Alcatel-Lucent Opens up Award-Winning GPON Platform to Third-Party Optical Network Terminals

Allowing Service Providers to Create True Multi-Vendor GPON Networks,
Without Operational Challenges

PARIS – BROADBAND WORLD FORUM EUROPE, September 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
– Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it is taking
a major step to help service providers create a true multi-vendor gigabit
passive optical networking (GPON) infrastructure, by publishing its “OMCI
Interoperability Implementer’s Guide – Version 1″. Using this guide, optical
network terminal (ONT) vendors will gain insights in Alcatel-Lucent’s ONT
management and control interfaces (OMCI), which they can then integrate in
their own terminals to interoperate with Alcatel-Lucent’s extensive, embedded
base of GPON central office equipment.

Service providers will thus be able to benefit from a more competitive
ONT environment and a huge choice of third-party ONT models working
seamlessly with Alcatel-Lucent’s flagship GPON product, the 7342 ISAM FTTU.
This will translate into faster time-to-market, fewer engineering constraints
and a reduced need for interop events. For ONT vendors, this will mean new
business opportunities and less OPEX by having less interoperability events.

“Alcatel-Lucent is taking a bold step by being the first GPON player to
share its OMCI specifications with other vendors. Our goal is to encourage
the adoption of fiber-to-the-home by breaking down interoperability
barriers,” comments Dave Geary, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s wireline
networks activities. “Alcatel-Lucent will shortly be publishing its OMCI
Version-1, and is even prepared to go a step further – by making its full
OMCI available to its partners on a case-by-case basis.”

Alcatel-Lucent is currently involved in over 95 FTTH projects worldwide,
over 80 of which are with GPON. Additionally, Alcatel-Lucent’s GPON network
has been deployed by a considerable number of utility companies as well as
municipalities and regions around the world. In Gartner’s latest FTTH Magic
Quadrant assessment1, Alcatel-Lucent was positioned in the leaders quadrant
for the fiber-to-the-home space.

1. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Fiber-to-the-Home Equipment (December
12th, 2008)

Editorial background material

China Mobile deploys Alcatel-Lucent’s GPON solution in the provinces of
Anhui and Guangdong (July 21st, 2009)
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Doc
s_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001695.x
ml&lu_lang_code=en

R-KOM selects Alcatel-Lucent for turnkey integration and deployment of
fiber-based access network in the eastern Bavarian region (July 9th, 2009)
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Doc
s_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001667.x
ml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent and SFR launch the first 3G+ very high-speed pilot network
based on a GPON FTTU backhauling solution (July 1st, 2009)
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Doc
s_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001652.x
ml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent confirms 1Q’09 broadband access leadership, performing
strongly in VDSL and GPON (June 8th, 2009)
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Doc
s_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001611.x
ml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent confirmed as global IPTV access and middleware market
leader (Apr 30th, 2009)
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Doc
s_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001554.x
ml&lu_lang_code=en

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About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of
service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions
that deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A
leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical
and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation
powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130
countries and the most experienced global services organization in the
industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach.
Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is
incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more
information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com.

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