Alcatel-Lucent Business partners

To assure high level quality of expertise and warranty a long-term commitment to the success of your business, Alcatel-Lucent Business partners must meet requirements in three areas : business , service capabilities and specializations. These requirements give rise to three categories of partnerships, associated with the following types of accreditation:

Partner Accreditation	Description
Certified Business Partner	This level of partnership is designed to enable partners to offer customers essential technical skills and services. Certified Business Partners may specialize in voice, data, security products or solutions. These partners are usually indirect resellers who work with our value-added distributors.
Expert Business Partner	Expert Business partners have the highest level of technical expertise and reliability, with detailed knowledge of at least one Alcatel-Lucent product line. These Partners may specialize in voice, data, security or any other product line. They may be direct or indirect resellers.
Premium Business Partner	Premium Business partners have the same level of technical skill as Expert Business Partners, but have expertise in at least three separate product lines and do a larger volume of business with Alcatel-Lucent.
Value-Added Distributor	Value-added distributors (which sell to partners) must have an advanced specialization in at least one product line, which corresponds to their core business. These distributors provide technical advice and services to the partners to whom they sell.
Global Business Partner	Global Business Partners companies with extensive resources that operate worldwide and can respond to international calls for tender.