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Vodafone Qatar and Alcatel-Lucent, the leading global telecommunications equipment company and a major technology supplier to Vodafone, yesterday announced a joint agreement to take six university students for an internship programme at Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs located in Europe and the US. |
The Bell Labs programme is considered to be one of the most sought-after internship programmes of its kind in the world and one that is highly regarded by many in the engineering industry.
Vodafone Qatar will reach out to several universities in Qatar to choose their top-performing students to join the two-month programme, which will start in June.
The programme will involve hands-on experience of the best in the academic and corporate realms for these students, with exposure to the birthplace of many of the 20th century’s most influential technologies — one which continues to drive the development of communications networks of the future.
Eisa Abdulla, head of Qatarisation at Vodafone Qatar, said: “The Bell Labs programme is an experience that every student in the fields of engineering and technology considers to be an opportunity of a lifetime owing to the fact that they’ll be working very closely with some of the world’s most distinguished scientists and researchers.”
Bell Labs is focused on the biggest technical challenges in the telecommunications industry.
Thierry Van Landegem, vice-president for Research Collaborations at Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs, said: “This programme with Vodafone Qatar offers a great opportunity to meet and work with some of the top students at Qatar’s universities, while providing them with a chance to collaborate with world-renowned research teams."
