PARIS, April 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Campaign Part of Global Sustainability Program Aimed at Encouraging
Innovative Efforts to Deploy More Energy-Efficient Networks

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris: ALU) (NYSE: ALU) is launching
several initiatives during Earth Week (April 19 to 25) to spotlight its
efforts toward reducing the company's carbon footprint and to establish an
eco-attitude throughout its global operations. Among the activities being
launched is an extensive eco-sustainability awareness campaign - "Let's Be
Eco-Friendly" - that will encourage Alcatel-Lucent employees to avoid
printing documents, separate trash for recycling, save water, turn down
thermostats, use teleconferencing to avoid travel, reduce commuting by car
whenever possible. As an example, the 2008 Financial and Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) annual reports will be available online, with paper
copies only available on request. The paper saved would be enough to create a
stack as tall as a 40-story building.

"Earth Week is a great way to call attention to everyone's
responsibility to mitigate the impact we, as a company and individually are
having on our planet. Alcatel-Lucent's long standing approach to
eco-sustainability combines business goals with corporate responsibilities.
It means creating exceptional value for our customers, shareholders and
employees through the relevant eco friendly communications solutions as well
as providing respect for the natural environment and the people and
communities where we do business," said Caroline Guillaumin, Alcatel-Lucent
senior Vice President, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility.
"That's why we established our comprehensive eco-sustainability program
several years ago, but we know we need to keep reinforcing that program to
ensure that we can meet the major challenges ahead."

The company's comprehensive eco-sustainability program focuses
on three areas:

- the company's products and solutions,

    - applications for other businesses and

    - its own operations.

Alcatel-Lucent products are thoroughly evaluated for energy
efficiency to ensure they support service providers' efforts to reduce the
carbon emissions of existing and new networks. In February, Alcatel-Lucent
announced it had demonstrated in China that dynamic power enhancements to its
GSM/EDGE mobile networking portfolio can reduce power consumption by up to 27
percent, offering dramatic energy and cost savings for mobile operators. The
company also has deployed some 300 solar-powered base stations and has
established a unique alternate energy lab and pilot site at its Villarceaux,
France facility.

Alcatel-Lucent's scientists and engineers are creating
innovative solutions and services that enable significant environmental
benefits in different business sectors with such techniques as smart
metering, smart buildings, smart transport and tele-working.

And there is increasing focus at Alcatel-Lucent facilities
around the world to ensure that Alcatel-Lucent operations have effective
recycling programs, energy-use reduction initiatives and careful hazardous
waste management systems. Through a global, cross-functional "caring for
climate" program, the company has calculated its first comprehensive
measurement of its carbon footprint (greenhouse gas emissions) for all of its
buildings and operations worldwide, including business travel, and will be
reporting on that when it issues its CSR report in May. It has also
established a web tool that tells its North American employees booking
airplane trips how much carbon dioxide they will generate when they take that
trip.

Finally the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation is launching a cell
phone recycling program beginning with the United States, Canada and France.
The Foundation is working with Charitable Recycling, an organization based in
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., to recycle old cell phones to help the environment
and those who need emergency communication. Funds generated by recycling the
phones will be donated to Girls, Inc. (http://www.girlsinc.com), a non-profit
dedicated to the empowerment of girls, and Earthshare (
http://www.earthshare.org), which helps raise funds for a variety of
environmental charities.

Recent related announcements

Alcatel-Lucent demonstrates up to 27 percent power consumption reduction
on base stations deployed by China Mobile

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001448.xml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent's Alternative Energy Program is telecom market's first
solution for high-volume deployment of wireless base stations powered with
alternative energies

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001447.xml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent expands portfolio with eco-sustainable broadband access
gear that further reduces environmental impact of fiber-based networks

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001433.xml&lu_lang_code=en

Other resources

Reducing Wireless Network Energy Consumption Costs

http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/tmp_Static/powerperformance/powerperformance.jhtml

Connecting Knowledge to Drive Eco Sustainability

http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/enterprise/en/eco-sustainability/

Innovation at Work - Green Technology in Dublin

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/innovationatwork/02/innovationatwork02.html

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About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide,
providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services
to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking,
IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the
unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the
largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With
operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global
services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with
a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in
2008 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