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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (1875)	5/30/2000 5:57:00 PM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Respond to of 3891

TL FRANCE SELECTS ALCATEL'S END-TO-END SOLUTION TO ENTER FRENCH MARKET Paris, 30 May 2000 - NTL France, the French subsidiary of Europe's largest cable-operator for multiservices, has signed a contract with Alcatel to develop a global telecom network in the French regions of Ile-de-France and Provence-Alpes-C“te d'Azur. Alcatel's turnkey solution will provide NTL France with both telephony services and high speed Internet access for their residential and business customers. The network is expected to be ready for commercial roll out during the 4th quarter of 2000. Alcatel's end-to-end solution is based on Alcatel 1000 MM switching systems, Alcatel Litespan multiservice wireline access nodes and an SDH transmission network. This transmission network which utlises Alcatel Optinex muliservice nodes, will enable ntl France to transport IP, ATM and SDH traffic on a single layer. Alcatel's network will feature open interfaces and will be managed by a high-performance integrated network management system. Its flexibility to provide both narrowband and broadband as well as its capability to bring XDSL technology to the end-user doorstep, will enable NTL France to adapt its offering to the subscribers' demand in a cost effective manner. Bernard Touraine, managing director of NTL France, declared: "By selecting Alcatel, we meet our customers' request for a a clear and competitive offering in telephony as well as for high-speed Internet access. Alcatel will be a major partner in the development of our local loop and in our penetration of the French market." Manuel Gordillo, chairman and CEO of Alcatel CIT, said : "We are very glad to have been selected by NTL France. Our capacity to offer an truly end-to-end network solution combining advanced switching, transport and access technologies, has been key in this success. We are committed to fully support NTL's deployment in France and Europe and to help them differentiate their services to the end-users." About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 23 billion in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. . Alcatel 1000 switching systems are present in over 130 countries with over 250 million installed terminations. The high capacity Alcatel 1000 MM, multimedia multiservice is part of Alcatel's product suite for next generation networks bringing a very high capacity for voice and ISDN services at the same time it offers multimedia and Internet access services to operators worldwide. . Litespan is Alcatel's fully scalable multiservice access node providing operators with acces for all types of technologies ranging from POTS, ISDN, xDSL and ATM. ALcatel's Litespan has a footprint of 57 million lines worldwide. Alcatel enjoys a global market share of 37% in the ANSI market and of 25% in the ETSI market for wireline access. About ntl NTL is Europe's largest cable-operator for multiservice. Its 20.000 employees in Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland and France deliver a wide range of multimedia services to more than 3 million subscribers. Contact press@www.alcatel.com ntl: eric champin@corp.ntl.fr