Chunghwa Telecom has announced the renewal of a contract with Alcatel-Lucent, whereby the latter will provide maintenance services on Chunghwa’s network system.

Chunghwa Telecom has announced the renewal of a contract with Alcatel-Lucent, whereby the latter will provide maintenance services on Chunghwa’s network system. According to the company, Alcatel-Lucent will provide its maintenance services on the Alcatel-Lucent 5ESS and S12 switches that are part of the operator’s Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) network. The service support includes technical support, troubleshooting as well as repairs and return services. The maintenance contract is expected to help Chunghwa Telecom better manage and maintain its 14 million ports in more than 700 switches distributed across Taiwan. No financial details have been disclosed.