Cingular Wireless Awards Lucent Technologies Contract for Its Nationwide 3G UMTS Deployment; Lucent Selected as Strategic Supplier to Cingular; Agreement Includes Products and Solutions Spanning the Breadth of Lucent's Portfolio.

MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced a four-year agreement for Lucent to supply third-generation (3G) UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network equipment, software and services to support Cingular's nationwide 3G service rollout. The deployment also includes an enhanced version of UMTS technology, called High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), which will ultimately support theoretical maximum peak data speeds of up to 14.4 Megabits per second (Mbps).

Beginning in 2005, the new UMTS/HSDPA network will allow Cingular to offer a wide variety of multimedia services for consumers, such as high-speed downloads of video clips of films, sporting and entertainment events, and advanced multi-player video gaming, and provide its business customers with services such as mobile broadband Internet access. Customers using the UMTS network can expect to receive average data connections between 400-700 Kilobits per second (Kbps) and bursts to several Mbps on capable devices.

"Cingular is committed to delivering the highest quality wireless services to its customers throughout the United States, and to making broadband Internet access available to many Americans for the first time," said Kris Rinne, chief technical officer for Cingular Wireless. "Our agreement with Lucent is essential to give our customers the ability to access broadband services whether they're at home, in the park or on the road."

Under the agreement -- the first commercial UMTS deployment for Lucent in North America -- Lucent will provide Cingular with a wide array of products spanning the breadth of its portfolio, including Bell Labs-developed wireless and data networking equipment, as well as network management and applications software. Among the products to be supplied are Lucent's Flexent(R) OneBTS(R) base stations (Node Bs), which support HSDPA and will be broadly deployed across Cingular's network.

Lucent's UMTS equipment - which supports HSDPA with a software-only upgrade - will be deployed in both the 1900 and 850 Megahertz spectrum bands, and will interoperate with Cingular's existing GSM/GPRS/EDGE network. Lucent Worldwide Services will provide engineering, installation, integration, optimization and program management services for the project.

"We are excited about the opportunity to work with Cingular as they deliver the benefits of mobile broadband services to consumers and businesses throughout the country," said Cindy Christy, president of Lucent's Mobility Solutions Group. "Following the deployment, Cingular is expected to have one of the world's largest, most sophisticated UMTS networks, and will be able to offer a wide variety of lifestyle enhancing, multimedia services to their customers."

As part of the agreement, Cingular will participate in the Lucent Market Advantage Program (MAP), an initiative which helps service providers generate demand from their business and consumer customers for new service offerings.

"The Lucent Market Advantage Program offers a comprehensive set of support tools, information and consulting services including market data, sales training and co-marketing plans that will help Cingular Wireless accelerate revenue, differentiate and enhance their offers, and ultimately deploy services more quickly across its new 3G network," said Vince Molinaro, president of North America sales for Lucent Technologies. "We are not only supplying Cingular with a world-class network, but partnering with them to successfully bring new services to market."

About Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers networks for the world's largest communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility, optical, data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks. The company's systems, services and software are designed to help customers quickly deploy and better manage their networks and create new, revenue-generating services that help businesses and consumers. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.