Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Tuesday said it has been selected as China Mobile's (CHL) sole supplier for the deployment of a fiber-to-the-home network in 10 Chinese cities.

China Mobile will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's gigabit passive optical networking, or GPON, solution in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and Guangdong to deliver ultra-high-speed services to residential and business users, Alcatel-Lucent said in a press release.

The contracts were secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese flagship company, the company added.

Company Web site: www.alcatel-lucent.com

-By Ruth Bender, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 40 17 17 40; ruth.bender@dowjones.com