Telecom Lead America: Penasco Valley Telecommunications
(PVT) and Alcatel-Lucent announced the launch of 4G LTE services in the
southwestern U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas.
Operating under the Fuego Wireless brand, PVT will bring
4G LTE Internet to expansive diverse terrain, rural agricultural communities,
and metropolitan areas such as Santa Fe and Las Cruces. PVT will provide 4G
fixed wireless access via LTE.
“PVT is excited to bring the best technology
available to New Mexico. Our residents often wait years for the best technology
to finally arrive. Now we are on the leading edge, enabling the most advanced
and fastest communications technology available anywhere. Working hand-in-hand
with Alcatel-Lucent, PVT will deliver 4G LTE under our new brand Fuego
Wireless, so that our customers in New Mexico and Texas can benefit from the
same high speeds and quality services that customers enjoy in the largest
cities in the world,” said Glenn Lovelace, chief executive officer of PVT.
Under this agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will provide a
complete end-to-end 4G LTE solution including LTE base stations (eNodeBs), the
Internet Protocol (IP)-based Evolved Packet Core (EPC) as well as our market
leading services capabilities including project management, installation,
integration and operations and maintenance services.
“Alcatel-Lucent’s strong expertise in the global
delivery of LTE technology, as well as a real understanding of the specific
needs of service providers operating in every kind of terrain and population
distribution helps us to provide a solution that meets PVT’s unique needs and
the needs of their customers. LTE technology and our lightRadio product provide
customers across the globe with a clear evolution path toward faster speeds and
lower power consumption and operating costs,” said Robert Vrij, president
of the Americas Region for Alcatel-Lucent.
