News March 18, 21:38 Eastern Time
MAR 18, 1999, M2 Communications - HANNOVER, GERMANY (CeBIT Hall 16,
B08) -- Lucent Technologies announced today that it has built networks for three
customers in Europe.
The company also said it is offering new software and systems for carriers and Internet
services providers (ISPs) to use in their data and voice networks - including a new data
networking system from JNA Communications in Australia. Lucent acquired JNA in
September 1998.
The announcements were made at the CeBIT World Business Fair, the largest
communications show in Europe.
Lucent has announced six agreements with customers in Europe over the last two
weeks. The latest agreements include:
*A contract with Mannesmann Arcor - one of Germany's leading communications
services providers - for Lucent to provide its intelligent networking (IN) software
platform for Arcor's nationwide network. Lucent's IN platform, which was integrated
into Arcor's existing Siemens network, enables Arcor to offer its customers a variety of
new services, such as toll-free/free phone, shared cost and premium rate calling.
*Lucent planned, designed and built a complete, end-to-end intelligent network for
Deutsche Telefon and Marketing Services GmbH (DTMS), a Mainz, Germany-based
telemarketing specialist. The new network, completed in three months, is being managed
by Lucent with its NetCare portfolio. DTMS is using the network to enable its business
customers to outsource their telemarketing services, and already has signed more than
200 customers. The network is based on Lucent's 5ESS Any Media Switch.
*Lucent and D&S Dialog Marketing have built Germany's first fully functional Internet
call centre. The centre was built for Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank AG
(DG HYP) in Hamburg, one of the largest mortgage banks in Germany. DG HYP has
more than 600,000 clients - who can log into the bank's system via the Internet. DG
HPT can now sell its financial products and services by using voice and data
connections simultaneously.
"All over the world, Lucent is among the leaders of the communications networking
revolution now taking place. In Europe, we're winning new customers with new
technologies, reliable products and broad distribution channels, and we're building our
business with current customers based on our performance, reliability and new offers,"
said Eric van Amerongen, president and CEO of Lucent in Europe, the Middle East and
Africa.
"That holds true for the data networking arena, in particular," he said. "Lucent can put
networks together -- data, voice, optical, wireless and access. And we offer our
customers end-to-end services in network design, planning and maintenance, through
our Lucent NetCare Services."
Lucent will introduce several new products at CeBIT, including a powerful new suite of
software that network operators can use to manage their complex data networks.
Lucent's management systems work with multiple vendors' equipment and software. The
company will also introduce:
*Solutions and services that will enable carriers and ISPs to have easier and less costly
access to the Internet. They will also be able to offer their customers a broader range of
features and services. For example, Lucent's AnyMedia Access OPAL 3000, a system
developed by JNA Telecommunications Ltd., gives service providers an economical
way to offer voice and data services to subscribers from one piece of equipment.
*A high-speed version of Lucent's WaveLAN wireless local area network. The new
WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo system improves response time for data-intensive network
applications.
*A wireless end-to-end network solution, the Lucent Wireless Internet Access Solution,
that enables local exchange companies and ISPs to offer consumers and businesses a
direct high-speed wireless connection to the Internet or to corporate intranets. |
