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Technology Stocks : Lucent Technologies (LU)
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To: manito888 who wrote (8245)6/23/1999 1:31:00 PM
From: William Hunt  Read Replies (1) of 21876
 
THREAD ---Lucent Technologies Inc.
Dow Jones Newswires -- June 23, 1999
DJ Level 3 Confirms It'll Buy Lucent Equipment

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (Dow Jones)--Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) confirmed it plans to
acquire Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU) equipment for a minimum of four years.

The agreement is worth about $250 million.

In a press release Wednesday, Level 3 Communications said the contract's value has a potential to
increase to $1 billion over a five-year period.

As reported earlier, Level 3 Communications was expected to announce that it agreed to purchase
$1 billion in Lucent Technologies equipment over five years.

Level 3 Communications agreed to acquire Lucent Technologies' systems including softswitches, a
Bell Labs-developed software switch for Internet protocol networks.

Level 3 and Lucent Technologies also agreed to collaborate on future enhancements of softswitches
and gateway products to support next-generation broadband services.

Level 3 Communications is a communications and information services company.

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