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Paris, March 25, 2010

Alcatel-Lucent scores three first-place wins in the CTIA E-Tech Awards presented at International CTIA Wireless 2010®


Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) received three first-place CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards at CTIA WIRELESS 2010® held this week in Las Vegas.
CTIA’s fifth annual E-Tech Awards program recognizes products in 15 categories in the areas of mobile consumer electronics, luxury mobile, applications, enterprise, green solutions and network technology.

More than 80 prominent media and industry analysts judged the 300-plus entries submitted for the E-Tech Awards program this year.
Products and services were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and the overall “wow” factor.

Wireless networks must scale to meet fast growing, high bandwidth demand while improving reliability and cost-effectiveness. Operator transformation strategies and business cases need to rely on solutions that provide agility in technology and spectrum re-farming while maximizing asset reuse. Photo: Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent received first-place awards in the Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution category; and Network Infrastructure - Wide Area Network category.
In addition, ng Connect, spearheaded by Alcatel-Lucent, received a first-place award in the Enterprise & Vertical Market Solution – Mobile Marketing or Advertising category.

Winning entries are:

LTE Small Cells In-Building Solution (Network Infrastructure – In Building/Local Network Solutions)

The world’s first LTE Pico Cell in-building solution will enable service providers to deliver higher indoor capacity and a range of wireless applications that ensure a consistent, high quality mobile data experience.

World first LTE small cells in-building solution (Pico Access Point). Small cells are scaled down, lower power, lightweight wireless access base stations that can be located within a home, office or public area. Photo: Alcatel-Lucent

As a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Small Cells family, The LTE Pico moves the base station closer to the mobile device, promoting faster, more reliable data connectivity. Additionally, it reduces strain on the macro-cellular network by offloading data traffic, providing a more efficient, cost-effective option for wireless network growth.

For more information on Small Cells, please visit Alcatel-Lucent’s new website:

www.wilson-street.com  


7750 SR Mobile Packet Core Gateways (Network Infrastructure - Wide Area Network)

Target markets for the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-based mobile gateways are: 1. 3GPP 3G/2G operators who are expanding or renewing their networks (UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ and GRPS/EDGE). In this scenario, the 7750 SR is initially deployed as a next-generation GGSN platform, capable of smoothly evolved to provide EPC gateway (SGW and PGW) functionality. 2. Mobile operators who are considering evolving to LTE. In this scenario, 7750 SR becomes the foundation of the new LTE packet core data plane overlay, and 7750 SR equipped with MG-ISM are deployed as dedicated Evolved Packet Core user plane elements - Serving Gateways and PDN Gateways. Both of these scenarios share the vision - delivered as the progression of the initial deployment - of deploying the 7750 SR the universal mobile gateway platform, which will provide SGW, PGW and GGSN functionality on common industry-leading data plane platform. Photo: Alcatel-Lucent

The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR delivers breakthrough scalability and performance for 3G and LTE wireless networks, addressing the explosion of mobile data traffic caused by smartphones and netbooks.

The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-12 Photo: Alcatel-Lucent

It forms the cornerstone of Alcatel-Lucent's "Ultimate Wireless Packet Core" solution which was unveiled at CTIA 2010.

The Alcatel-Lucent "Ultimate Wireless Packet Core" Photo: Alcatel-Lucent

The ng Connect Program, spearheaded by Alcatel-Lucent, received a first-place award for

the LTE-enabled HumanKiosk™.

ng Connect Program members MediaTile, a leading provider of cellular provisioned digital signage, and Alcatel-Lucent collaborated to create an innovative interactive digital signage prototype called the LTE-enabled HumanKiosk.

LTE enabled HumanKiosk is a solution concept and an example of the types of services possible when LTE networks begin to become commercially available. Photo: Alcatel-Lucent

The kiosk can run digital promotions and includes video technology that can only operate over a high-bandwidth wireless IP connection enabled by LTE.
A live in-store LTE video session allows consumers to ask immediate questions that can be answered by an off-site expert.


About CTIA Shows


Celebrating 25 years as the premier global mobile marketplace, International CTIA WIRELESS 2010® brings together all industries advanced by wireless technology for three days of intense business, learning and networking in Las Vegas, March 23-25.

Submission Categories

Mobile CE (Consumer Electronics):

• Phone/Smartphone – any feature phone or smartphone with advanced capabilities

• Accessory – any wireless accessory such as headsets, headphones, speakers, visual display solutions etc.

• Fashion & Lifestyle Product – any wireless product or device that has fashion or lifestyle appeal such as wirelessly enhanced clothing, fashion accessories etc. Also, welcome in this category are wirelessly enabled CE devices such as eReaders/eBooks, netbooks, tablet PCs etc.


Luxury Mobile:

Luxury Mobile – any luxury wireless device, application, accessory, fashion or lifestyle product.


Mobile Applications (End-user Applications):

• Entertainment/Social Networking – any application geared toward entertainment, gaming, leisure or social networking

• Healthcare/Public Safety/Transportation – apps geared toward health, fitness, safety or transportation

• Pro-sumer/Business Productivity – applications for the mobile worker that help to improve productivity, performance, efficiency or organization

• Mobile Payments – mobile wallet, payment, money management applications etc.


Enterprise & Vertical Market Solutions:

• General Business Solution – any wireless hardware or software solution that helps to solve or fill enterprise need

• Mobile Marketing or Advertising Solution – any service or solution that facilitates marketing or advertising on mobile devices

• Healthcare Solution – any wireless hardware or software solution for the healthcare industry e.g. hospitals, private practices, pharmaceuticals etc.

• Energy Solution – any wireless hardware or software solution that promotes the conservation of energy.


Green Solutions:

Green Solution – any hardware or software solution, product or application that promotes the conservation of resources.


Network Infrastructure:

• In-building Wireless/Local Area Network – any in-building network solution including femto cells

• Wide Area Network – any product, service or solution for building a wide area network.


Two Special Opportunities to Win

Aside from the above categories there are two additional opportunities to win:

“Best Online Pick”

The entry that wins the highest number of online votes will be named “Best Online Pick.”
All accepted entries, that are not embargoed, are eligible to win.

“Best in Show”

Only entrants who submit a physical product for the E-Tech Showcase at International CTIA WIRELESS 2010 are eligible.
The entry within the showcase that garners the highest number of onsite text votes will be named “Best in Show.”
Only those who submit a physical entry for the Showcase will be eligible to win "Best in Show."


International CTIA WIRELESS IT&E 2010 takes place in San Francisco, October 6-8.

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About Alcatel-Lucent


Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users.

A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry.

With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach.

Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.

For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com