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ECI’s Apollo Optimized Multi-Layer Transport Family – New-generation Packet-based Convergence | Nov 10, 2011 | Transport and Routing Infrastructure | Analyst: Rick Talbot Event Summary November 8, 2011 – ECI introduces the Apollo family of Optimized Multi-Layer Transport (OMLT) platforms, a modular transport portfolio that integrates Layer 0-3 technology and spans access, metro and core/regional/long haul networks. It provides an OAM model applicable to circuit and packet traffic, converging packet and optical layers in the network and complementing ECI’s 1Net framework. It employs OTN, MPLS, ROADM and ASON/WSON technologies and a universal switching fabric, and is GA Q2 2012. | Read Press Release | Quick Take Analytical Summary • Current Perspective: Very positive on ECI’s introduction of the Apollo family, because it is a new-generation packet-optical transport solution that provides an operator with convergence of its surging packet-based traffic with its legacy services in an infrastructure that extends from the metro core out to the access edge. The portfolio supports packet and TDM switching in a single protocol-agnostic fabric, providing efficiency for the ultimate network traffic type (packet-based), while simplifying the network architecture and minimizing equipment cost. The breadth of the portfolio provides a common set of capabilities across an operator’s network, minimizing training costs and spares inventory. • Vendor Importance: Very high to ECI, because the new products provide the vendor a stronger position in the metro core and regional markets, and provide ECI an ideal solution for the access and aggregation network – one that is packet-based, offering the required efficiency for broadband mobile backhaul services, and yet providing strong layer 1 capabilities for the legacy services that operators will continue to offer. ECI’s transport products had previously been scaled to the needs of modest-sized operators, but the new terabit switch will now support high enough capacity for the core of many major metro environments. These new features will strongly position ECI with backhaul service providers, who needed greater packet efficiency, and some larger operators, for whom ECI’s legacy products did not provide sufficient capacity. • Market Impact: High on the optical and backhaul markets, because ECI is bringing to the market a very well rounded end-to-end portfolio that potentially fills a gap in the available packet-optical access (POA) products – packet-optimized products tend to have weak TDM features, while hybrid products (containing separate packet and TDM switching fabrics) require a higher up-front investment (for the dual fabrics), and, strictly speaking, do not provide a converged network. This impact is moderated by the fact that ECI does not offer a core optical switch as part of its portfolio; the Tier 1 operators will require core optical switches in their networks and will favor vendors who offer both core switches and packet-optical metro platforms to maximize integration of the metro networks with the core. CLIENTS ONLY Current Analysis Perspective Competitive Strengths amd Weaknesses Response & Recommendations Buyer Actions Analytical Perspective | Client access - Full report in Transport and Routing Infrastructure | More information Top

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Alcatel-Lucent strengthens its leadership in the mobile backhaul market

Company expands its product portfolio to provide mobile operators with greater flexibility to meet exploding demand for mobile broadband services such as video and access to social networks

Paris, France - October 25, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has once again been recognized for its leadership in the mobile backhaul market, with a new report by leading industry analyst firm Infonetics Research. In the report, Mobile Backhaul Equipment and Services - Biannual Worldwide and Regional Market Share, Size, and Forecasts, Alcatel-Lucent is cited as the leading vendor in the Ethernet cell site gateway and Ethernet mobile backhaul router market assessments for the first six months of 2011.

To build on that leadership, Alcatel-Lucent is enhancing its 7705 Services Aggregation Router (SAR) family to provide operators everywhere with a fast and efficient way of addressing the exploding demand for mobile broadband services such as video streams and downloads, mobile gaming, access to social networks and more. The new power-efficient, small footprint, high-performance 7705 SAR-M models provide operators with additional network flexibility in addressing their requirements for mobile backhaul, business services, and strategic industries such as Smart Grids.

The skyrocketing demand for high bandwidth applications is being driven by the widespread use of smartphones and tablets. Data applications require much more bandwidth than voice services, and operators need a more flexible and cost-effective way to quickly transform their backhaul networks to carry all of this mobile data traffic. In response to this need, Alcatel-Lucent has been building up its backhaul portfolio over the past several years, and has secured a market-leading position.

The new 7705 SAR-M models expand and enhance the existing 7705 Services Aggregation Router (SAR) family. They support a variety of cell site access options including nxDS1/E1, Gigabit Ethernet, microwave, OADM, GPON and xDSL. The 7705 SAR-M xDSL module, with support for up to 8-pair bonding over VDSL2, boosts data speeds over copper access networks and provides a clear evolution path to even higher data throughputs with VDSL2 Vectoring technology. Alcatel-Lucent’s 7705 SAR product family makes the best use of operators’ existing network access infrastructure – whether microwave, copper or fiber-based - to transport all traffic from voice through to LTE mobile broadband data services such as high-definition video. This provides operators with a solution that fully addresses all their customers’ requirements in the speediest and most cost-effective way without compromising network performance. Philippe Keryer, President of the Networks Group at Alcatel-Lucent said: “Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership in the mobile backhaul market combined with our deep understanding of networks operating in very different environments means that we can help operators evolve their offer to enter the mobile internet era and satisfy all their customers’ requirements. The 7705 SAR-M forms part of our end-to-end mobile backhaul solution and complements our ground-breaking new lightRadio™ product family in supporting the swift delivery of the internet on the move, with the highest quality.”

About Alcatel-Lucent’s Mobile backhaul solution

Together with other Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Backhaul solution products such as the 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR), 73xx Intelligent Services Access Manger (ISAM), 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS), 7750 Services Router (SR) and the 5620 Services Aware Manager (SAM), the 7705 SAR product family offers a highly scalable, converged (support for 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE) and reliable end-to-end solution deployed by more than 80 operators globally.

ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)

The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leader in mobile, fixed, IP and Optics technologies, and a pioneer in applications and services. Alcatel-Lucent includes Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost centres of research and innovation in communications technology.

With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most experienced global services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach.

The Company achieved revenues of Euro 16 billion in 2010 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.