Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in Paris, France. They provide telecommunication solutions to service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, enabling customers to deliver voice, data and video services. The company focuses on fixed, mobile, and converged broadband networking hardware, IP technologies, software, and services.

The company is positioning itself to be in a very sweet position as mobile development progresses in the future. Today, they acquired their second company in three months: OpenPlug.

With OpenPlug, Alcatel-Lucent “will provide tools enabling developers to create and easily deploy mobile apps across multiple platforms. OpenPlug’s solutions allow developers to write apps once and then convert them into native software, compatible with various mobile operating systems – including iOs, Android, Symbian, Windows Phone and Linux.

Apparently, OpenPlug’s software can reduce go to market time by as much as 80 percent, according to a statement made in the press release by Alcatel-Lucent’s VP of global developer strategy, Laura Merling. Applications previously only available on sophisticated smartphones will now be available on any mobile device. In addition, the technology can be extended to other areas of application development: IPTV, game consoles, etc.”

OpenPlug is the inventor of the Flexibleware™ patented technology, the first component-based technology for embedded devices. The Flexibleware™ technology is at the heart of OpenPlug’s products and dramatically simplifies each phase of development and deployment of any mobile software.

Today, OpenPlug provides a unique set of products and services, aiming to facilitate the development of new mobile handsets and the next generation of mobile applications. Their products are used by well-established players such as Intel and SonyEricsson as well as young and innovative companies and independent developers.

Keep an eye on Alcatel-Lucent and their acquisitions… it’s the future!

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