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To: shotski1 who wrote (2613)	10/17/2000 7:24:41 AM
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Alcatel Signs Euro 43 Million Contract with Pro Futuro to Provide Broadband Services in Poland Contract Includes Core, Edge, Broadband Wireless Access, and Customer Premises Equipment PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000--Alcatel (Paris:CGEP:PA)(NYSE:ALA - news) today announced that it has been selected by Pro Futuro S.A. to supply and implement its broadband network in a deal worth Euro 43 million. Alcatel will supply a fully managed end-to-end networking solution, including broadband wireless access, to build Pro Futuro's broadband infrastructure over the next four years. This network enables the company to deliver broadband services -- including fast Internet access, data and video transmission and IP telephony -- to customers throughout Poland. The network will initially cover Lublin and its surrounding areas, but within four years the whole country -- including Warsaw, Poznan and Katowice -- will be served. ``This agreement with Alcatel will provide Pro Futuro with the tools and support to become a leading communications service provider in Poland,'' said Pro Futuro's Chairman, Jacek Zientkiewicz. ``We will deliver a full range of advanced telecommunications services -- including broadband services and high-speed Internet -- to the whole country.'' Pearse Flynn, President of Alcatel's Carrier Networking Group said: ``Alcatel will enable Pro Futuro to achieve its ambitious plan to roll out broadband wireless services nationwide within the next four years. We said we wanted to provide our customers with total telecommunications solutions, and that's exactly what we're able to do for Pro Futuro.'' Alcatel LMDS (local multipoint distribution service), a broadband wireless access network operating in the 26 GHz band enabling Pro Futuro to quickly and cost-effectively extend broadband services to their customers, powers the access portion of the network. This win continues to affirm Alcatel's global leadership in the LMDS market and widens the company's fast-growing broadband wireless footprint in Europe. The Alcatel 7670 Routing Switch Platform (formerly the Alcatel 670 RSP), a next generation multi-protocol platform, will form the core of Pro Futuro's network, providing high capacity, QoS-assured, carrier class switching and routing for IP/MPLS and ATM based services. The throughput of the 7670 RSP scales from its initial 50 Gb/s to 450 Gb/s while in service, enabling Pro Futuro to keep pace with market demand without service downtime. The broadband network edge is based on the highly flexible Alcatel 7470 Multiservice Platform and Alcatel 7270 Multiservice Concentrator (formerly the MainStreetXpress 36170 and 36177). The Alcatel 7410 broadband access server (BRAS) will be deployed as a highly advanced service access layer and the Alcatel 5735 SMC will be used as a powerful service management solution. Customer premises equipment will be based on the flexible Alcatel family of Omni products. About Pro Futuro Pro Futuro activity is focused on providing broadband networking services to Polish customers at a mass scale via a unified, scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient network - `FUTURO'. The company holds the nation-wide licence from Minister of Telecommunications of Poland for constructing and operating a telecommunication network as well as rendering data transmission and Internet access services. It also has been assigned 26 GHz spectrum for LMDS operations covering 25% of the Polish population. The roll-out started on September 2000 in Lublin. Next milestones are Warsaw and Katowice expected by the end of this year. Over 66% of the stock is controlled by the National Investment Fund `Jupiter' Inc. (Warsaw, Poland). Jupiter brings Pro Futuro financial stability and potential to carry out planned investments. 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. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: alcatel.com Contact: Alcatel Press Contact: Sarah Compton, +33 (0) 1 40 76 16 16 sarah.d.compton @alcatel.fr or Investor relations: Claire Pedini, +33 (0)1 40 76 13 93 claire.pedini@alcatel.fr or Chris Welton, +33 (0)1 40 76 13 30 chris.welton@alcatel.fr or Emmanuel Spite, +33 (0)1 40 76 16 04 emmanuel.spite@alcatel.fr or