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Flagler College Selects Alcatel-Lucent's Wireless Network to Provide Advanced Technologies In Its Historic BuildingsMURRAY HILL, N.J., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected to deploy a secure wireless local area network (WLAN) at Flagler College, located in St. Augustine, FL, in order to protect the integrity of the college's historic buildings. Located four miles from the Atlantic Ocean, St. Augustine is the oldest European settlement in the United States. On the campus of Flagler College reside some of the oldest buildings on the grounds of a higher education institution in North America. The main building, Ponce de Leon Hall, was built in the 1800s and is a National Historic Landmark. The College selected wireless networking to offer advanced technology services to its over 2,500 users while protecting the national historic landmarks that make up the campus. "Flagler has pledged the preservation and use of these historic and architecturally-unique campus structures. As a result, wireless local area networking (WLAN) is a great option for us," said Joe Provenza, director of Technology Services at Flagler. "We are installing WiFi all over the campus including the dormitories, our library, and more, to give students and faculty secure access with the most modern wireless technologies available. The 700-plus students in the dorms won't need to use their own wireless access equipment, making it easier and cheaper for them, and taking away some of the security management headache for us." Flagler College selected Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess WLAN switches and access points to cover the campus which extends across five city blocks. "We chose Alcatel-Lucent because we have a very open campus and their access controls were the best for security, easiest to manage, and easiest for the user that we could find," added Provenza. "The other features of the product also stacked up well against the competition." "Today's higher education networks are becoming differentiating factors and represent one way in which universities are transforming the overall user experiences and creating greater satisfaction among students," said Hubert de Pesquidoux, President of Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise activities. "When students consider a university for their higher education, they expect a high level of technology to be in place as part of the way a university prepares them for the future. While embracing the future is essential, preserving the past is also an important endeavor which can be done in part through the use of the latest wireless solutions that provide secure and reliable accessibility while at the same time keeping historic treasures intact." About Flagler College Flagler College is an independent, four-year liberal arts college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The College offers 24 majors, 25 minors and two pre- professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,100 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. Tuition is also low at $15,210 including room and board. For the 12th consecutive year, Flagler was included in U.S. News and World Report's 2006 "America's Best Colleges" edition, as well as The Princeton Review's 2007 editions of "The Best 361 Colleges" and "America's Best Value Colleges." A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, co- founder of the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit http://www.flagler.edu/. 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 to be transferred to Thales]. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-/ lucent.com About Alcatel-Lucent's Higher Education Solutions Alcatel-Lucent offers full end-to-end technology and communication capabilities for higher education campus environments. As a global leader in converged broadband networking, Alcatel-Lucent provides educational institutions advanced services for students, teachers, staff, and administrators through its partnerships and internal development of applications, product features and service support for network deployment - enabling 21st century teaching and learning. 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