Alcatel-Lucent wireless networks activities president, Mike Iandolo said that in December 2008, Alcatel-Lucent said that it was refocusing its WiMAX R&D efforts on the technology's dominant market opportunity, enhanced wireless DSL (digital subscriber line)--which includes data-centric mobility usage on netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) as well as residential and nomadic PC use.

"This large-scale contract win with Chuan Wei highlights Alcatel-Lucent's refocused strategy to WiMAX as the wireless-broadband solution for fixed, nomadic and data-centric mobility needs," said Iandolo. "Driven to a large degree by demand in high-growth economies like Cambodia, we see the 'enhanced wireless DSL' market growing strongly over the next five-plus years worldwide with close to 90 per cent of WiMAX Rev-e subscribers by 2013, and we are focused on building on our leadership in this space."