Lucent Technologies Signs $1.9 Million Major League Contract.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999--

Named Exclusive Provider of Data and Voice Networks

for Seattle Mariners' New Ballpark

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced it has signed a $1.9 million contract with Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners to be the exclusive provider of data and voice networks for the Mariners' new ballpark, SAFECO Field, scheduled to open July 15.

SAFECO Field, a 47,000-seat, natural grass facility, will be one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the country. Its Lucent-based data and voice networks will be at the heart of the facility's day-to-day operations, including ticket, merchandise and refreshment sales and up-to-the-minute team and game information. Through its NetCare(R) portfolio of services, Lucent will provide seven-days-a-week, 24-hours-a-day maintenance for maximum system reliability and availability.

The ballpark's data network features four of Lucent's award-winning Cajun(TM) P550(TM) Switches and 39 Cajun P220(TM) Gigabit Switches over which 100 megabits per second (Mbps) Fast Ethernet and 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet traffic will run.

This network will support SAFECO Field's Internet Protocol- (IP-) based Micros point-of-sale food service application throughout the park, plus the Mariners' administrative offices. Additionally, the data infrastructure will give fans in the ballpark's 69 luxury suites the option of direct Internet access through their own laptop computers to obtain real-time statistics and other information.

The modular Cajun P550 Switches will provide all backbone data network connectivity and seamlessly interoperate with the standalone Cajun P220 units to be deployed in wiring closets throughout the stadium. The SAFECO Field data network will be kept secure by two Lucent Managed Firewall servers that will protect the network from all unauthorized access.

"SAFECO Field's vendors will use digital cash registers and credit card scanners linked to the backbone. Having highly reliable switches was a paramount factor in choosing Lucent over its data networking competitors," said Larry Witherspoon, director of information systems, Seattle Mariners. "Our ability to serve our fans extremely well is critical to making SAFECO Field a first-rate leisure destination for the entire family."

The voice network includes Lucent's DEFINITY(R) Enterprise Communications Server switching system with digital and analog station ports and ISDN trunks for access to local and long distance services, a 50-agent call center with automatic call distribution and the CentreVu(R) Response Solutions interactive voice response system. The network also includes INTUITY(TM) AUDIX(R) voice and fax messaging for 500 users.

Through the new call center, fans will be able to purchase tickets and merchandise. Eventually, season ticket holders and others with Mariners accounts may be able to order food and beverages before or during the game and specify the inning during which they want them delivered to their seats. Also for the 2000 season, the Mariners will introduce Lucent's CentreVu Internet Solutions, an Internet Call Center that allows fans who access their Web site, www.mariners.org, to interact with a live agent if they wish.

The Mariners' toll-free fan information line (1-800-MY-MARINERS) will let callers select from a menu of pre- and post-game reports, SAFECO Field homestand updates and other information. By next season this line will also feature a fax back capability to deliver game notes, box scores and other information directly to Mariners fans throughout the region. The unified voice and fax messaging will allow Mariners scouts and others who work remotely to access their messages from a single terminal, either a phone or a PC.

Lucent's contract with the Mariners also calls for SYSTIMAX(R) voice and data cabling infrastructure, including more than 700,000 feet of copper wire and more than 30,000 feet of fiber for the data network backbone.

"We are very pleased that the Mariners have chosen Lucent to play on the SAFECO Field team," said Helen Mitchell, Lucent's area vice president for the Pacific Northwest. "We look forward to supporting their critical business needs in a way that ensures the Mariners' fans will always be winners."

As part of the agreement, Lucent also becomes a sponsor of the Mariners, which includes: the establishment of a charity endeavor, called "The Lucent Double Play Program," through which Lucent will donate $100 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation (R) of Washington State for every double play the Mariners complete; naming rights sponsorship of the Lucent Terrace Club, a premium seating section; plus advertising and ballpark signage.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies visit its Web site at www.lucent.com.

Cajun, P550, P220 and INTUITY are trademarks, and NetCare, DEFINITY, CentreVu, AUDIX and SYSTIMAX are registered trademarks of Lucent Technologies.