Alcatel de Mexico has won a contract worth $60m to supply a new and advanced long distance fibre optic telecommunications network to Telefonos de Mexico SA: the project accounts for 25% of Telmex’s total projects and is part of Alcatel Indetel’s diversification strategy, which includes adding cables, network engineering and installation to the traditional products of public switching operators, transmission and corporate communications systems; the network in question will be 1,875 miles long and will be completed in a period of three years; Alcatel Indetel will get its fibre optic cables from Alcatel Cable Systems in the US, while the Italian subsidiary Alcatel Siette will offer support for network design and installation.
