Alcatel-Lucent recognised as one of the most innovative companies by MIT

Alcatel-Lucent has been included in the '2012 external linkTR50,' the annual list of world's most innovative technology companies, published by Technology Review, a media company of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The company credits its lightRadio architecture for this achievement, which enables operators to meet the rising demands for data capacity, arising due to a shift from voice to video communications, and the increasing popularity of smart-phones and tablet devices.

It breaks down traditional mobile network product architecture into component elements, which can be sited virtually anywhere in the network, while creating the flexibility to grow and shrink capacity to meet customer demand for mobile broadband.

The nominees of external linkTR50 are chosen by Technology Review's editors, looking at the companies, which have showcased original and valuable technology, influencing the competitors.

The selection process spans around companies dealing in- energy, computing, web, biomedicine, and materials. The companies on the list represent commercial innovations most likely to change lives around the world.

''We recently demonstrated lightRadio under real-world conditions with one of the world’s leading communications service providers at the wireless industry’s biggest annual event, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We look forward to seeing these visionary technologies evolve further with the needs of our customers and the intensity of the mobile landscape,'' said Marcus Weldon, CTO, Alcatel-Lucent.

''Our endlessly growing appetite for mobile data is threatening to overwhelm traditional cell phone systems. Alcatel-Lucent's easily upgradable lightRadio architecture puts the company at the forefront of keeping up with that appetite,'' said Jason Pontin, editor in chief, and publisher of Technology Review.