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Paris, June 23, 2009 — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and
NYSE: ALU) today announced that AT&T has extended Alcatel-Lucent’s contract
for end-to-end multivendor network integration for AT&T
U-verseSM.
The AT&T U-verse portfolio brings together U-verse TV, U-verse High
Speed Internet and U-verse Voice services all delivered over AT&T's
advanced Internet Protocol (IP) network using Alcatel-Lucent’s Triple Play
Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA). AT&T U-verse services are now
offered in 93 markets in 19 states, with more than 1.3 million U-verse TV
customers.
Under the agreement announced today, Alcatel-Lucent will continue to provide
end-to-end multivendor network integration for AT&T U-verse, including
Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol television (“IPTV”) software
platform.
Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end multivendor network systems integration includes
solution program management, third-party management, network engineering,
solution testing/validation and deployment services.
“AT&T and Alcatel-Lucent have worked together to integrate and deploy
U-verse TV so it delivers a reliable, feature-rich service to its users,” said
Robert Vrij, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Americas business. “As AT&T
U-verse expands even further across the country, we are looking forward to
continuing to provide AT&T with our multivendor, end-to-end network
integration capabilities.”
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