Lucent Technologies Builds Multiservice Broadband Network for China's Yunnan telecom - Lucent Technologies GX 550 - Product Information

Cambridge Telcom Report, April 3, 2000

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) Thursday announced that it will supply multiservice core switches for Yunnan Telecom's multiservice broadband network backbone. The multi-million dollar contract further demonstrates Lucent's leadership position in providing next generation converged network solutions delivering voice, data and video services in China and worldwide.

Yunnan's new network, expected to become operational in April, will launch new services for enterprises and individual consumers including E-commerce applications, commercial IP services, integrated network wholesale business, individual consumer IP services, Virtual Private Network (VPN), IP telephony voice over IP (VoIP), frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) services.

Yunnan Telecom's multiservice broadband network is part of China Telecom's multiservice national network. Yunnan will deploy more than 1, 000 ports installing network nodes in the Provincial Network Management Center located in Kunming and 14 other locations including Kunming, Yuxi, Honghe, Dali, Xishuangbanna, Dehong and Lijiang. Upon completion, these core network nodes will be directly interconnected via 2.5Gpbs optical trunk lines, and will also be connected to the node of the national network in Kunming via a transmission rate of 155Mbps.

"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to make a contribution to Yunnan provincial network," said Mr. Kevin Poon, Managing Director, China and Hong Kong, InterNetworking Systems (INS) of Lucent Technologies. "Using our best-in-class technologies, solutions and services, Lucent will help Yunnan build one of the most advanced networks in China and worldwide."

Under the contract, Lucent will supply its market leading GX 550 smart core ATM switches, which Yunnan will deployed at the core of its multiservice network. The GX 550 is a scaleable, high-capacity switching system that provides end-to-end quality of service (QoS) and the necessary capacity and performance capabilities for simultaneously transporting multiple carrier services such as private line, ATM, frame relay, IP and voice. Deployed at the core and/or edge of Yunnan's network, Lucent will provide its multiservice wide area network (WAN) switches, the CBX 500, and B-STDX 9000. Lucent will also supply Yunnan with IP Navigator MPLS, which extends Lucent's multiservice architecture by integrating connectionless IP (Layer 3) and connection-oriented (Layer 2) frame relay and ATM technologies enabling a full range of IP services from Lucent's multiservice ATM and frame relay switches. Providing integrated end-to-end network management for Yunnan's network, Lucent's NavisCore network management system delivers sophisticated, standards-based management and control of Lucent multiservice frame relay and ATM switch networks on a single platform. These solutions and technologies will help Yunnan Telecom build an advanced high-capacity network with compatibility, reliability, scalability and interconnectivity, thus enabling Yunnan Telecom to provide services to its customers for their needs of today and tomorrow.

Lucent Technologies' full array of multiservice core switches deliver networking solutions that offer end-to-end QoS and support multiservices on a single platform. These services include commercial IP, integrated VPN, E-commerce applications, IP telephony, CDMA/GSM wireless mobile voice and data services, leased lines, commercial LAN interconnection, high quality radio and television program transmission, video conferencing, cable modem access, television broadcasting, remote education, Video on Demand (VoD) and xDSL.

Lucent's multiservice core switching products have already been widely deployed by service provider customers in China. Projects include China Telecom's nationwide ATM and frame relay multiservice backbone network and its multimedia backbone network, China Post's integrated computer service network, and provincial/municipal multiservice backbone networks in Zhejiang, Fujian, Gansu, Chongqing and Hainan. According to recent leading market research reports from Cahners In-Stat Group, Dell 'Oro Group, Synergy Research Group and Vertical Systems Group, Lucent is the number one provider of multiservice WAN solutions to service providers worldwide.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.

Currently, Lucent Technologies China Co., Ltd. has established 7 regional offices, 8 joint ventures and 3 wholly owned companies. Lucent China has more than 3,500 employees in China. Lucent China and its joint ventures manufacture a full range of telecommunications equipment to serve the China market.