French President visits Alcatel Middle East Headquarters in Egypt

The President was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising the Prime Minister of Egypt, Dr. Ahmed Nazif, The Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Dr. Tarek Kamel, The French Ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Philippe Coste as well as other dignitaries from the government and the business world. The delegation was welcomed by Mr. Serge Tchuruk, Chairman and CEO of Alcatel, Mr. Vincenzo Nesci, Vice President of Alcatel Middle East and the management of Alcatel Egypt

During their visit, the delegation toured Alcatel's regional training centre, where Alcatel provides learning opportunities for employees and customers in the region and worldwide. Some of Alcatel's training and educational experts provided them with an insight into the major programs being taught which cover the whole lifecycle of a telecommunications network, starting from the preliminary network design phase. The delegation was able to see some of the training courses which were being held.

The mission of the Regional Training Centre is to capitalize on both the company's global resources and local expertise to provide high-quality, state-of-the-art training, by developing courses that supports current business needs. And in line with its corporate social responsibility strategy, Alcatel training centre also plays an active role in supporting education in Egypt. For many years now, the training centre has participated in projects and actions that support education by using its expertise to train engineering students from Cairo University, the French University in Egypt, the National Telecommunications Institute and the Future Generation Foundation.

As part of Alcatel's efforts to ensure the professional development of its employees and to better respond to its' clients' needs, Alcatel is planning to widen the scope of the training centre further by launching a branch of the Alcatel University here in Cairo in order to serve the region.

Alcatel University is a global network of education and training centers that provides training and education for employees and customers. By developing "just in time" training that supports current business needs, Alcatel University helps promote a culture of continuous learning.