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PARIS, May 5 /PRNewswire/ —

- Analyst Firm Ranks Alcatel-Lucent No. 2 in Fast-Growing Services Market

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that a
major industry analyst research firm has ranked Alcatel-Lucent’s Services
business No. 2 in market share in critical segments of its market. Technology
Business Research (TBR) ranked Alcatel-Lucent No. 2 in 2007 global
telecommunications services market share.

“In the emerging post-merger market, Alcatel-Lucent has steadily
increased its share of revenue derived from services, tightening the
competition among telecom and IT suppliers,” said Michael Sullivan-Trainor,
Executive Analyst, Network business Quarterly, Technology business Research.

According to a recent report issued by TBR, global suppliers of services
for telecom operators saw revenue increases across the board in 2007 as the
total market grew to US$70 billion, an 8% increase over 2006. The TBR report
said that Alcatel-Lucent ranked No. 2 and held 9% market share in global
telecommunications infrastructure services in 2007, noting that in 2007
Alcatel-Lucent and other vendors stepped up their focus on the services
businesses.

“This study shows that Alcatel-Lucent is one of the most experienced and
knowledgeable services vendors in the industry,” said Andy Williams,
President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Services business. “We are positioned to become
the largest global services business in the communications industry because
we intimately understand the requirements of our customers who need a
‘network integrator’ with IT experience and network expertise.”
Alcatel-Lucent has one of the most experienced and knowledgeable network
services organizations in the industry, with more than 20,000 technicians,
network designers, consultants, engineers and project managers. With assets
that include ten Network Operations Centers, four IP Transformation Centers,
and more than 90 Technical and Welcome centers, Alcatel-Lucent is positioned
to become the largest global services business in the communications
industry.

To grow the company’s overall business, Alcatel-Lucent has been
aggressively pursuing the Services business. Focusing on five strategic
growth areas, IP network transformation, Network Outsourcing, Multi vendor
maintenance, Applications Integration and Industry and Public Sector, the
company has announced several key wins over the past year. These contract
wins show that the company has a pulse on the macro changes in the market and
that carriers have confidence in their ability to solve complex network
challenges.

“Network complexity is driving the need for Services,” Williams noted.
“Conversations with our customers have become more complex. To address these
new needs, we have announced new and enhanced solution offerings such as
Wireless In-Building and End-to-End Service Availability Support as well as
Integrated Turnkey Communications Solutions focused on the Transportation,
Energy and e-Government sectors.”
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. For more
information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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