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To: Pat Hughes who wrote (8532)	7/8/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Jack Jackson	Respond to of 21876

Lucent Technologies Partners With New England Voice & Data To Expand Network July 8, 1999 11:00 AM MARLBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1999-- --Advanced Switching and Data Technology Provide Northeast CLEC Users with Array of Enhanced Services-- New England Voice & Data, a switched-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), has awarded Lucent Technologies LU a $30 million, three-year contract to provide all the infrastructure for a state-of-the-art voice and data network build-out expansion. New England Voice & Data's expanded network will provide its customers with a single, reliable source of local and long distance phone service, as well as a full array of high speed data, Internet and information services. The expanded network architecture is based on Lucent Technologies' 5ESS(R) switching platform and is supported by a full complement of Lucent data networking products, allowing New England Voice and Data to offer new and flexible solutions to the fast growing data and Internet market. With switching facilities successfully deployed in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Providence Rhode Island, New England Voice and Data will continue its aggressive expansion, entering five additional markets through the rest of 1999. DSL services will be included in New England Voice & Data high-speed data offerings, marketed to small- and medium-sized businesses. "We are committed to building a state-of-the-art network and a leadership position in the competitive local exchange industry," said Robert Shanahan, chief operating officer at New England Voice and Data. "Combining Lucent's network expertise with our own special skills and business model will position us to continue the positive momentum we have created by providing our customers with the new, differentiated and innovative data and voice services they need today." In addition to the Lucent 5ESS switches, the network expansion will include Lucent's TNT remote access server, AnyMedia FAST access, SLC (R), ConnectReach(TM) integrated access device and SLC-2000 access systems, FT-2000 OC-48 and DDM-2000 OC-3 and OC-12 lightwave systems. "New England Voice and Data is ready to offer the next generation of communications services as it enters new markets and we will help with expandable solutions," said Mark Wilson, vice president for Lucent Technologies. "Lucent knows networks. By providing solutions that reflect the realities of communications in all its forms, we will make sure New England Voice and Data has the right solution at the right time." Based in Marlboro, Massachusetts, New England Voice and Data provides local exchange, domestic and international long distance, enhanced data services, Internet access from 56k to 45Mbps, Web hosting, Co-location, Toll Free, and calling-card services for business, government and institutional customers in the Northeast. More information about New England Voice & Data is available at our website nevd.net.