Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs study, done in conjunction with the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council, shows an increase in mobile access in developing economies can incrementally accelerate economic impact by 36 percent measured in GDP

Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent’s (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) research arm today released a white paper developed with support of the World Economic Forum’s Telecommunications Industry Global Agenda Council entitled “Putting Broadband in the Palms of People’s Hands: A Model to Drive Faster Economic and Social Growth.”  The paper describes the impact of widespread access to mobile communications on economic and social growth in developing economies.

To create the paper, teams of experts from Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and the World Economic Forum’s Telecommunications Industry Global Agenda Council conducted in-depth studies of the mobile landscape in emerging markets, in particular Bangladesh, Kenya and Venezuela.  To obtain a copy of the white paper please visit  http://www2.alcatel-lucent.com/wef/files/Alcatel-Lucent_Putting_Broadband_in_the_palm_of_peoples_hands.pdf (more…)

Increased bandwidth and flexibility to support video-rich content and applications growth

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has signed a major five-year agreement with BT for an evolution of its 21st Century Network (21CN), the foundation of BT’s IP transformation to enhance customer experience and accelerate time-to-market for next generation services.

Leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s High Leverage NetworkTM (HLN) architecture and transformational services, this project will further evolve BT’s infrastructure, enabling the company to expedite network convergence, increase capacity and deliver content cost effectively as it prepares to introduce new video-rich services to an expanded base of wholesale and retail subscribers. (more…)

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the appointment of Vivek Mohan as President of its Services business, effective April 2, 2010. He will be a member of the company’s management committee and replaces Andy Williams who has left the company for another opportunity. Vivek will be based in India.
Vivek is currently Head of Alcatel-Lucent’s business in India. Vivek brings over 25 years of experience in managing businesses across a wide range of sectors and markets.

“I want to thank Andy for the excellent work he has done in growing our services business faster than the market, delivering a healthy operating profit, and positioning Alcatel-Lucent as the transformation partner for key customers throughout the world,” said Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent. “Vivek is the perfect executive to accelerate this business’ growth – bringing hands on experience in overseeing a world class team that has performed managed services and network maintenance for some of India’s leading service providers.” (more…)

Collaboration Will Extend TD-LTE Ecosystem to 2.6 GHz Spectrum for Operators in Asia and Europe

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Sequans today announced their collaboration on LTE solutions for operators of TD-LTE networks in Asia and Europe who are planning to offer services at 2.6 GHz. The first result of this collaboration in response to this significant demand will be a Sequans 2.6 GHz USB dongle to be used in operator trials in 2010.

“Through this partnership, we are exhibiting our commitment to creating a vibrant LTE ecosystem and to supporting operator goals of demonstrating the value of TD-LTE in delivering advanced services to end users,” said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. “Alcatel-Lucent is an LTE technology leader, already actively involved in some of the most significant LTE deployment projects announced to date and we are pleased to work with them.”

Alcatel-Lucent was previously selected by China Mobile to deploy China Mobile’s demonstration network at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, beginning in May, using Sequans TD-LTE chips and USB dongles at 2.3 GHz.

“We are committed to working closely with operators in Asia and Europe to support their LTE strategies,” said Doug Wolff, Alcatel-Lucent 4G/LTE Solutions VP. “Our collaboration with Sequans, a truly innovative and accomplished 4G semiconductor supplier, will yield valuable TD-LTE solutions.”

About Alcatel-Lucent and LTE

With 40 LTE customer trials secured to date, Alcatel-Lucent is a worldwide leader in LTE. The company is actively engaged in the majority of LTE projects being pursued by tier 1 operators around the globe.

To help operators realize their potential, Alcatel-Lucent is offering a unique, pre-integrated, end-to-end LTE solution and a full set of associated professional services. Alcatel-Lucent’s network architecture is based on Alcatel-Lucent unique converged radio access network (RAN) strategy allowing scaling of W-CDMA networks and smooth evolution to LTE. The company also founded the ng Connect Program, a global initiative to drive the development of an open and diverse ecosystem of LTE device manufacturers, content providers and application partners. Through the ng Connect program and with Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end LTE solution, wireless broadband operators benefit from open innovation, pre-integrated solutions, reduce time to market with LTE-enabled services, and the ability to drive new and non-traditional business models.

For more information about Alcatel-Lucent¹s end-to-end LTE solution, please visit: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/lte

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to 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 15.2 billion in 2009 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

About Sequans Communications

Sequans Communications is a 4G chipmaker, supplying LTE and WiMAX chips to equipment manufacturers and mobile operators worldwide. Founded in 2004 to address the WiMAX market where it is now a global leader, Sequans has recently expanded to address the LTE market. Sequans chips are inside the world’s leading WiMAX networks and will soon be inside the world’s leading LTE networks. Sequans is based in Paris, with additional offices throughout the world, including USA, United Kingdom, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. www.sequans.com

New smaller scale platforms allow service providers to extend advantages of Service Routing to furthest reaches of IP network edge at a more economical price point

Mumbai, October 29, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the introduction of two new IP routers designed to give service providers an economically viable alternative for offering smaller communities the same advanced mobile, residential and business services currently delivered in larger metropolitan areas. The new products, which will expand the addressable market of Alcatel-Lucent’s industry-leading Service Router portfolio, will extend the benefits of service routing further out into the network and also enable mission-critical verticals such as utilities, transportation, healthcare, public safety, and financial institutions to confidently transform their networks to all-IP with a solution scaled to their needs.

Alcatel-Lucent is extending its 7750 Service Router (SR) family with the introduction of two new routers, the 7750 SR-c12 and 7750 SR-c4. Both products are fully featured multiservice routers offering the same rich suite of applications for which the Service Router is known, but in a smaller form-factor. The products are scaled to meet the requirements of smaller ‘points of presence’ in large service provider networks, and to address IP/MPLS network requirements for smaller-scale service providers and mission critical verticals. The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-c12 and 7750 SR-c4 are powered by the FP2 chipset, Alcatel-Lucent’s break through silicon which delivers sophisticated and optimized network processing and traffic management at speeds up to 100Gb/s. Both also run under the same operating system as the entire Service Router family for seamless interworking, consistent service delivery and simplified operations.

“With these additions, Alcatel-Lucent is effectively extending a proven, feature-rich platform to address new market opportunities where they need the capacity and capability, but at more cost-effective price points,” said Glen Hunt, principal analyst, Carrier Infrastructure, Current Analysis. “The elegant integration with the existing portfolio – especially with a single operating system from end-to-end – makes it attractive to operators who are looking to deliver full featured, high performance services from their smaller or more remote points of presence in order to drive new revenues. This is the next logical evolution of the portfolio, and these platforms are powerful additions to the 7750 SR family.”

As the newest members of the Service Router family, the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-c12 and 7750 SR-c4 become key components of Alcatel-Lucent’s High Leverage Network™ architecture – a fully converged, scalable, next-generation, all-IP multiservice infrastructure that enables operators to deliver traffic more reliably, efficiently and at the lowest cost, while also leveraging the network to generate revenue from sophisticated managed services and applications.

“Alcatel-Lucent continues to build out and strengthen its IP portfolio with innovations such as the recently introduced 100GE interface, targeted at massive bandwidth requirements, and now with our new high performance platforms dimensioned for smaller points of presence,” said Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s IP activities. “Not only do the new Service Routers deliver outstanding flexibility in their ability to deliver a full range of Ethernet port speeds from 10Mb/s to 10Gb/s, but they’re also well suited to programs designed to extend broadband connectivity, which is a driver for economic development in all regions.”

The new Alcatel-Lucent Service Routers deliver up to 90 Gb/s of forwarding capacity and can support edge routing interfaces speeds of up to 10GigE with sophisticated Quality of Service (QoS), a highly scalable control plane, and native IPv6 support in hardware. They offer proven high availability features including non-stop routing, non-stop services, Multi-Chassis-LAG, Multi-link PPP and pseudowire redundancy, and support a wide range of both legacy and Ethernet interface types. Both platforms also run under the Alcatel-Lucent Service Router Operating System (SROS), a single, feature rich operating system which runs across all service router platforms, and the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) providing integrated element, network, and service management to enable seamless operations, administration and management (OAM) and simplified, consistent services delivery. For more information, click here

Over 280 service providers in more than 100 countries around the world have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio as key elements of their IP transformation. According to Ovum, Alcatel-Lucent holds the #2 position in the IP/MPLS Edge market segment.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to 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

First of its kind competency centre in Chennai to serve as innovation test bed

for both Indian and global customers

Mumbai, September 8th, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris: Euronext and NYSE: ALU) today announced the launch of a new, state-of-the-art IP Transformation Center (IPTC) in Chennai, India. First center of its kind in the sub-continent, the IPTC will develop, integrate and test end-to-end IP networking solutions for Alcatel-Lucent’s Indian and global customers as they migrate to next generation architectures.

Alcatel-Lucent’s India IPTC enables service providers to design, test and integrate their solutions in a risk-free environment, as if it were their own network. It helps them shorten the IP transformation trajectory and their time to market while allowing them to keep costs under control and focus on serving their customers. The IPTC at Chennai hosts about 50 technologies.

The IPTC is networked with Alcatel-Lucent’s existing IPTCs and network integration centers located in Antwerp, Belgium; Singapore; Murray Hill, Naperville and Plano in the USA, as well as with multiple R&D labs world-wide, including India. These centers, which share knowledge, resources and best practices, help service providers execute their IP Transformation projects.

Vivek Mohan, managing director, Alcatel-Lucent India said: “To survive in a hyper-competitive environment, service providers need to rapidly introduce new services, reduce operational costs, and enhance the customer experience.  Alcatel-Lucent’s IPTC will help service providers achieve these goals and shorten their IP transformation process while mitigating potential risks in areas such as network design, end-to-end integration, process reengineering and customer migration.” This new facility will firmly establish Alcatel-Lucent in India as the leading network integrator locally and globally.”

Alcatel-Lucent, a market leader in IP transformation, has strategic relationships with major service providers undergoing IP transformation giving it an unrivaled track record of over 40 projects worldwide.

In India, Alcatel-Lucent’s R&D activities rely on 2,700 engineers and scientists working on 100,000 square feet of lab space. Alcatel-Lucent has established a Bell Labs research centre in Bangalore and has major software development centers at Gurgaon, Noida, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Alcatel-Lucent has also a joint venture with CDOT (Government of India R&D Telecom organization) based in Chennai for the development of broadband wireless access solutions like WiMAX.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions that to 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

Mumbai, September 1st, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the appointment of Subhash Bana as Vice President R&D reporting to Vivek Mohan, managing director Alcatel-Lucent India.

In his new role, Subhash will be responsible for driving excellence in engineering performance across the carrier and applications software activities, including best-in-class R&D service delivery, quality and innovation enhancing support to the Indian customers. He will also liaise with the business divisions to develop and execute products & solutions for emerging markets.

“I’m confident that under Subhash’s drive, R&D will play a key role in consolidating Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership position in India. His research experience and knowledge of the industry will be a significant asset to the company” said Vivek Mohan, managing director of Alcatel-Lucent India.

Subhash comes with over 24 years of experience in the defense, telecom, media & entertainment markets.  Prior to his appointment, he was vice president of Thomson’s operations in India & Sri Lanka.

Before joining Thomson in 2007, Subhash had worked with Alcatel-Lucent in various capacities for 14 years. His last assignment with Alcatel-Lucent was as managing director of Alcatel Development India, where he spearheaded the growth of India R&D from a small competence center to a large world-class software R&D organization.

Subhash holds a graduate degree from National Institute of Technology, Warangal and is a Post Graduate in Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to 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

Mumbai, September 1st, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the appointment of Subhash Bana as Vice President R&D reporting to Vivek Mohan, managing director Alcatel-Lucent India.

In his new role, Subhash will be responsible for driving excellence in engineering performance across the carrier and applications software activities, including best-in-class R&D service delivery, quality and innovation enhancing support to the Indian customers. He will also liaise with the business divisions to develop and execute products & solutions for emerging markets.

“I’m confident that under Subhash’s drive, R&D will play a key role in consolidating Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership position in India. His research experience and knowledge of the industry will be a significant asset to the company” said Vivek Mohan, managing director of Alcatel-Lucent India.

Subhash comes with over 24 years of experience in the defense, telecom, media & entertainment markets.  Prior to his appointment, he was vice president of Thomson’s operations in India & Sri Lanka.

Before joining Thomson in 2007, Subhash had worked with Alcatel-Lucent in various capacities for 14 years. His last assignment with Alcatel-Lucent was as managing director of Alcatel Development India, where he spearheaded the growth of India R&D from a small competence center to a large world-class software R&D organization.

Subhash holds a graduate degree from National Institute of Technology, Warangal and is a Post Graduate in Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to 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

• Deal SIZE crosses $ 750 Million (Rs. 3600 crore)
• JV manages multi-vendor, multi-technology, nationwide wireless networks
• Operations encompass 20,000 towns AND 5 lakh Indian Villages across 22 telecom circles catering TO OVER 80 Million customers

Alcatel-Lucent Managed Solutions, the first of its kind Managed Network Services joint venture company of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Reliance Communications (BSE : RCOM), one of India’s largest integrated telecommunications service provider today completes one year. This legal entity was launched in July 2008, as an innovative business model between one of the worlds largest telecom equipment manufacturer and telecom service provider to establish a cost-effective delivery hub for global services business.

“The unique combination of strengths of Alcatel Lucent and Reliance Communications has been among the key drivers for unprecedented growth and quick subscriber ramp up on the Reliance Mobile network”, said Mr. Sandip Biswas, Head of Managed Services, Reliance Communications. “With Reliance Communications holding a 33% equity stake in the Joint Venture, it also offers us significant opportunities to further create value for our many million stakeholders”, he added. Within the first year of operations the Joint Venture has demonstrated its capability to achieve operational cost savings of 20-25%. (more…)

New LTE Innovation Center Will Foster Wireless Growth

BARCELONA, Spain, and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ — In a move
that will jump-start deployment of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks
globally, Dick Lynch, Verizon executive vice president and chief technology
officer, detailed plans to build America’s first next-generation Long Term
Evolution (LTE) network during his keynote remarks at Mobile World Congress
in Barcelona today.

Lynch announced that Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon
Communications and Vodafone, has selected Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as
primary network vendors for its initial LTE network deployments in the United
States.  Verizon’s announcement comes on the heels of industry-leading LTE
network trials in the United States and Europe, carried out in conjunction
with Vodafone.  These two vendors are expected to build the underlying
infrastructure that will enable Verizon Wireless to become the first wireless
company to offer commercial LTE-based service in the United States, starting
in 2010.

Lynch said, “Verizon Wireless’ LTE network deployment will be driven by our
vision of providing ubiquitous global wireless broadband connectivity and
mobility.  LTE enables us to continue to meet business customer demands for a
higher bandwidth, low latency service that works broadly in the United States
and globally, while helping us to meet consumer demand for mobilizing the
many applications they frequently use when tethered to high bandwidth wired
networks.”

“Verizon Wireless’ deployment of LTE sets a unified direction in enabling
true, global wireless broadband and Ericsson is proud to be a part of this
historic occasion,” said Carl-Henric Svanberg, president and chief executive
officer, Ericsson.  ”We are not only providing Verizon Wireless with a
complete LTE solution, we are also committing our global leadership in
technology and standardization to help Verizon realize the promise of LTE
during 2010.  We look forward to a continued co-operation in the successful
commercialization of LTE, which will enable a new, enhanced mobile broadband
experience for consumers and enterprises throughout the United States.”

“Verizon Wireless’ ground-breaking move toward LTE underscores its commitment
to accelerating and stimulating an environment that will offer its customers
greater capacity and new services in more areas than ever before,” said Ben
Verwaayen, chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent.  ”With LTE’s bandwidth
and its ability to co-exist with the current 3G platform, we look forward to
partnering with Verizon Wireless to build the next-generation foundation that
will economically enable new forms of communications using both fixed and
wireless, as well as mobile broadband.”

Verizon Wireless also announced that in addition to Ericsson and
Alcatel-Lucent, Starent Networks has been selected as a packet core vendor.

In addition, Verizon announced that Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent
have been selected as key suppliers for the IP Multi-Media Subsystem (IMS)
network, which will enable rich multimedia applications regardless of access
technology.  IMS will be a cornerstone technology in the evolution of
Verizon’s services infrastructure.  Verizon plans to offer IMS-based IP
converged applications and services on its wireless and landline broadband
networks.  LTE will be one of the key wireless access networks linked to the
IMS technology.

Lynch said building and offering commercial services over Verizon Wireless’
LTE network, while also expanding its FiOS fiber network, is a consistent and
complimentary strategy focused on a committed future in broadband.  As has
been previously reported, Verizon’s total capital expenditures totaled
roughly $17 billion USD in 2008.  Lynch noted that LTE network costs would be
within the company’s overall program as spending shifts from older
technologies to new strategic initiatives, such as LTE.  The company expects
to maintain commercial service on its 3G service well into the next decade.

“Vodafone is pleased to endorse Verizon Wireless’ decision to select these
vendors as part of their LTE deployment plans in the United States,” said
Steve Pusey, global chief technology officer for Vodafone.  ”As well as
supporting these plans for the United States market, Vodafone continues to
work in close cooperation with Verizon Wireless on a range of initiatives
designed to drive the commercial development of LTE, including an extensive
program of trials.”

4G/LTE Innovation Center

Lynch also announced that Verizon Wireless expects to foster creative
solutions connecting people, places and things wirelessly on its LTE network
by creating the Verizon LTE Innovation Center, which will be based in the
suburban Boston community of Waltham, Mass.  With support from founding
partners Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent, Lynch said the mission of the
Innovation Center is to be the catalyst for early development of
non-traditional products for use on LTE networks.  A number of companies have
already expressed interest in the Center, which will be solely focused on
helping Verizon Wireless technology partners quickly develop and bring to
market new and innovative LTE-based solutions within the consumer
electronics, machine-to-machine, and business products segments.

Trials and Deployment

Utilizing their existing spectrum, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone have been
field testing 4G LTE networks in Minneapolis, Columbus, Ohio, and Northern
New Jersey in the United States, as well as in Budapest, Dusseldorf, and
Madrid in Europe, with a variety of network infrastructure providers.  These
field trials have demonstrated download rates of 50 to 60 Mbps peak speeds,
though actual average download results will not be determined until the
commercial launch of the new Verizon Wireless LTE network.  Utilizing its
recently acquired 700 MHz spectrum, Verizon Wireless will expand trials this
summer, and Lynch said the company will commercially launch its LTE network
in 2010.  Once the initial rollout is complete, plans are in place for
aggressive deployment throughout Verizon Wireless’ entire network, including
areas not currently covered by the existing Verizon Wireless footprint.

By leveraging its 700 MHz spectrum for LTE deployment, Verizon Wireless is
capable of quickly deploying a high-quality wireless broadband network with
excellent coverage and in-building penetration, all at a cost structure
significantly below current levels.  Verizon Wireless and Vodafone, together
with a broad group of LTE ecosystem suppliers — infrastructure, device and
technology companies — have advanced the technology that will deliver
unprecedented wireless broadband service for high performance mobile
computing, multimedia, and consumer electronic devices and applications.

LTE’s Promise

Advanced LTE-based wireless networks will support incredible new applications
that businesses and consumers can only access today through high-speed
wireline networks.  In addition to simply faster e-mail and Internet access
and better quality video services, wireless users will be able to take
applications they are accustomed to using at home or in the office into the
mobile world; roaming on other global LTE networks will provide portability
to take those applications virtually anywhere on the planet.  LTE also offers
the possibility of providing coverage in some rural areas not currently served
by wireless broadband.  Most importantly, a wide-area wireless LTE network
will be able to connect a full range of consumer electronics devices and
machines to each other — the holy grail of true wireless interconnectivity.

Lynch noted, “The appetite for new and innovative broadband services is
insatiable:  People want new and customized content, relevant information and
services, and increased opportunities to communicate with each other and the
world around them.  With the promise of more advanced devices and
applications, Verizon is ready to lead the way in harnessing the power of
LTE, at the onset of the LTE revolution.”

Today’s LTE announcement builds on Verizon Wireless’ technology leadership.
Verizon Wireless was the first company to broadly commercially deploy
high-speed wireless broadband service in the United States — a wireless
broadband network based on CDMA Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) technology
that covers approximately 274 million people from coast to coast.  The
company’s drive and dedication to innovation and leadership are demonstrated
by its introduction of new multimedia devices and services, its pro-customer
position on industry issues such as wireless spam and privacy, and its
industry-leading open development program.

For more information on products and services from Verizon Wireless, visit a
Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or visit
www.verizonwireless.com.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless
voice and data network, serving more than 80 million customers.
Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 85,000 employees
nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications
and Vodafone  .  For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com.  To
preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution
stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless
Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.