Robert Vrij, who is the newly appointed Alcatel-Lucen (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) head of the Americas Region with 15 years of senior management experience says the company has a lot of "potential and
opportunity."

DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced that DISH Network will test the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcast technology in the United States, with the appropriate DVB-SH equipment, test tools and training provided by Alcatel-Lucent.

The largest maker of telecommunication equipment in the world, Alcatel-Lucent SA, announced the quarterly loss of 2.58 billion euros ($3.74 billion). The loss became the biggest that the company had since its creation in 2006. Alcatel also scrapped the dividend when it cut the value of its wireless network unit.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is proud to announce that its new aggregation router for mobile operators, the Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR, has won the IEC InfoVision Award for New Product Concept at the Broadband World Forum Europe.

Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG), the Belgian incumbent operator, today announced that they have selected Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) as supplier for the rollout of their fiber-to-the-node VDSL2 network.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), in conjunction with its local business partner Sprint sp z.o.o. has signed an agreement to provide Exatel S.A, one of the largest providers of communication services in Poland, with Alcatel-Lucent’s IMS solution.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris e NYSE: ALU) announced today that it has been selected by Brasil Telecom, one of the biggest mobile and fixed telephony operators in Brazil, to deploy the first commercial WiMAX networks -- using the 802.16e-2005 (also called Rev-e) standard -- in the cities of São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced plans to demonstrate its technology leadership at the FTTH Conference and Expo trade show, taking place in Orlando, Florida Oct. 1 - 4.

At the 2007 WiMAX World USA Conference & Exposition today, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced the enhancement of its Open Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Program, established to ensure that WiMAX operators have access to a wide variety of terminal devices, with the expansion of its relationships with two key players in the WiMAX CPE market, Intel and Kyocera Wireless.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is participating in a public showcase demonstrating MPLS and transport MPLS (T-MPLS) technologies in one of the largest and most diverse public Carrier Ethernet multi-vendor interoperability test ever staged. Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating end-to-end transport of carrier Ethernet services over T-MPLS and MPLS networks offering the scalability, survivability and operation richness to deliver innovative, resilient packet-based services.

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that three subsidiaries of China Mobile, have selected Alcatel-Lucent to provide network optimization service for their wireless networks in Shanghai, and Guizhou and Shanxi provinces. Inner Mongolia Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, also selected Alcatel-Lucent to optimize its CDMA network in Inner Mongolian province.

Alcatel-Lucent signs contract with Telecom New Zealand to provide IP routing solution for next-generation residential services