Lucent Technologies Signs US$32 Million Professional Service Contract With Eletronet of Brazil.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

CAMPINAS, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

Eletronet's optical network, including Lucent's flagship DWDM and 10G technology, will reach 121 Brazilian cities, and will be operated

and maintained by Lucent Worldwide Services

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that it has signed a US$32.1 million contract with Eletronet of Brazil to provide professional services in engineering, maintenance and operations.

These services are being provided by Lucent Worldwide Services, the largest communications network services business in the world, to support Eletronet's advanced optical network, which is 22,000 kilometers (about 14,000 miles) long and is currently being installed by Lucent. Lucent's specialized optical network infrastructure engineers will be working with Eletronet's personnel to design and operate the network, which will feature next-generation dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) and synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) 10G technology.

"This new contract is very important to Eletronet since we can now concentrate our efforts on marketing and sales and leave a major portion of the maintenance and operation of the network to Lucent, our technology partner," stated Rita D'andrea, Eletronet's director of marketing and sales.

"Selecting Lucent to operate and maintain the Eletronet network demonstrates confidence in Lucent's ability to not only supply the latest technology but to also provide advanced professional services in optical networking," said Renato Furtado, president of Lucent Technologies do Brasil.

Eletronet is building a national fiber optic network based on the electrical energy infrastructure of Eletrobras and other partners, ensuring end-to-end communication with clients. In its first-phase, the network will be 22,000 kilometers long and will provide long-distance and local service to customers in 121 Brazilian cities.

The network is being deployed in a ring architecture to offer high reliability and will use advanced transmission technologies, including Lucent's WaveStar(TM) OLS 400G - a DWDM system with a maximum capacity of 400 gigabits per second (Gb/s) - and WaveStar TDM 10G - which can transmit approximately 2 million one-page emails per second across a single laser. Both of these systems will run through the fiber-optic cable OPGM (Optical Ground Wire).

Eletronet was created August 11, 1999 as a joint venture between the North American company AES (51%) and Lightpar (49%). For more information about the company, log onto www.eletronet.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 on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.