Cellular News reports that Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Telecom Company (STC) to conduct a LTE trial, to begin in the second half of 2010. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide a range of professional services including project management, planning, installation, integration and commissioning, and testing. Meanwhile the vendor has announced the opening of an R&D center in Istanbul, Turkey, initially employing 62 Turkish engineers with the total number of employees to reach 100 within a year.