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Bell Labs opens Bangalore R&D unit

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Bangalore , Dec. 22

BELL Labs, the research and development outfit of Lucent Technologies, opened its research centre in Bangalore on Wednesday.

It expects to hire some 25 people over the next 18 months, said the company president, Mr Jeff Jaffe, adding India will be its future growth driver.

Bell Labs Research India will focus on creating innovative software systems for deploying and managing next-generation networks.

The Bangalore centre will partner closely with Lucent's customers as they deploy new technologies, such as cellular data, and devise innovative solutions to their most challenging problems, he said.

The Bangalore centre will conduct fundamental research in scientific fields related to computing and communications software and to create the underlying technology innovations that will enable telecom service providers to deploy and manage high-speed, highly reliable networks.

It will also focus extensively on computer algorithms, networking, network management and data management.

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