Mike Higgins, Jr., CEO of Central Texas Telephone Cooperative, said, “West Central Wireless is a trusted provider of hosted services, having offered similar agreements for AMPS, TDMA, CDMA and GSM technologies. We are pleased to be able to leverage Alcatel-Lucent’s expertise to deliver new services that meet the mobile broadband needs of our customers, while offering a significant opportunity for other service providers who don’t have the capital to invest in a full core network, to do the same.”

Robert Vrij, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Americas Region and head of Global Strategic Alliances, said, “As a leading provider of mobile broadband networks, Alcatel-Lucent is ideally suited to help West Central Wireless evolve its network to 4G LTE and to expand the availability of mobile broadband to customers throughout rural Texas. This agreement further demonstrates Alcatel-Lucent’s ability to provide flexible solutions that meet operators’ unique business needs and help them creatively expand their businesses.”