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To: Sultan who wrote (3730)	1/10/2002 5:48:02 PM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Respond to of 3891

France Telecom Group Selects Alcatel and Lucent To Supply ADSL Equipment Worldwide PARIS, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a worldwide request for proposals, the France Telecom group has chosen Alcatel and Lucent as suppliers of ADSL/SDSL access solutions for all group entities around the world. France Telecom will sign a three-year (2002-2004) worldwide master purchase agreement with each of the vendors. Each France Telecom subsidiary will choose between the two suppliers and benefit from the terms of the master purchase agreement, as well as technical expertise and support from the parent company for operational deployment. ``These master purchase agreements for DSL solutions are another example of how the France Telecom group's global purchasing policy is driving efficiency gains,'' said Jean-Yves Gouiffes, Executive Vice President of France Telecom's Networks Division. ``They reflect a fundamental technical choice for the entire group and will unlock significant synergies at both the technical and financial levels, bringing us substantial economies of scale.'' In France, Lucent will join Alcatel and ECI in the second half of 2002 as a third supplier for central office equipment, and as the fourth supplier -- in addition to Thomson Multimedia (which has taken over former Alcatel solutions), ECI and Sagem -- for customer modems*. For Poland, TP SA, in which France Telecom is a core shareholder, will shortly announce its decision regarding its first supplier of DSL equipment. Requests for proposals were sent out in spring 2001, and 20 vendors submitted bids. One of the key technical criteria underpinning negotiations during the selection process was the interoperability between equipment from different vendors. This means modems sourced for France Telecom. It does not include modems supplied to customers by Internet Service Providers. SOURCE: France Telecom