DEUTSCHE TELEKOM SELECTS LUCENT FOR OPTICAL NETWORK.

Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) has been selected to supply Deutsche Telekom with optical transmission systems for its Telekom Global Net optical backbone network under the terms of a multi-year contract. The terms of the contract are not being disclosed.

Deutsche Telekom is investing in the Telekom Global Net project as part of its strategy of offering a seamless global service to its customers. With Lucent Technologies leading optical systems, this new network will enable Deutsche Telekom to do more than simply implement new broadband Internet services. The goal is to enable multinational companies to make direct use of global products and service packages.

In Europe, Telekom Global Net will extend from Germany to Austria, the Netherlands, the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Eastern European countries. A synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) network is also being built in the United States and Canada.

Lucent is supplying Deutsche Telekom with the Lucent WaveStar OLS 400G and WaveStar ADM 16/1 transmission systems among other items. The WaveStar OLS 400G is a dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) system that makes it possible to transmit information at speeds of up to 400 gigabits per second (Gb/s) using up to 80 wavelengths - or colors - of light over individual optical fibres, each no thicker than a hair.

The WaveStar ADM 16/1 is an optical multiplexer that enables carriers to use state-of-the-art synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) technology to set up optical network rings. The system does this by combining multiple low-speed electrical and optical inputs into a single 2.5 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s) signal. That's the equivalent of transmitting a 500,000 one-page e-mails each second. The SDH add/drop multiplexers that are being supplied are modular systems that use time division multiplex (TDM) technology developed by Lucent in its Bell Labs Research Centre in Nuremberg.

Lucent Technologies Optical Networking Solutions

Lucent's Bell Labs has garnered more than 2,500 patents in optical technology alone. Lucent was first to market with a DWDM system in 1995, and has since shipped more DWDM systems than any other vendor. Lucent also was first to market with a high-capacity, all-optical switch - delivering it to a customer in July 2000. For more information about Lucent's Optical Networking Group, visit http://www.lucent-optical.com.

About Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services.

For more information, visit http://www.lucent.com.