PARIS, September 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- First of its Kind Competency Centre in Chennai to Serve as Innovation 
Test Bed for Both Indian and Global Customers

Alcatel-Lucent (Paris: Euronext and NYSE: ALU) today announced
the launch of a new, state-of-the-art IP Transformation Center (IPTC) in
Chennai, India. First center of its kind in the sub-continent, the IPTC will
develop, integrate and test end-to-end IP networking solutions for
Alcatel-Lucent's Indian and global customers as they migrate to next
generation architectures.

Alcatel-Lucent's India IPTC enables service providers to
design, test and integrate their solutions in a risk-free environment, as if
it were their own network. It helps them shorten the IP transformation
trajectory and their time to market while allowing them to keep costs under
control and focus on serving their customers. The IPTC at Chennai hosts about
50 technologies.

The IPTC is networked with Alcatel-Lucent's existing IPTCs and
network integration centers located in Antwerp, Belgium; Singapore; Murray
Hill, Naperville and Plano in the USA, as well as with multiple R&D labs
world-wide, including India. These centers, which share knowledge, resources
and best practices, help service providers execute their IP Transformation
projects.

Vivek Mohan, managing director, Alcatel-Lucent India said: "To
survive in a hyper-competitive environment, service providers need to rapidly
introduce new services, reduce operational costs, and enhance the customer
experience. Alcatel-Lucent's IPTC will help service providers achieve these
goals and shorten their IP transformation process while mitigating potential
risks in areas such as network design, end-to-end integration, process
reengineering and customer migration." This new facility will firmly
establish Alcatel-Lucent in India as the leading network integrator locally
and globally."

Alcatel-Lucent, a market leader in IP transformation, has
strategic relationships with major service providers undergoing IP
transformation giving it an unrivaled track record of over 40 projects
worldwide.

In India, Alcatel-Lucent's R&D activities rely on 2,700
engineers and scientists working on 100,000 square feet of lab space.
Alcatel-Lucent has established a Bell Labs research centre in Bangalore and
has major software development centers at Gurgaon, Noida, Chennai, Bangalore
and Hyderabad. Alcatel-Lucent has also a joint venture with CDOT (Government
of India R&D Telecom organization) based in Chennai for the development of
broadband wireless access solutions like WiMAX.

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