Lucent Technologies Broadens 3G Software Portfolio With Mobile Commerce Solutions From iPIN and MoreMagic

Business Wire, June 26, 2001

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001

Integrated Software Helps Mobile Operators Offer Secure Mobile

Payment Solutions

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced it has signed partnership agreements with iPIN (tm) and MoreMagic Software to create a comprehensive mobile commerce solution that will open new revenue streams for mobile Internet service providers.

Lucent will integrate its Kenan (r) 3G Mobile Software with iPIN's Payment Platform and MoreMagic's Mbroker (tm) software to give mobile operators a choice of secure ways for their customers to purchase goods and services over the Internet using a variety of mobile devices.

"Our partnerships with iPIN and MoreMagic form a key part of the Kenan 3G Mobile Software solution," said Robert Kiburz, general manager of Lucent's e-Services Group billing and customer care unit. "Mobile operators need comprehensive billing and customer care capabilities to stay competitive and to gain and retain profitable customers. These proven, flexible software applications will enable carriers to maximize revenue opportunities now and enable future growth."

Service providers can use either iPIN or MoreMagic software in conjunction with the Kenan 3G Mobile Software to offer mobile customers prepaid and postpaid purchase options that support real-time online transactions. Customers can authorize payment through their phone accounts, bank accounts, debit or credit cards, electronic wallets or prepaid phone cards.

This comprehensive payment and billing solution supports multiple network types, access devices, subscriber services and methods of payment. It also allows mobile operators to bill for services based on a variety of criteria including the type of transaction, content, the location of the user or other information.

In addition to the ability to rate and bill for a wide range of IP-based services, the Kenan 3G Mobile Software solution also provides 3G network provisioning and advanced IP-based network mediation.

Lucent Technologies' e-Services Group is an industry-leading developer of software applications and platforms designed to deliver today's most in-demand services for the mobile Internet, next-generation telecommunications, e-commerce, multi-media messaging and billing and customer care. The e-Services Billing and Customer Care unit, with more than 250 software deployments worldwide, supports next-generation mobile and Internet technologies to enable service providers to excel in today's highly competitive marketplace.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software 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 broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; 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.