DUSHANBE, November 10, Asia-Plus - World’s leading supplier of equipment for mobile and fixed voice communication networks, Alcatel, is opening its representative office in Tajikistan.

Alina Bulnatayeva, Public Relations Manager of Alcatel in Astana (Kazakhstan) for Central Asia, Mongolia and Azerbaijan, told Asia-Plus that an official opening of the Alcatel representative office will be held in Dushanbe on November 14.   According to her, the representative office will facilitate sale of  equipment for mobile and fixed voice communication networks, data networks and television and video delivery in Tajikistan.  Besides,  the company will establish and expand cooperation with Tajikistan’s of cellular and fixed-line operators, public telecommunications associations, educational institutions as well as state communications regulatory  agencies.  

Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel''s customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams.  With sales of EURO 25 billion in 2001, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.

In China, for example, Alcatel is established since the early 1980s with a full portfolio of telecom equipment activities. In early 2000, Alcatel made history as the first multinational to set up its Asia Pacific headquarters in Shanghai. In 2001, China''s Ministry of Information Industry and Alcatel signed an agreement to create a company limited by shares, Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB), integrating Alcatel''s key operations in China with Shanghai Bell, the first Sino-foreign joint venture in the country''s telecom industry.  Alcatel Shanghai Bell was officially launched in May 2002 and is straightaway a leading telecom technology powerhouse in China.