[October 10, 2008]

Alcatel-Lucent: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and Alcatel-Lucent create a chairon broadband multimedia technologies

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:09102008

Madrid -- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) andAlcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris et NYSE: ALU) have launched the new "Alcatel-Lucent
Chair", enabling the students of the last courses of UPM's
Telecommunication Engineering Technical School to select a subject on
the most relevant technologies the new broadband multimedia services
and applications are based on.

Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON), service routing, applications
based on the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) and other new services will
be some of the fields in which the students will be able to acquire a
deeper knowledge and specialization thanks to this chair. The academic
activities in the University will be completed with a period of
practical studies at Alcatel-Lucent, after which the students will be
trained in state-of-the-art solutions and technologies.

Javier Uceda, Vice-chancellor of Universidad Politecnica de Madrid,
pointed out that this agreement is one more step in "the long and
fruitful history of cooperation" between Alcatel-Lucent and UPM, and
will enable both entities to contribute to the development of R&D&I and
quality education in the new communications services scenario.

Alfredo Redondo, Alcatel-Lucent's President for Iberia, said: "It is a
great honor for us to offer our knowledge, experience and leadership in
new broadband multimedia services as well as in the complex
multidisciplinary world that must be built around them to the Spanish
University. I am sure that this collaboration will be a success and
that the innovative ideas of the participants in this chair will be an
ideal complement both for our R&D&I network and for UPM's Technical
School of Telecommunication Engineers".

Alcatel-Lucent invests 2.7 billion euros in R&D, representing a 15% of
its sales, and owns a worldwide network of R&D and innovation centers.
The company has 25,000 active patents worldwide and its technical
experts participate in more than 100 standardization bodies.

The "Alcatel-Lucent Chair" meets Alcatel-Lucent's commitment with the

development of innovation in Spain and worldwide, and is an aspect of
its global corporate social responsibility activities targeting
innovation and know-how transfer, the digital gap reduction and
enriching people's life by transforming the way they communicate.

About Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise 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 revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007
and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.

CONTACT: Alcatel-Lucent Press Office
e-mail: press@alcatel-lucent.com
WWW: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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