Alcatel-Lucent has signed a global partnership with Paris-based communications services firm NextiraOne which will see them delivery new combined solutions for enterprise customers.

NextiraOne will deliver services based on Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise technologies under the arrangement including collaboration and unified communications based upon the OpenTouch Solution, data center, contact centre and network infrastructure and security solutions based upon Alcatel-Lucent’s AFN (Application Fluent Network) approach.

The French duo said the agreement will help them deliver streamlined services and enhanced solutions to Enterprise customers.

Michel Emelianoff, president of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, said NextiraOne was among the first to respond to the company's new partnership initiatives.

“Our teams have a seamless working relationship which means we can deliver high-powered solutions to customers in NextiraOne’s key territories throughout Europe and across the globe,” Emelianoff said.

“Together, that creates a strong ability to execute on a variety of technologies and solutions for enterprise customers.”