Lucent Technologies Announces Contracts in Europe Worth More Than EUR200 Million at CeBIT 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2003 HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 Lucent Demonstrates Next-Generation Solutions, Software and Services at the World's Largest Telecom & IT Trade Fair Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) today announced nine new contracts with a potential future value of more than EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 200 million (US$220 million) to provide fixed line and mobile service providers with next-generation services and solutions, at CeBIT 2003, which opens to the public tomorrow. "Today the world's service providers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to manage their networks more effectively and in a way that enables them to provide useful new services to their customers, in particular their business customers," said Patricia Russo Patricia Russo (born in 1953, in Trenton, New Jersey) is the current chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world's largest communication equipment manufacturers. Lucent was a spin-off from AT&T of its Systems and Technology units (AT&T Technologies, Inc. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chairman of Lucent Technologies. "At CeBIT we are announcing agreements with leading service providers that demonstrate that Lucent is helping them do just that. And at our booth we are demonstrating the kind of powerful, Bell Labs-developed tools that are resulting in more secure, more reliable and much faster networks engineered to accommodate sophisticated new applications that will help businesses around the world communicate faster and more efficiently." Russo will be speaking at the ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. World Forum this afternoon on "What's Driving the Evolution of Today's Networks." Lucent also announced 10 new Business Partners in Europe to provide Lucent's portfolio of products and services to enterprises and smaller service providers. The company said it is focusing on partnerships to extend its sales reach around the world. It is also integrating industry-leading products from other vendors to Lucent's solution to provide a more comprehensive offer to its customers. The partners, who are located throughout Europe, will offer pre- and post-sales support for Lucent Software solutions as well as the professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. needed to install, manage and maintain the software. "There can be no doubt of the important role Europe plays in our strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. with a full one-third of the world's top 15 service providers based here," Russo said. "But beyond that market, there are smaller providers and businesses in Europe who would benefit from the advanced communications technology Lucent offers. By enhancing our partner program with the accreditation of these companies we will be able to effectively address that market as well." The company also used the show to announce that its research and development arm, Bell Labs, last week received its 30,000th patent. It was awarded U.S. Patent No. 6,529,499 for mechanisms for guaranteeing Quality of Service (QoS) in Internet Protocol (IP) networks, which should help make packet-based networks as reliable as today's telephone networks. Contracts announced at CeBIT include: 1. Deutsche Telekom and Lucent introduce new fast Ethernet-over-optical network service. This new service will enable DT's corporate customers to connect their local area networks at sites throughout Germany directly via Ethernet. Lucent will also be supporting DT in developing and launching the service and running joint marketing initiatives. 2. Lucent implements multi-vendor optical network management software at Deutsche Telekom. This application is unique in that it supports both Lucent and Alcatel optical systems. This software has been designed to manage network elements from any manufacturer, making it the most comprehensive integrated network management solution in production. 3. Lucent introduces new revenue-generating capabilities to BT's optical networks in the Netherlands. Lucent's solutions will allow BT to continue to use embedded technology while adding new Ethernet-over-SDH services without overhauling its network, and further integrate and simplify maintenance of its SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy and DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing networks. 4. T-Systems selects Lucent for new roll-out phase of Deutsche Telekom's "Telekom Global NET." T-Systems to introduce new LambdaUnite(TM) MultiService Switch (MSS) for the first time in DT's global optical backbone. 5. Czech Telecom launches international optical network with Lucent optical solutions. Lucent DWDM technology used to connect Czech Telecom's national network to data centres in neighbouring countries. 6. Arcor attributes DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary success in Germany to Lucent. Lucent AnyMedia(R) Access System enables rapid, scalable deployment for No. 2 broadband service provider An ISP, telephone company, cable company or other carrier that offers high-speed communications to homes and businesses, typically for Internet access. Cable modems, DSL and T1 lines are the common technologies. See broadband, cable modem, DSL and T1. in Germany. 7. Lucent extends contract with Telekomunikacja Polska for delivery of xDSL broadband access systems. Lucent introduces enhanced version of the Stinger(R) MRT MRT, n manual resistance technique, a treatment method used during the acute and recovery phases to relieve pain and rehabilitate the body's tissues and muscles. , DSL access concentrator. 8. Lucent introduces DSL access concentrator with the highest-port density in the most compact box. Stinger(R) Micro-Remote Terminal Deployed in Telekomunikacja Polska's Network 9. COLT Telecom expands its managed firewall range with Lucent service-level-assured VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. firewall. Lucent has provided the VPN Firewall Brick(R) 20 and 80 enabling COLT Telecom Deutschland to cost-effectively expand its existing range of managed firewall services to small businesses. 10. Lucent selected by T-Systems France to deliver a global security platform. Lucent equipment, support and services will enable T-Systems to offer business customers a variety of sophisticated security services, such as distributed denial of service A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial of service attack. (DDOS See denial of service attack. ) attack detection. 11. Lucent strengthens Business Partner programme across Europe. Lucent continues to strengthen its indirect sales channel across Europe with the recent accreditation of 10 channel partners as members of the Lucent Advantage BusinessPartner programme; they will resell solutions and services for Lucent's data and optical portfolios. 12. Bell Labs receives its 30,000th patent. Lucent research and development arm builds on a rich heritage as it continues to shape the future of communications About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs and delivers the systems, software 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; web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its web site at http://www.lucent.com. |
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