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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (3463)	6/20/2001 8:33:20 PM
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Alcatel MPLS Migration Switch Takes Top Design Award 7670 Routing Switch Platform(lunched shortly before ALA/NN merger, former IP+ATM 670 platform) Enables Profitable Service Delivery Paris, June 20, 2001 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today announced that its 7670 Routing Switch Platform (RSP) took gold at the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Awards. The award, presented by IDSA and sponsored by Business Week, recognizes design excellence. Competition was especially tough in this, the contest's 22nd year, with more than 1300 entrants coming together to set a new record for participation. The attractiveness of the 7670 RSP lies not just in award-winning design, but also in its native MPLS ability to aggregate ATM and IP traffic with classic reliability and quality of service. This platform is used the world over by carriers to generate profits while simultaneously preparing for network core convergence using Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). "Considering the strength of this field, taking gold is no easy task." says Bill Clem of the IDSA. "Alcatel put a lot of effort into user-centred design that marries the best of form and function." "The pedigree of the IDSA and quality of its competitions are well respected - it's one of the reasons we entered the contest in the first place" says Steve McCaughan, Alcatel's VP of the RSP Program. "As carrier networks evolve towards more profitable service delivery, emphasis on design and ease-of-use have a bigger impact on revenues." Leading up to the IDSA award win, the 7670 enjoyed several MPLS-related achievements. In addition to being the first multiprotocol core platform to simultaneously run CR-LDP and RSVP-TE signalling protocols, it also successfully completed MPLS interoperability tests with seven other vendors in trials conducted by the Optical Internetworking Forum. Alcatel receives its award from the IDSA and Business Week in an official ceremony held August 18th of this year in Boston at the Berklee Performance Centre. About IDSA IDSA is the voice of industrial design, representing the profession to business, government, education, the media and the general public and serving its information and networking needs. idsa.org 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