News February 3, 22:56 Eastern Time
FEB 3, 1999, M2 Communications - FARNBOROUGH, U.K. -- Lucent Technologies and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace UK have won a major order for 45 DEFINITY(r) Enterprise Communication Servers (ECS) from the Royal Navy. The contract is part of a vessel refurbishment programme which begins in January,1999, and is due for completion by the end of March, 2002.
The DEFINITYs will be "ruggedised" - a modification programme designed to prepare the systems to withstand operational conditions such as constant on-board vibrations - before being installed in a range of vessels, including aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates and submarines.
Royal Navy senior professional technical officer Roger Ferguson said: "The DEFINITY was chosen after a rigorous tendering process which involved five leading PBX manufacturers. We were particularly impressed with the Lucent and DaimlerChrysler solution because it provided a flexible platform that has been tried and tested for many years by the US Navy. It also means our future on-board communications will be interoperable with other NATO allies."
The Royal Navy contract was headed by DaimlerChrysler Aerospace UK which will provide the project management, overseeing both the delivery of Lucent Technologies hardware and operator training. Installation will be carried out by Vector Data Systems.
With Farnborough as its head office in the UK, Lucent Technologies' Business Communications Systems division develops, manufactures, markets and services advanced voice, data and multimedia communications solutions, including call centres, private branch exchanges, key systems, structured cabling and messaging systems for businesses worldwide. The company provides support services to more than 1.8 million customer locations in more than 90 countries. For more information, visit the UK web site at lucentbcsuk.co.uk.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J, USA, designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company.
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