PARIS (WiMAX Day). Alcatel-Lucent announced it will open an Application and Interoperability Testing (IOT) centre in Taiwan. According to a press release, the centre will provide “an end-to-end interoperability testing environment for local companies producing communications equipment for businesses and residences.” Alcatel-Lucent has been working on several WiMAX development projects in Taiwan. For this new project, Steve Ruey-Long Chen, Minister of Economic Affairs, said that Taiwan “encourages multinational enterprises to set up R&D centers in Taiwan, and we are very pleased that Alcatel-Lucent chose Taiwan to build their WiMAX IOT center.”