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To: Seconds Out who wrote (2297)	6/16/1998 5:32:00 PM
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Lucent trying to catch-up Tuesday June 16, 4:53 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Lucent Technologies At This Lucent Technologies Laboratory Wireless Communication Isn't Just Plain Talk LISLE, Ill., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless communication is about to become a lot more than talking on cellular phones. At a Lucent Technologies wireless technology laboratory here, engineers are beginning to see the fruits of their work with prototype services that will have profound impact on how people use mobile phones and other wireless devices. Some of these services like enhanced voice mail and instant location information services are being shown to wireless network operators who this week are attending a symposium sponsored by Lucent, the leading provider of wireless network technology in the U.S. The company established its Wireless Innovation Lab here and in Toronto, staffed by Bell Laboratories managers, as part of a program to help network operators better compete in a crowded mobile phone market on a basis other than voice calling plans. Enhanced voice mail saves you the trouble of retrieving voice mail and jotting down the caller's phone number. The feature automatically notifies you of new messages, including display of the number of the person who left you the message. Returning the call is as easy as pressing the ''send'' button twice. Instant location technology, based on a government requirement to provide emergency service personnel a quick way to find the origination point of mobile 911 calls, enable network operators to provide custom information services based on location. For example, if you are in the middle of a city and you want to locate the closest movie theater and what time each feature starts, you can access the wireless network for a display menu of the nearest locations and start times. The menu will even provide directions on how to get to your destination. Alternatively, if you're feeling ill, dialing *DOC may direct you to the nearest hospital. ''Cellular companies and new personal communications services operators are crowding the airwaves with enticing price plans,'' commented George Commons, director of the Wireless Innovation Lab. ''But network operators need to offer much more to differentiate their service from as many as four or five competitors in a given market. Our mission is to test these innovative service concepts and turn them into commercial offerings.'' Under its Cooperative Innovations program, Lucent has enlisted help from such smaller companies as Centigram Communications and SignalSoft, which specialize in applications that give new meaning to the buzzword ''personal communications services''. Last week Lucent announced that Spyglass and Unwired Planet, two companies who are leaders in technology for wireless Internet access, have also joined its alliance program. The solutions offered through this program complement the sophisticated messaging and intelligent networking services which Lucent and its Octel Messaging Division have developed, resulting in a wide array of options available to network operators who rely on Lucent's wireless network gear. The Wireless Innovation Lab headed by Commons houses a full-fledged microcosm of a telecommunications network for fine-tuning new applications before they are deployed commercially. The wireless lab is adjacent to a Lucent's new customer showcase that features a multimedia conference and demonstration center where customers can see Lucent products operate in a live networked environment. In addition to demonstrations of existing products, the showcase allows customers to evaluate prototypes of concept applications for use in wireless networks as well as provide input to Lucent on market application and future direction. Lucent Technologies supplies mobile and fixed wireless communications systems that offer global service providers standards-based solutions for serving the information needs of consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent 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 Technologies, visit our web site at lucent.com.