To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (56 ) 1/8/2001 7:43:53 AM From: zbyslaw owczarczyk Respond to of 135 Alcatel breaks the $1 billion revenue threshold for its Litespan offering > in the US for the year 2000 > Alcatel consolidates its leadership position as the number one integrated > > voice and data local access platform for ubiquitous deployment of > high-speed > DSL services > > ( this does not include Alcatel 7300 and 7350 > ASAM . Zbyslaw) > > Paris, France, January 8, 2001 - Nearly doubling its year-to-year revenue > for Litespan, the > world's most widely deployed Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier, to > more than $1 billion for > the year 2000, Alcatel today announced that it has grown its North > American embedded base > capacity to serve more than 45 million subscribers. This rapidly growing > footprint enables all > telecom operators to provide a full suite of quality voice services with > high-speed DSL to all > of its subscribers irrespective of their distance from the telephone > Central Office. > > "As the need for greater capacity and bandwidth continues to grow, a > carrier's ability to > transform standard voice networks into integrated voice-data networks > seamlessly will be > critical to success," said Barry Moon, Senior Analyst at RHK, Inc. > "Products which combine > these functions in a seamless manner will help carriers deploy these > advanced networks in > the 'last mile'." > > According to Paul Segre, VP and General Manager of Alcatel's Wireline > Access Division, > "Our customers have continued to place confidence in the Alcatel Litespan > platform. We take > very seriously the responsibility to help our customers transition from > the circuit-switched, > voice only network to an integrated voice and data packet network. We > look forward to > aggressively continuing this local loop transformation with all of our > customers in 2001 and > beyond." > > Note to Editors > > About Litespan > Alcatel's Litespan is the world's most widely deployed multiservice > access node offered to > carriers to connect both voice and data access lines. The Litespan > platform provides the > significant flexibility that is needed to compete in today's fast-paced > arena of new services > and technologies. Alcatel's Litespan 2000 ANSI for the US-standard-based > market and > Litespan 1540 ETSI for the rest of the world market allows a seamless > integration of Litespan > platform to existing and future networks. Litespan is used for all kind > of access lines, POTS, > ISDN or xDSL and provides open interfaces to voice networks (V5.2 / > GR303) and to > broadband data networks. > > About Alcatel DSL > Alcatel is the world's leading supplier of DSL solutions, helping service > providers > everywhere deploy an expanded range of revenue producing offerings and > applications > such as high speed Internet access, voice over DSL, and video services. > Alcatel's DSL > solutions are available on a variety of service platforms, including the > Alcatel 7300 and 7350 > ASAM; the Litespan NGDLC (Litespan 2000 ANSI and Litespan 1540 ETSI); and > > environmentally hardened DSL packages optimized for remote terminal > deployment, the > Alcatel Remote Access Multiplexer (RAM) and mini-RAM. This complete set > of deployment > options gives service providers the flexibility to bring DSL service to > all potential subscribers > in their service areas, regardless of network topology. A unified element > management > solution, Access Management System, manages voice and data services for > the Litespan > and the ASAM product family. The Alcatel 5620 Network Manager, an > integrated scalable > network management solution, seamlessly manages these products at the > network and > service layers. Alcatel's DSL technology is also offered in an advanced > range of customer > premises equipment, the Alcatel Speed Touch family of DSL modems, routers > and integrated > access devices supporting multi-line voice and data service over a single > telephone access > line. > > 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. > > Contact press@www.alcatel.com