PARIS, April 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Alcatel-Lucent to Serve as Network Integrator and Supply Key Elements
of its IMS Portfolio to Enable Belgacom to Offer Fixed and Mobile Multimedia
Services

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced
it has been selected by Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG), the Belgian
leading telecom operator, as its technology and network integration partner
to design, integrate, and deploy an end-to-end multi-vendor IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) solution. The platform will enable Belgacom to effectively
support and to further develop a wide variety of fixed and mobile services
including voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia communications for both
residential and business customers.

Alcatel-Lucent will deliver a complete IMS applications and core network
solution, based on a standard architecture, incorporating products from
Alcatel-Lucent and partners, including application servers, session
controllers, home subscriber servers, session border controllers and
network/service management functionality. The solution, based on widely
adopted standards facilitating convergence, will be a cornerstone of
Belgacom's future network.

As Belgacom's primary network integrator, Alcatel-Lucent will use its
global network of IP Transformation Centers - including one in Antwerp - to
provide network design and integration, testing and validation between the
IMS Core, third-party applications and communications devices.

"Belgacom is implementing its customer-focused business transformation
program with convergence as a clear focal point in our 'Move to all-IP'
strategy for fixed and mobile networks," said Scott Alcott, executive vice
president of Belgacom's Service Delivery Engine. "Alcatel-Lucent has proven
to be reliable supplier of next generation intelligent network and IMS
solutions, as well as a strong IP transformation partner."

"Belgacom's choice of an IMS service delivery system is the logical next
step in its all-IP network transformation," said Michel Rahier, President of
Alcatel-Lucent's carrier business. "Our experience in IP network
transformation projects with customers worldwide, and with Belgacom in
particular, will help ensure that the IMS solution can be integrated with
minimal effort in Belgacom's network with a safe and predictable rollout
plan."

With this contract Alcatel-Lucent underlines its leading position in IMS
solutions, and its capabilities in multi-vendor deployments and network
integration.

About Belgacom

Belgacom Group (Euronext Brussels: BELG) is the benchmark
Belgian provider in the field of integrated telecommunications services.
Underpinned by its experience as the country's national operator, matched by
a capacity to innovate, the Belgacom Group, through the strong brands of its
subsidiaries (Belgacom, Proximus and Telindus), provides a full range of
offers, solutions and expertise in fixed and mobile networks. The Belgacom
Group proposes a complete quadruple-play solution comprising fixed and mobile
telephony, the Internet and television. It is committed to meeting the
demands of its business and residential customers, and innovates in order to
anticipate their future needs, drawing from the latest technological
developments.

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