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Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, announced a one-year comprehensive frame agreement valued at up to Euro 750 million to provide an all-IP broadband network paving the way for future network functions virtualization (NFV) and cloud-based services.

In 2013, China Mobile selected Alcatel-Lucent to provide its 4G LightRadio TD-LTE overlay, Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and small cells technology to support their new 4G network.

Using Alcatel-Lucent’s virtualized LTE radio access network (RAN) Baseband Unit (BBU) and its virtualized evolved packet core (vEPC), Alcatel-Lucent says an open mobile cloud network in a multi-vendor environment can be created.