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To: Sawtooth who wrote (10713)	5/18/1998 3:28:00 PM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Tim and all, More 3G stuffs from LU, Lucent Technologies to Supply System For DDI/IDO Trial of Third Generation cdmaOne(TM) Wireless Technology MURRAY HILL, N.J., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) today disclosed that it was selected as a supplier for Third Generation Code Division Multiple Access equipment for a trial to be conducted as a joint venture by Japan's DDI Corporation and IDO Corporation. In Tokyo, the two Japanese wireless companies announced they will conduct a trial designed to evaluate, research and develop a wireless transmission method that is an evolutionary step from the IS-95 cdmaOne standard technology. DDI and IDO are undertaking the project as part of an effort to evaluate next-generation services that are compatible with IS-95 systems and consistent with the goals of the International Telecommunications Union. The two companies said the joint laboratory will be established this month and field experiments will begin in the spring of 1999 and continue until the end of year 2000. Lucent Technologies has agreed to complete the supply of the necessary trial system by March, 1999. ''We are extremely gratified that we were selected as a participant in this very significant project,'' commented Ken Trojniar, head of Lucent's Wireless Networks Group in Japan. ''As a supplier of wireless systems to network operators across the globe, we are actively working with our customers to meet their needs for today and tomorrow as we evolve today's generation of systems to the next generation.'' Scott K. Erickson, vice president of Lucent's Wireless Network Group for Asia Pacific, expressed his support for the efforts in Japan with DDI and IDO. ''We are proud to be participating with DDI and IDO in the deployment of this Third Generation trial system for Japan. As the leading supplier of commercial cdmaOne systems throughout the world we have systems in Asia deployed in Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India and China. Lucent Technologies is committed to the evolution from today's technologies to the family of Third Generation systems and our efforts in Japan support that strategy.''