PARIS, August 13 /PRNewswire/ --     Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced
that Ken Wirth has been appointed as President of Alcatel-Lucent's 4G/LTE
Wireless Networks.

In this new position, Ken Wirth will be responsible for the
development, marketing, and delivery of the company's LTE solutions. He will
have end-to-end responsibility for all 4G/LTE solution definition, resource
management, architecture and roadmap, LTE product management, third party
management, partnerships, program management and solution validation. He
replaces Mary Chan who has decided to leave the company to pursue
opportunities outside of the telecom network infrastructure segment.

Ken Wirth brings to this position over 24 years of industry
experience and an extensive knowledge of the company's global customers and
markets. Throughout his career he has held a variety of leadership positions
including running a multi-billion dollar global business where he put in
place an approach for leveraging products and technology to develop more
simplified solutions for customers. In addition he has led sales teams that
supported both large and emerging service providers, and has held numerous
positions in product management and development, market development and
Finance.

"LTE is a cornerstone of Alcatel-Lucent's strategy and as our
customers take different evolutionary paths to 4G, I'm confident that Ken's
strong customer relationships as well as his management, operations and
leadership experience are the right combination of skills to further
strengthen our leadership in delivering comprehensive business, technical and
operational solutions for our customers, said Ben Verwaayen, Alcatel-Lucent's
CEO.

"I would like to thank Mary Chan for her numerous
contributions over a career that spanned more than 20 years, most notably her
leadership in helping to drive the commercialization of an end-to-end LTE
offer. We wish her much success in the next phase of her career."

Ken Wirth will assume his new position on August 31, 2009 and
will report to Kenneth Frank, President, Solutions and Marketing. He will
work with Mary Chan to ensure a smooth transition.

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.
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