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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (3823)	3/13/2002 5:53:16 PM
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COLT Selects Alcatel for Business Broadband in Spain Symmetric and voice over DSL services expand into country's largest cities Hanover, March 13, 2002 - COLT Telecom Spain, a subsidiary of COLT Telecom, the UK-headquartered pan-European provider of business telecommunications services, today announced it has awarded Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) a contract to supply digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment for a high-speed network linking Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. Targeting branch and remote offices of large companies, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises in the three cities, the network will deliver symmetric DSL-based business services and voice over DSL (VoDSL). COLT has selected Alcatel's voice over DSL solution, based on the Alcatel 7310 Loop Voice Gateway (LVG). The LVG allows up to sixteen additional voice lines to be deployed over the same copper connection, delivering significant savings to enterprises and new revenues with minimal incremental investment to service providers. The Alcatel 7310 LVG solution is unique in the industry for its ability to be deployed either as a standalone VoDSL solution or as a blade upgrade in each Alcatel 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM). Supply and maintenance of the Alcatel 7300 ASAM, the world's most widely deployed broadband access platform, is also included in the agreement. COLT's central office traffic is aggregated and transported across the wide area network using multi-protocol core and multiservice edge equipment based on the industry-leading Alcatel 7670 Routing Switch Platform and the Alcatel 7470 Multiservice Platform. The Alcatel 5620 Network Manager provides seamless network management across access, edge and core devices to improve provisioning efficiency and customer service. "Alcatel's leadership in broadband access and its significant presence in Spain were key factors in our selection", said Angel Rojo, director general of COLT Telecom in Spain. "Alcatel is not only able to deliver broadband, but the entire support network that ensures DSL is profitable for COLT and attractive to our business customers." "Alcatel is closely involved with the proliferation of broadband services in Spain, as befits the market leader", said Michel Rahier, president of Alcatel's Broadband Networking activities. "It is a privilege for us to expand our relationship with a carrier as dynamic in the European market as COLT Telecom." In late 2001, Alcatel announced a similar business broadband deployment with COLT France, servicing thousands of small and medium sized enterprises. About Alcatel Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of EURO 25 billion in 2001 and 99,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. About COLT Telecom COLT Telecom is a telecommunication and Internet operator for business, present in Spain since 1998. COLT provides advanced telephony, broadband, Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and Internet services with guaranteed quality of service thanks to its own 100% fiber optic network within the business centers in the cities where it operates. Today, COLT has more than 350 km of metropolitan networks around Spain and is present in 32 European cities. In Spain, COLT has also two Internet Solutions Centers (Madrid and Barcelona), the first of their kind in the country to offers advanced services of applications web hosting and electronic mail solutions. COLT also builds and operates a long-haul network in Europe that will reach a length of 15,000 km. COLT Telecom is listed on the London Stock Exchange (CTM.L) and the NASDAQ (COLT). Contact press@www.alcatel.com