Compact Metro Cell Outdoor to optimize coverage and capacity and meet customer data demands, in a design that's half the size and 43% more power efficient compared to existing metro cells /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent is to give operators greater flexibility to build so-called 'heterogeneous' networks highly efficient, multi-platform mobile ultra-broadband access systems by adding the new Compact Metro Cell Outdoor family to its portfolio of small cells devices. The innovative Compact Metro Cell Outdoor currently being trialled with a number of operators around the globe - is 50 percent smaller than existing metro cells.