications and founder of the high speed train, were all part of  Alcatel-Lucent S.A.

Alcatel-Lucent S.A. was a French global telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. 

The company focused on fixed, mobile and converged networking hardware, IP technologies, software and services, with operations in more than 130  countries. It had been named Industry Group Leader for Technology Hardware  & Equipment sector in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review^]and  listed in the 2014 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators for the 4th  consecutive year. Alcatel-Lucent also owned Bell Laboratories, one of the  largest research and development facilities in the communications industry,  whose employees have been awarded eight Nobel Prizes and the company  holds in excess of 29,000 patents.

Core Networking segment includes three business divisions: IP Routing, IP  Transport and IP Platforms. Access segment includes 4 business divisions:  Wireless, Fixed Access, Licensing and Managed Services.