Alcatel-Lucent expands technical support for IP Transformation Services in Asia Pacific with a new Center of Excellence

Paris. – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it is opening a Centre of Excellence (COE) for Internet Protocol (IP) Transformation (IPT COE) in Kuala Lumpur to reinforce its technical support for carriers in the Asia Pacific region.

By investing in an IPT COE in Malaysia Alcatel-Lucent will be better able to meet the needs of carriers and large industry and public sector enterprises that are transforming their networks to all internet protocol.

Composed of 30 skilled, experienced Malaysian experts and relying on field-proven methodologies and tools, this latest addition to Alcatel-Lucent’s Global Competency Centers supports Alcatel-Lucent’s strategy in addressing the IP-based network and service transformation challenges faced by carriers in the Asia Pacific region. This center will expand Alcatel-Lucent’s current Mobile Network Engineering COE established in Malaysia in 2004 and the Singapore IP Transformation Center.

“This is an important region for Alcatel-Lucent. Our customers are seeking a trusted partner with the expertise to transform their networks to enable them to offer their customers a rich array of new services,” Andy Williams, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Services Business Group. “Malaysia is an ideal location for our new center. The country offers a competitive source of management and engineering talent and the availability of excellent infrastructure for global companies to operate.”

Alcatel-Lucent offers end-to-end network integration expertise through its global network of centers located in Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States. These centers were established with the objective to develop, integrate, test and mitigate deployment risk for end to end carrier grade solutions.