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Press Release -- February 26th, 2014
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Alcatel-Lucent and Cable & Wireless operator LIME to complete all-IP network in Caribbean

Microwave and IP packet technology will increase connectivity speeds and reliability to improve the user experience for residents and businesses using voice and data services

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February 26, 2014

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is collaborating with the Cable & Wireless-owned LIME, a leading telecommunications provider serving the Caribbean, address the unique geographic challenges of island communications by deploying a Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) solution that will also complete the conversion of the network to an all-IP architecture during the first quarter of 2014.

Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its high-speed, high-capacity 9500 MPR throughout the several Caribbean islands LIME serves.  The new system will serve as backhaul for the existing wireless networks, and dramatically increase the existing capacity and speed to greatly improve the customer experience on the islands.

The integration of the MPR into the existing 7705 SAR and 7750 SR IP/MPLS portfolio, all managed by 5620 SAM, will allow LIME to construct an end-to-end IP/MPLS network which will enable them to deliver next-gen mobile broadband services including LTE.  With this new all packet network, LIME will be able to cost effectively and efficiently support the increasing demand for wireless multimedia content and business services, while greatly increasing network reliability and robustness.  Additionally, the improved connectivity will help improve local economies across the entire service area and also make it increasingly attractive to the important tourism industry.

Key Facts:

  • LIME is deploying an optimized and intelligent transport network that will support the growth of data traffic in the network coming from  2G, 3G and LTE access networks
  • Alcatel-Lucent’s packet based solution for LIME includes the existing 7705 SAR and 7750 SR IP/MPLS portfolio, the  5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM), and the newly deployed 9500 Mobile Packet Radio (MPR)
  • The new microwave network will complement LIME’s expanding IP/MPLS mobile backhaul to improve efficiencies in the transport network as well as improving the management of ever-increasing data traffic.
  • As Alcatel-Lucent continues to implement The Shift Plan, the industrial strategy to reposition the company as a specialist vendor of IP Networking and Ultra-Broadband Access, deployments such as those of LIME in the Caribbean underscore the company’s portfolio of technologies enabling telecommunications operators to deliver superfast Internet access to households and enterprises alike.

Quotes:

Carlo Alloni, CWC Group CTIO, said: “Our commitment to grow customer relationships and lifetime value by delivering unparalleled customer experience is based on choosing and delivering the the best ICT technology solutions. All of our clients will experience an improvement in LIME’s wireless networks and for business customers, the faster and more secure data access will help to support the growth of their enterprises. We have been working with Alcatel-Lucent for a long time on our IP network and we see the 9500 MPR as the ideal complement to that network given the synergies achieved with the use of the common management system in SAM 5620.”

Hector Nava, Alcatel-Lucent Sales Director for the Caribbean and Central America, said: “Across the Caribbean we are building an optimized and intelligent transport network for LIME that will provide better wireless voice and data access immediately while also supporting future growth to 4GLTE. Our selection by LIME reflects Alcatel-Lucent’s leadership in end-to-end IP transport networks for next generation wireless networks, and the trust placed on Alcatel-Lucent to deliver top quality projects in the region.”

About Cable & Wireless:

LIME is the Caribbean’s largest telecommunications company with a proud history in the region, and which is always working to improve life in the Caribbean. LIME delivers the very best communication services to governments, businesses and families in 13 Caribbean countries with one unifying promise—building, connecting and serving communities. LIME is part of Cable & Wireless Communications PLC, one of the world’s leading communications companies. For more information visit www.lime.com

LIME press contact:

Per Fredriksson

Mobile: +1 246 233 9472

Email: per.fredriksson@lime.com

ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)

We are at the forefront of global communications, providing products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as well as ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service providers and their customers, and to enterprises and institutions throughout the world.

Underpinning us in driving the industrial transformation from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery of data, video and information is Bell Labs, an integral part of the Group and one of the world’s foremost technology research institutes, responsible for countless breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group being recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012’s Top 50 “World’s Most Innovative Companies”. We have also been recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in pursuit of the Group’s mission to realize the potential of a connected world.

With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

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