MUNICH, Germany and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- For Avaya, the Official Convergence Communication provider for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, months of planning meet the final test as terabytes of data race over wired and wireless, public and private, IP networks from origin to goal for the world's biggest sporting event. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/avaya/24641/ Equipped with sophisticated remote monitoring and trouble resolution tools, the FIFA IT Command Center in Munich and the Avaya Network Operations Center in Coppell, Texas continuously track the FIFA network performance -- all 30,000 devices, all 45,000 network connections across 70 locations -- for twenty four hours per day, every single day beginning weeks before the first kick-off to the final match on July 9. The mission: optimal functionality, no security breaches, and 99.999 percent or better uptime. The Avaya network will be used by journalists, stadium officials, volunteers, the Local Organizing Committee, even referees and players to communicate with each other and with fans throughout the games over phone, Internet and video. Thirty-two teams, FIFA executives and employees, countless officials and visiting dignitaries will all depend on the transportation and protocol application to get to hotels, cars, trains and airports. Worker and spectator accreditation and ticketing requirements vie for network space needed to send photos, player information and game results instantaneously around the globe. http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/avaya/24641DATASOURCE: Avaya CONTACT: Media, Deb Kline, +1-908-953-6179, , or Investor, Matt Booher, +1-908-953-7500, , both for Avaya Web site: http://www.avaya.com/

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