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To: freeus who wrote (12)	4/18/1998 12:27:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82

PBX Market Analysis Overall Total PBX Line/Station shipments grew at an average rate of 9.7 percent Market leader Nortel shipped 54,853 more Total Lines/Stations than Lucent in 1997, reversing the market share position of the top two players. Nortel's total shipments increased 18.7 percent over last year (1996) -- the second largest increase in Total PBX Line/Station shipments recorded by all manufacturers. Mitel posted the largest increase in Total PBX Line/Station shipments, with shipment growth of over 22 percent. Siemens shipments increased 3 percent. "It was a tight race this year between Nortel and Lucent. Both companies were swapping the #1 and #2 spots all year long, but Nortel's effort in the Fourth Quarter put them on top for the year," stated Ed Tomasi, a consultant with The Eastern Management Group. Only two companies posted a year over year loss in their Total PBX Line/Station shipments, Fujitsu and Ericcson. Fujitsu's shipments fell 38.4 percent and Ericcson's shipments declined 5.6 percent. Key / Hybrid Market Analysis Overall, the Key / Hybrid Station (line) market increased 12.3 percent in 1997. Executone, Toshiba, and Nitsuko were the standout companies in the Key/Hybrid market. Each company posted substantial growth in Station (line) shipments. Executone's shipments increased by 50 percent, with Toshiba increasing 43 percent and Nitsuko increasing 22 percent. Lucent remained the market leader with 22 percent of the KTS / Hybrid Station (line) market share, despite posting a small gain of 0.2 percent in Station (line) shipments over 1996. Nortel followed with 18 percent of the market share and a year over year growth of 9.4 percent. Despite the double-digit growth of Station (line) shipments, Key / Hybrid System shipments fell slightly compared to 1996. Key / Hybrid System shipments dropped an average of 2 percent. Only two companies grew by 10 percent or more -- Toshiba and Lucent, with 18 percent and 11 percent growth respectively.

To: freeus who wrote (12)	4/18/1998 12:31:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82

Here's an excerpt from a press release today. <<The first call centre to allow world-wide web users to use a single analogue telephone line to converse with a live telephone agent, whilst simultaneously exchanging data and text, was launched today. SITEL Corporation, in partnership with Lucent Technologies, has developed the first Internet Call Centre which enables call centre operators to combine images and voice responses to speak to web-site users. Whereas previous developments in Internet Call Centre technology have required a dedicated ISDN link, the SITEL/Lucent technology allows users to browse web sites and click on a "call us now" button to connect with a live agent whilst maintaining their Web browsing session. Both user and operator can converse over a single analogue telephone line. The operator and customer can speak with each other, lead each other across the Web site, and even exchange data entered on the Web pages. The technology enables companies to combine improved customer accessibility to their products and services with a greater level of interaction than that offered by the telephone alone. >>

To: freeus who wrote (12)	4/18/1998 12:38:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Respond to of 82

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES: Lucent declares quarterly dividend, payable June 1, 1998 Presswire - April 16, 1998 19:57 M2 PRESSWIRE-16 April 1998-LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES: Lucent declares quarterly dividend, payable June 1, 1998 (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD MURRAY HILL, N.J. - Lucent Technologies' Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 4 cents ($0.04) per common share, payable June 1, 1998, to shareowners of record April 30, 1998. Lucent's quarterly dividend rate was 7-1/2 cents ($0.075) per common share prior to Lucent's two-for-one stock split on April 1. Today's action increases Lucent's dividend rate from 3-3/4 cents ($0.0375) per common share to 4 cents ($0.04) per common share after the split. The dividend will go to about 3 million shareowners. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent, visit the company's web site at lucent.com. CONTACT: Jeff Baum, Lucent Technologies Tel: +1 908 582-7635 e-mail: jbaum@lucent.com Bill Price, Lucent Technologies Tel: +1 908 582-4820 e-mail: williamprice@lucent.com M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.