Tunisie Telecom to upgrade connections for thousands of customers in order to provide higher quality voice calls, faster Internet access, and new services

Tunis/Paris  February 18, 2014 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Tunisie Telecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Tunisia, have today announced a three-year agreement to transform the carrier's voice and data network, paving the way for ultra-broadband access services for residential and enterprise customers throughout Tunisia.

Tunisie Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent's market-leading Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) portfolio to upgrade tens of thousands of existing voice line to provide high-speed broadband using ADSL, VDSL and GPON technology.

The agreement follows the successful trial of VDSL2 Vectoring technology in December 2012, using Alcatel-Lucent's Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) 7302 platform running on Tunisie's existing copper cable infrastructure. VDSL2 vectoring technology enables a smooth migration path towards 100 Mbps ultra-broadband that can support a wide range applications like video-on-demand and online gaming for consumers and secure point-to-point Ethernet services for enterprise.

Key Facts:

  • Tunisie Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent's 7302, 7330 and 7353 Intelligent Services Access Manager solutions, 5526 Access Management System, and customised street cabinets to provide both voice and ultra-broadband services to thousands of customers

  • This project forms part of Tunisie Telecom's strategic plans to evolve its voice and data networks into a single IP infrastructure in order to provide customers with high quality voice calls, faster Internet access, and new services

VDSL2 is a key component of Alcatel-Lucent's portfolio as it repositions as a specialist vendor of IP Networking and Ultra-Broadband Access technologies as part of The Shift Plan.

Quotes:

Nizar Bouguila, Chief Technology Officer of Tunisie Telecom said: "We were looking for a comprehensive technology solution that would allow us to reinforce our position as the leader in providing high-speed, high-quality voice and broadband services in Tunisia.  The trial in late 2012 demonstrated to us Alcatel-Lucent had the technology and expertise to achieve our immediate goals and support our longer-term plans in the most timely and cost efficient way."

Faiçal Haffoudhi, Country Senior Officer of Alcatel-Lucent Tunisia said: "Tunisie Telecom is a longstanding customer and we have worked very closely together to shape and evolve the network to the next level.  This three-year agreement underscores the confidence Tunisie has in our VDSL2 and GPON technology and ability to help provide customers with the fastest broadband speeds possible now and in the future."

About Tunisie Telecom
Positioned as the Tunisian telecommunications market leader and one of the pioneers among the major operators in the region, Tunisie Telecom is the integrated incumbent operator in the country.  The company markets a full range of fixed, mobile and Internet data transmission services.

It offers tailor-made products and services to residential customers, small businesses and large corporations, as well as third party operators. It is also the only operator in the country providing domestic inter-operators connections.

Building on heavy investments in modern infrastructure, leading-edge high-speed broadband technologies (FO, IP MPLS, 3G) and a broadband global connectivity, Tunisie Telecom core values focus on proximity to customers, accessibility and innovation in favor of international standards quality service and better customer relationship.

Thus, Tunisie Telecom has always been the first to launch innovative services by anticipating its customers' needs and exceeding their expectations.  For further information, please visit Tunisie Telecom's website:  www.tunisietelecom.tn

Tunisie Telecom press contactS:

M Moez Hassan                           
moez.hassan@tunisietelecom.tn                
T : +216 98 37 11 00

Mme Kaouther Khlifi                     
kaouther.khlifi@tunisietelecom.tn                
T : +216  98 58 26 83

About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
Alcatel-Lucent is at the forefront of global communications, providing products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service providers and their customers, enterprises and institutions throughout the world.

Underpinning Alcatel-Lucent in driving the industrial transformation from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery of data, video and information is Bell Labs, an integral part of Alcatel-Lucent and one of the world's foremost technology research institutes, responsible for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent innovations have resulted in the company being recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's Top 50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". Alcatel-Lucent has also been recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry Group Leader for Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review for making global communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in pursuit of the company's mission to realize the potential of a connected world.

With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

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