Telecom equipment company Alcatel-Lucent said today that it has gained certification from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), marking a highpoint in development of its Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband solution.

Alcatel-Lucent will now supply its 700 MHz LTE base stations to service providers across U.S. with obtainment of the certification, a prerequisite for sales in the market in United States.

“The fact that we''re already shipping 700 MHz gear is a strong indicator of the maturity of Alcatel-Lucent's LTE offerings and highlights the rapid progress we are making in bringing LTE solutions to market,” said Mike Iandolo, President of Alcatel-Lucent's Wireless Networks Product Division.

To match the needs of service providers in the U.S., Alcatel-Lucent said it has developed a high performance compact LTE base station devised to help operators launch services rapidly to help them leverage their recent investments in "digital dividend" spectrum bands.

The compact LTE offerings are constituents Alcatel-Lucent's Converged Radio Access Network (RAN) offerings and all its LTE solution are compliant with the latest 3GPP standards and incorporates innovations from Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs such as Self-Organizing and Self-Optimizing (SON) capabilities.