CDOT Alcatel Research Center (CARC) is a Joint Venture between Alcatel-Lucent and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the Indian Government's telecom technology development centre in establishing a global R&D center, dedicated to broadband wireless access. The company is 51 percent Alcatel-Lucent owned and the remaining 49% by C-DOT.

The world-leading expertise of Alcatel-Lucent in fixed and mobile broadband networks together with C-DOT's knowledge of local market conditions would enable CARC to come up with an optimum solution for the local carriers to build a user-centric broadband infrastructure for Indian consumers. Its primary focus is on WiMAX Rev-E solutions, adapted to the needs of Indian carriers and customers. Subsequently, these adapted solutions can be used in other high-growth economies worldwide.

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	Center for Develoment of Telematics The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is the Telecom Technology development centre of the Government of India. It was established in August 1984 as an autonomous body. It was vested with full authority and total flexibility to develop state-of-the-art telecommunication technology to meet the needs of the Indian telecommunication network. While the initial mandate of C-DOT in 1984 was to design and develop digital exchanges and facilitate their large scale manufacture by the Indian Industry, the development of transmission equipment was also added to its scope of work in 1989. Visit website				Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France. Visit website