Alcatel-Lucent Enables the 'Cercle Passeport Telecoms' Program to Expand Internationally
Posted on: Thursday, 4 October 2007, 15:00 CDT
PARIS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announces the launch of a new initiative within the framework of its participation in the "Cercle Passeport Telecoms" program. This new initiative will be implemented by the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation and consists in helping students from disadvantaged areas in France to improve their level of English via telephone conversations with volunteer Alcatel-Lucent employees based in the United States.
70 English speaking Alcatel-Lucent employees have already volunteered to support this new initiative for the upcoming 2007-2008 school year.
This new program expands the "Cercle Passeport Telecoms" to an international level by enabling Alcatel-Lucent employees in the United States to become tutors of French students. It also prepares the students to obtain the necessary level of English required to participate in the entry exams of the Cercle's partner schools. The US-based tutors will hold a 30-minute telephone conversation per week with one or more French students. To support these conversations, the volunteers will be briefed by the student's English teachers and will receive supporting material such as a list of possible discussion topics as well as progress support sheets.
"This initiative is an important milestone for the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation. For the first time, French and American volunteers are brought together with the common objective of helping students improve their competencies. Through this initiative, Alcatel-Lucent further strengthens its commitment to cultural diversity and social coeducation," said Caroline Guillaumin, Vice President Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Alcatel-Lucent will actively pursue its participation in the "Cercle Passeport Telecoms" in France for the second consecutive year. For the 2007-2008 school year, 152 Alcatel-Lucent employees have enlisted as tutors for the "Cercle Passeport Telecoms."
About the "Cercle Passeport Telecoms"
Created in 2006 at the initiative of SFR, the "Cercle Passeport Telecoms", consists of seven telecom companies (Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson France, Motorola France, Nokia France, Nokia Siemens Networks, SFR, Siemens France) that joined forces with the French public institutions to create a program a program designed for young people from disadvantaged areas in France. The objective is to help them throughout their studies to get through the stages of a high level of education with the prospect of obtaining a higher-education qualification. The program was further completed when Credit Mutuel and Formule1, Orange joined the "Cercle" in 2007.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. (All figures exclude impact of activities transferred to Thales). For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/
About the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation
The Alcatel-Lucent Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Alcatel-Lucent and it leads the company's charitable activities. With a focus on education and volunteerism, the Foundation's mission is to support the commitment of Alcatel-Lucent to social responsibility by serving and enhancing the communities where its employees and customers live and work. To accomplish its mission, the Foundation manages grants, corporate contributions and employee volunteerism on a global level. It is defined as a "charitable," non-governmental, non-profit, private organization that receives its income from the corporation - Alcatel-Lucent - whose name it bears. However, legally it is an independent entity and is governed by its own board of trustees that is separate from the corporate board of directors. For more information, visit: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/CPT
Alcatel-Lucent
CONTACT: Dick Muldoon +1-908-582-1616, rpmuldoon@alcatel-lucent.comMary Ward +1-908-582-7658, maryward@alcatel-lucent.com, or Investor Relations,John DeBono, +1-908-582-7793, debono@alcatel-lucent.com, or Don Sweeney,+1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com
Web site: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/
Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall
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