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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (3486)	6/25/2001 6:04:49 PM
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Operators Reduce Overhead, Generate Revenue with Enhanced Alcatel LMDS Innovative New Features and Functionality Added to Industry-Leading LMDS Paris, June 25, 2001 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), a world in leader in broadband wireless access, today announced the latest release of its local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) platform. Already deployed with more than 100 customers world-wide, Alcatel's high-capacity, carrier-class LMDS solution now offers service providers award-winning end-to-end network and service management, as well as the ability to significantly extend their customer reach and cost-effectively deliver a host of revenue-generating multimedia services and applications. Currently being tested in customer networks, specific enhancements to the Alcatel LMDS solution include : - Superior end-to-end network and service management via the Alcatel 5620 Network Manager, enabling service providers to seamlessly manage core, edge and access portions of their networks, in a single step. - Expanded portfolio allowing service providers to capitalize on the lucrative multi-tenant building market to deliver digital subscriber line (DSL). DSL modems are connected to the LMDS Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) within the building through existing copper wiring. - Increased spectrum efficiency with cross-polarization radio for geographic regions with large spectrum bandwidth, including the United States and parts of Latin America. - Enhanced dynamic bandwidth allocation for multiple traffic types to maximise the gains of statistical multiplexing for bursty data traffic, enabling service providers increase network efficiency and meet demand by distributing unused bandwidth to other users. "Our high-performance LMDS solution has established Alcatel as the worldwide leader in the design and delivery of fixed wireless solutions." said Jean-David Calvet, executive vice president, Fixed Wireless, Alcatel. "This release represents a major step forward in the Alcatel LMDS platform as we continue to meet the specific needs of the growing broadband access market head-on." With unequalled speed and ease of deployment, the comprehensive Alcatel LMDS solution is comprised of base station and customer premises equipment, as well as network and service management. The platform offers service providers a fully controlled, multiservice broadband wireless network that can be deployed incrementally as demand increases. By minimizing up front investment, LMDS enables service providers to quickly capture market share and begin generate revenue, expediting the return on investment. 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. Contact press@www.alcatel.com