PARIS, September 25 /PRNewswire/ --     Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced
a seven-year agreement with all-inclusive resort company Club Med. Under the
agreement, Alcatel-Lucent and its global business partners will install and
manage the company's telephony solution for hospitality, bringing improved
communications that will help meet the increasingly high expectations of Club
Med guests and employees, and differentiate the company in a highly
competitive industry.

In the first phase of the project, 30,000 lines at 87 sites -
including sales offices, resort hotels, and Club Med corporate headquarters
in Paris - will be equipped with Alcatel-Lucent's OmniPCX Enterprise
telephony solution. Highly scalable and flexible, it enables Club Med to add
new locations as required. Alcatel-Lucent and Club Med are also implementing
DSL technology throughout Asia to provide value-added guest services such as
in-room WiFi. Club Med is as well interested in advanced solutions like
television-based softphones, using television as a multimedia device, enabled
by the DSLAM technology.

With Alcatel-Lucent's managed services solution, Club Med will
have unprecedented control and visibility over its entire telephony solution
through centralized management and reporting, letting it streamline processes
and lower costs.

"We were looking for a long-term partner, not just an
immediate equipment provider," said Michel Wolfovski, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Club Med. "We chose Alcatel-Lucent
for its broad product line, industry expertise and global presence. We are
confident that Alcatel-Lucent understands our objectives and will work with
us to achieve our - vision to become the worldwide specialist of
all-inclusive, upscale, friendly and multicultural vacations.

"Alcatel-Lucent's solution, dynamic hospitality 
(http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/enterprise/en/solutions/hospitality/index.html) 
combines end-to-end technology and management solutions to improve guest 
experience, streamline operations, and increase revenues," said Tom Burns, 
Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise activities. "Club Med
understands the importance of communications in today's highly competitive
hospitality industry, and shares Alcatel-Lucent's vision of combining the key
elements of network, people, process and knowledge to help transform itself
into a dynamic enterprise 
(http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/enterprise/en/dynamic_enterprise/index.html)."

As customer expectations continue to evolve alongside emerging
technology and lifestyle trends, Alcatel-Lucent will continue to offer
innovative and effective solutions to meet guest expectations', optimize
hospitality operations and generate new revenue streams. Standards-based
architecture, end-to-end technology and a commitment to sustainable
development also underlie Alcatel-Lucent solutions.

More information about Alcatel-Lucent hospitality solutions is available 
online:
http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/enterprise/en/solutions/hospitality/index.html

About Club Med

Club Méditerranée was the inventor of the holiday club
concept, becoming the worldwide leader in all-inclusive holidays. It is
present in 40 countries, with 80 Villages on five continents and a cruise
ship, the Club Med 2. Club Med is marketed by over 1500 travel agencies,
through its direct and indirect distribution networks. In 2003, Club
Méditerranée started implementing a repositioning strategy, redesigning its
offer to meet the demands of a clientele seeking outstanding holidays. By
creating the market sector of upscale holidays, friendly and multicultural in
nature, Club Méditerranée has become the reference in the field of prestige
holidays, benefiting from its ability to encourage ties and enjoyment through
the professional attitude and consistent attentiveness and warmth of its GOs.
The creation or renovation of Villages as emblematic as La Plantation
d'Albion Club Med (Mauritius), Marrakech Le Riad (Morocco), Peisey Vallandry
(France), Buccaneer's Creek (Martinique), Kani (Maldives), Agadir (Morocco),
Cancún-Yucatán (Mexico), as well as projects in South Africa, Senegal or
Vietnam, perfectly illustrate its desire to raise its standing. The same can
be said of the new worldwide advertising campaign, launched in January 2008,
whose new slogan is "Club Med, where happiness means the world".
http://www.clubmed.fr

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides
solutions that enable service providers, enterprises 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