COLT Selects Lucent Technologies to Supply Next Generation Optical/Data Equipment for Pan-European Deployment CeBIT 2005, 10 - 16 March Hall 12, B30 HANNOVER, Germany, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by COLT Telecom Group plc (COLT) to provide next-generation technology and solutions for COLT's evolving range of packet-based services for corporate and SME customers, including its market-leading portfolio of Ethernet services. COLT will deploy infrastructure, software and services from Lucent's portfolio of optical networking products. COLT will deploy the Lucent solutions in its "simple" dedicated Ethernet Private Line (EPL) services as well as in more advanced and flexible services such as Ethernet Access to IP Services and Ethernet Private LAN (EPLAN -- multipoint). All these services can be offered in metro, national and international domains, allowing end-users more flexibility in their connectivity and bandwidth requirement choices. "Lucent's level of commitment to our business, combined with its technical support and the company's market leadership in the development of Ethernet over SDH technology proved to us that Lucent is the vendor of choice for these solutions," said Ignacio Irurita, Vice President Engineering from COLT. "By leveraging this technology, COLT is pushing to market with a full portfolio of advanced Ethernet solutions." Lucent and COLT are working jointly, to increase awareness and demand for these new Ethernet services in the marketplace. As part of Lucent's Market Advantage Programme, a joint marketing plan has been created, including sales and presales advanced training, customer-focused events, raising end-user awareness and understanding of Ethernet services and focused end-user sector specific research. This initiative will be ongoing as COLT launches new services through 2005 and onwards. "We are pleased to be able to help COLT, not only in the establishment of the network platform, but also in the development of new profitable services, which offer real added value," said Chris Halbard, vice president Sales and Business Development Europe for Lucent Technologies. "COLT will be able to further expand its impressive portfolio of Ethernet services across Europe so that customers can receive secure, reliable pan-European Ethernet services combined with flexible bandwidth. Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) will support COLT to ensure a smooth deployment and implementation of this new technology, providing, design, deployment, integration and other professional services. Lucent will also provide ongoing maintenance and technical support while helping COLT to market and sell Ethernet Services to its corporate customers. Product background Lucent's Ethernet solutions combine the speed and reliability of fast optical backbones with proven Ethernet technology that is the standard in local area networks. Lucent will provide COLT with its Metropolis(R) AM and ADM family of products, complemented with TransLAN(R) technology for full Ethernet transport and networking capability between customers' businesses in multiple locations. These products offer a converged platform, supporting todays customer service requirements while offering cost-effective multiservice support without the expense of creating and maintaining a separate overlay data network. Metropolis(R) ADM serves as a high density aggregation, integrated Ethernet-over-SDH multiplexer, enabling service providers to migrate from existing time-division multiplexed (TDM) networks to data-aware packet networks, while also providing the foundation for access to advanced application based services. Metropolis(R) AM, a compact and cost-effective Ethernet/SDH multiplexer, offers a wide selection of service interfaces, allowing carriers to continue their traditional services while delivering new services to end customers. For more information: http://www.lucent.com/solutions/metro_optical.html To manage the network, Lucent will be supplying the Navis(R) Optical Management System (OMS) that provides multiple network management functions, including element management, service provisioning and service assurance within optical networks. The system features an advanced Ethernet Management module that will allow COLT to perform single-user, automated provisioning of complex Ethernet networks and services over any transport network. This allows customer services to be turned up quickly by using the automatic routing capabilities and "point-and-click" features of the OMS graphical user interface. The product is part of the Lucent Navis(R) iOperations Software portfolio of open, standards-based network and element management systems. About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit http://www.lucent.com/. About COLT COLT Telecom Group plc is a leading pan-European provider of business communications services and solutions. The company owns an integrated 20,000 kilometre network that directly connects more than 10,000 buildings in 32 major cities in 13 countries augmented with a further 42 points of presence across Europe and 11 data centres. COLT supplies customers across the full spectrum of industry, service and government sectors with unrivalled end-to- end network security, reliability and service. COLT Telecom Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (CTM.L) and NASDAQ (COLT). Information about COLT and its products and services can be found on the web at http://www.colt.net/ DATASOURCE: Lucent Technologies CONTACT: Alistair MacIntyre-Currie, Lucent Technologies Europe, +44-7768-883-046 mobile, ; or Jenn McManus of Lucent Technologies, +1-908-582-5703 (office), +1-908-582-1209 (fax), Web site: http://www.lucent.com/ http://www.colt.net/ http://www.lucent.com/solutions/metro_optical.html

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