Smart City Futures

David Shaw has over 20 years industry experience in IT and Telecommunications and is Director, Industry & Public Sector for Alcatel-Lucent in the UK & Ireland.  In this sector, Alcatel-Lucent design, build, operate and manage end-to-end telecommunications-based solutions in Transport, Utilities and the Public Sector to customers such as Network Rail, the Highways Agency and many local Authorities.  In particular, Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in Next Generation super fast broadband networks and is providing some of the earliest projects with public funding to address UK broadband ‘not spots’ for local authorities to attract new inward investment, address the social divide and stimulate new media industries unconstrained by shortcomings in telecommunications capacity or unreasonable cost.  Projects include a joint venture with Gateshead Council as part of their regeneration plans for a sustainable future local economy and the announcement in the recent budget of a major new public broadband network investment in South Yorkshire.

About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent.