Istanbul, April 7, 2010 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced it has opened a new Migration Operation Center (MOC) in Turkey in March 2010, which is today fully operational. The Turkish MOC is staffed with 50 highly skilled experts that manage complex migration projects from the region to support local and international customers. This center compliments Alcatel-Lucent’s existing migration capabilities in countries such as Poland, India, and Australia, and will be capable of delivering critical and complex voice and data migration services in multi-technology (access, core, and transport) and multi-vendor legacy and IP environments.

"As service providers pursue transformation initiatives to meet key business objectives, they are increasingly seeking partners with unique skills to assist in their transformation activities. Through its global delivery network of Migration Operation Centers (MOC), Alcatel-Lucent has developed a strong set of services for assisting operators with complex migration efforts. The new MOC in Turkey expands Alcatel-Lucent's capabilities, and allows the company to continue delivering global solutions that meet service provider transformation requirements," said Curtis Price, the Program Vice President of IDC’s Infrastructure Services group. 

“Alcatel-Lucent has built unique tools, methodologies and a full set of professional services that help service providers address the complexity of customer and subscribers migration towards new networks. These capabilities enable the automation of the migration process while keeping risks and costs under control. Part of Alcatel-Lucent Global Competency Centers, our new Migration Operation Center in Turkey reinforces our talent base in Turkey and brings a new dimension to our worldwide capabilities,” said Ali Kancal, Head of Alcatel-Lucent’s activities in Turkey and Azerbaijan.“This MOC combines global expertise and customer intimacy and is another key differentiator for our company in Turkey and in the region.”

As a leader in service providers’ transformation projects, Alcatel-Lucent reinforces added value service delivery capabilities in Turkey and in the EMEA region to support customers as they move towards a High Leverage Network™ architecture, differentiate and grow their business while reducing their cost structure. The Turkish MOC is a key asset to Alcatel-Lucent global services.