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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (2833)	12/15/2000 2:56:01 PM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Respond to of 3891

Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 Wins Internet Telephony Magazine's Product of the Year Award Second major award for Alcatel's IP-based communication platform Paris, France and Calabasas, Calif., Dec. 15, 2000 - Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) today announced that the OmniPCX 4400 has been named Product of the Year by Internet Telephony Magazine. The Internet Telephony Product of the Year award is designed to honor innovative products and services that have contributed to the growth of the Internet telephony industry. The award-winning OmniPCX 4400 has been recognized in the LAN Telephony category to be a best of breed communication server of tomorrow, available today. The editorial staff at Internet Telephony Magazine picked out the Product of the Year award winners by reviewing product submissions from vendors, as well as looking through product information gathered over the past year. The list of winners will honor all of the leading vendors' best and brightest products (or updates to existing products) that were brought to market during the 2000 calendar year. The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400, along with other winners of the Product of the Year award will be announced in the January 2000 issue of Internet Telephony Magazine. The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is the world's most advanced IP-based voice communication system. Based on a client/server UNIX architecture, the OmniPCX 4400 includes scalability from 50 to 50,000 users, innovative Reflexes telephone handsets, 99.999% reliability, one-number mobility, unified messaging, voice-over-IP networking with quality of service management, Web-based customer contact center, and comprehensive network management. The OmniPCX 4400 offers a smooth migration path from legacy to IP telephony by supporting IP connections in addition to analog and digital connections. "Alcatel is very proud that the OmniPCX 4000 has been awarded Product of the Year," said Patrick Liot, president of Alcatel's e-Business Networking Division. "The OmniPCX 4400 has revolutionized the IP telephony market since its launch in January, and Alcatel appreciates Internet Telephony Magazine's acknowledgement of this accomplishment." "The Internet Telephony(R) Product of the Year award allows us to honor exemplary products across a broad span of the marketplace," said TMC president and group publisher Rich Tehrani. "As the industry matures, we're finding more than just products and services on the market - entire solutions are being offered. The awards, selected by the editors of Internet Telephony(R) Magazine and the engineers of TMC Labs, are designed to honor those companies, such as Alcatel for their OmniPCX 4400 as they continue to forge ahead with the development of the next generation of global telecommunications." 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 $26 billion (EURO $23 billion) in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. Contact press@www.alcatel.com