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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (3131)	3/20/2001 11:56:58 AM
From: Gilbert Drapeau	Respond to of 3891

Alcatel Introduces Advanced Version Of Its Intelligent Location-Based Server DALLAS, TEXAS-- MARCH 20, 2001 - 11:38 EST Teams with Leading Wireless Software Providers To Demonstrate Instant, Location-Based Information Applications Leveraging its expertise in end-to-end wireless and location-based infrastructure, solutions and services, Alcatel (Paris:CGEP.PA and NYSE:ALA) today introduced an advanced version of its Intelligent Mobile Location Server (iMLS) with new innovative service modules. The company also announced that it will demonstrate a number of location-based applications from MapInfo, NearMe, Mediaplex and Tsola on its iMLS at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's (CTIA) WIRELESS 2001 show in Las Vegas, March 20-22 (Booth No. 1418). Alcatel's iMLS, which the company began showing last year, is a flexible server that enables wireless service providers to offer voice- and Internet-based location services quickly and cost-effectively. The advanced version of the iMLS incorporates several new unique service modules, which were developed based upon customer testing and evaluations. They include: /T/ -- Privacy Manager -- Enables a wireless subscriber to better manage and control what and how much personal information is disclosed to others, helping to address one of the hottest issues in offering location-based services -- privacy. -- Internal Coordinate Routing Database -- Enables wireless carriers to maintain information needed to coordinate a mobile user's location (latitude and longitude coordinates) and an emergency services zone, eliminating the need and cost of outsourcing this function. /T/ "Location-based services are seen as the next killer application for wireless service providers, combining the best of the Internet and mobile telephony," said Mark Peterson, vice president and general manager, intelligent networks, Alcatel USA. "Alcatel sees location-based services as a significant revenue growth area for wireless service providers in the United States and around the world in 2001 and beyond." Unlike other location-based solutions, the iMLS has been developed based upon an open standards, modular architecture. The open-interface of the iMLS allows location-based applications offered from a variety of vendors to be easily incorporated for rapid deployment of new services. For example, Alcatel has integrated the technology developed with MapInfo -- a provider of spatial technology -- directly into the iMLS, enabling service providers to deploy time-critical and revenue-generating services such as Enhanced 911 (E911) and location-based billing. According to Brian Lantz, vice president, global business and sales development, MapInfo, "The technology co-developed by Alcatel and MapInfo, and embedded into the iMLS, allows for instant translation of location information from the switch into location-based analysis and information." Alcatel plans to release several additional iMLS modules this year. Modules will include Enhanced 411 services and location-based directories, targeted advertising and mobile-commerce, fleet monitoring and tracking, mapping and routing, and location sensitive billing applications. "Alcatel's iMLS, coupled with a growing list of content from application developers, gives wireless providers everything they need to succeed in location-based services, both now and in the future," added Alcatel's Peterson. The iMLS is compliant with both Phase I and Phase II of the Federal Communications Commission's E911 mandate, which sets standards and regulations for the deployment of location-detection technology by wireless service providers. 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 130,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: alcatel.com.