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To: Mike K who wrote (150)	9/14/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 285

Alcatel Unveils Evolutionary Step in Optical Leadership BusinessWire, Monday, September 14, 1998 at 09:06 ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1998--Alcatel is unveiling another optical gateway network element September 14-16, 1998 at the 1998 National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (NFOEC) in Orlando. Focusing on end-to-end wavelength services, Alcatel's Optinex(TM)1680 OGM (Optical Gateway Manager) is part of a generation of products that manages entry points into the Optical Layer. The 1680 OGM is built on revolutionary patent-pending (new-delete) architecture. This architecture eliminates the limitations of a traditional SONET/SDH multiplexer. The architecture allows the 1680 OGM to serve multiple 10 GB/s (stacked-delete) rings in a central office from a single network element. It minimizes office cabling and congestion because traffic can be groomed directly from one ring to another without ever leaving the network element. Two transoceanic networks, Global Crossing's Mid-Atlantic Crossing (MAC) and a new consortium for Japan-U.S. Cable Network, will be incorporating the 1680 OGM with its unique SDH/Sonet features, including NPE (Network Protection Equipment) known as transoceanic 4 fiber bi-ring switching, into their respective networks The new product continues Alcatel's leadership of the "optical gateway" concept introduced at Supercomm with Alcatel's first Optinex 1680 Optical Gateway Cross Connect (OGX). "The 1680 OGM brings the functions of the optical layer further out in the network. It provides the efficient management needed to meet the growing traffic demands," said Ken Lewis, VP/GM Core Transport Networks. In developing this innovative new product, Alcatel leverages its extensive network experience. The 1680 OGM supports some of the most popular network applications pioneered by Alcatel, including in-service conversions from linear to ring topologies. Alcatel maximizes its experience in both digital cross-connect systems and SONETS/SDH add/drop multiplexers to produce this integrated node concept with the scalability, flexibility and functionality of the 1680 OGM and 1680 OGX. Optical gateways provide a high-capacity platform with integrated Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optics. Optical Gateways allow bit-rate transparent traffic services to be efficiently transported through the backbone network that is optimized for high-capacity transport. These gateways are the keys to delivering end-to-end wavelength services. As the optical layer evolves, Alcatel's Optinex(TM) product line will foster economically streamlined networks and a greater range of services. They'll facilitate faster and higher-level restoration and aggregate bandwidth into larger components. "The traffic explosion that initially caused carriers to add transport capacity is now resulting in a consolidation of elements to reduce central office costs," said Mathew Steinberg, Director of Optical Networks for Ryan Hankin Kent, a telecommunications research firm. "Alcatel's 1680 family of products begins to address large and small offices." Alcatel is a world leader in telecommunications systems and equipment, with operations in over 130 countries. It provides complete solutions and services ranging from backbone networks to user terminals for operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers. Alcatel Alsthom, to be renamed Alcatel, has been up to now a multi-business company with revenues of $31 billion in 1997. It is currently reshaping its portfolio on its core business, telecom and cables, with a dedicated revenue of $23 billion in 1997. For more information, visit Alcatel via the web at: alcatel.com. Contact for Alcatel Alsthom Investor Relations (Paris): Charlotte LAURENT-OTTOMANE, (33.1) 40 76 13 30 or ottomane@ahqps.alcatel.fr (Fax): (33.1) 40 76 14 05 -- UK media contact: Barrington Lloyd International, tel. +44 (0) 1799 506 187 or barry.lloyd@bli.co.uk CONTACT: Alcatel Amy Morenz 972/996-7896 Internet: Amy_P_Morenz@aud.alcatel.com KEYWORD: FLORIDA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com

To: Mike K who wrote (150)	9/14/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 285

Alcatel Demonstrates an All-Optical Cross-Connect BusinessWire, Monday, September 14, 1998 at 09:06 ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1998--After extensive testing to validate the optical layer concept in real world conditions, Alcatel is showcasing a proof-of-concept of its all-Optical Cross-Connect System (OCCS) during the National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (NFOEC) in Orlando Sept. 14 through 16, 1998. Alcatel's OCCS highlights advanced space-switching and all-optical wavelength translation. These two functions are vital to implement the OCCS prototype. Encouraged by significant research progress, Alcatel partnered with scientific and commercial companies to demonstrate the feasibility of a large scale all-optical network. Project partners included France Telecom, Belgacom, Telenor, Tele Danmark, CSELT, Alcatel and major European universities. The OPEN (Optical Pan-European Network) consortium was part of the European Commission-funded ACTS (Advanced Communications Technologies and Services) research program. The project involved testing the OCCS in two field trials using the installed infrastructure of four of the network operators. After one year in the field, trial results confirmed the maturity and long-term reliability of the InP-based advanced optical components used in the OCCS, which includes all-optical wavelength converters and arrayed optical gates. "Our test results confirm our vision of a relatively near term all optical layer. This was the first field evaluation of a large-scale network using an all-optical cross connect," said Ken Lewis, Alcatel's VP-GM responsible for Optical Networks. "Obtaining more capacity and greater performance from optical transmission systems is the heart of our optical innovations which we have branded as Optinex," Lewis explained. "The proof of concept demonstration provides carriers with a look into the future of wavelength management." The OPEN field experiments evaluated long-haul, multi-wavelength transmission and optical routing. They featured network configurations that included the cascade of several OCCS. They also demonstrated network reconfiguration and fast network restoration services. The trials were conducted on significantly different fiber plants, varying in topologies and transmission distances: -- The first trial linked Norway to Denmark using a mix of submarine (G.653) and terrestrial fiber (G.652) using the infrastructures of Telenor and Tele Danmark -- The second connected France and Belgium using the terrestrial cable (G.652) infrastructures of France Telecom and Belgacom. Future trials will build on this momentum. Along with France Telecom and Belgacom, Alcatel is now part of a new ACTS consortium called PELICAN (Pan-European Lightwave Core and Access Network). This project plans a 99 trial that will involve an even more complex topology. It will enable Alcatel and the project's network operators to go beyond validating the physical part of the optical network concept. These trials will help demonstrate richer network management functions related to restoration capabilities. A world leader in telecommunications systems and equipment, as well as related cables and components activities, Alcatel operates in over 130 countries. Alcatel provides complete solutions and services to operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers, ranging from backbone networks to user terminals. For more information, visit Alcatel on Internet: alcatel.com or the US web site at www.usa.alcatel.com. Contact for Alcatel Investor Relations (Paris): Charlotte LAURENT-OTTOMANE, (33.1) 40 76 13 30 or ottomane@ahqps.alcatel.fr (Fax): (33.1) 40 76 14 05 -- UK media contact: Barrington Lloyd International, tel. +44 (0) 1799 506 187 or barry.lloyd@bli.co.uk. CONTACT: Alcatel Amy Morenz 972/996-7896 Internet: Amy_P_Morenz@aud.alcatel.com KEYWORD: FLORIDA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Copyright 1998, Business Wire

To: Mike K who wrote (150)	9/14/1998 1:45:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 285

Alcatel's DWDM Address Underserved Metro Market BusinessWire, Monday, September 14, 1998 at 09:07 ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1998--Capitalizing on its DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) metro innovations, Alcatel is introducing its OPTINEX(TM) 1640 LXT (Local Exchange Terminal) September 14-16, 1998 at the 1998 National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (NFOEC) in Orlando. "Although the metro market has been slow to adopt DWDM, we believe 1999 will be the start of a tremendous market upswing," Ken Lewis, Senior Vice President of Alcatel USA's transmission division. "Alcatel is leveraging our understanding of the long-haul and metro markets to help carriers prepare for new wavelength-based services." In fact, the OPTINEX 1640 LXT is based on the same platform as Alcatel's OPTINEX(TM) 1640 OADM used for long haul applications. Using the same platform offers two major advantages. First, as the distinction between short and long haul carriers is fading and carriers are benefiting from a product family that offers a common platform. Second, amplifiers from the OPTINEX 1640 OADM can be implemented on the OPTINEX 1640 LXT to solve high fiber loss challenges. This feature is especially important for carriers like incumbent local exchange carriers that use mature standard single mode fibers. The OPTINEX 1640 LXT is Alcatel's DWDM product that has been cost optimized for the metro market. The span distance in the metro market is typically 65 Km or shorter, providing multiple opportunities for cost reduction. The product eliminates amplifiers for short span small loss scenarios, lower cost modulation techniques are used, lower power consumption is achieved and it supports a smaller footprint. Along with reducing costs, the OPTINEX 1640 LXT will enable carriers to more easily migrate to the optical layer. The product's bit rate independent transponders will support services like ATM, IP, and frame relay directly across the DWDM system. The OPTINEX 1640 LXT's optical ring switch will operate essentially like existing SONET rings and automatically reroute bandwidth. With optical rings, though, switching will occur at the optical layer and route around fiber cuts and across network failures. As the optical layer evolves, Alcatel's OPTINEX product line fosters economically-streamlined networks and a greater range of services. A world leader in telecommunications systems and equipment, as well as related cables and components activities, Alcatel operates in over 130 countries. Alcatel provides complete solutions and services to operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers, ranging from backbone networks to user terminals. For more information, visit Alcatel on Internet: alcatel.com or the US web site at www.usa.alcatel.com. Contact for Alcatel Investor Relations (Paris): Charlotte LAURENT-OTTOMANE, (33.1) 40 76 13 30 or ottomane@ahqps.alcatel.fr (Fax): (33.1) 40 76 14 05 -- UK media contact: Barrington Lloyd International, tel. +44 (0) 1799 506 187 or barry.lloyd@bli.co.uk. CONTACT: Amy Morenz, 972/996-7896 Internet: Amy_P_Morenz@aud.alcatel.com KEYWORD: FLORIDA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Copyright 1998, Business Wire