Lucent Technologies and Winstar Enter Into Agreement to Deploy New Suite of Integrated Access Devices - Company Business and Marketing

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, April 24, 2000

Addressing the burgeoning market for integrated broadband services, Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) and Winstar Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: WCII), Wednesday announced an agreement whereby Winstar will deploy Lucent's new suite of integrated access devices (IADs) to deliver high quality voice and high-speed data to the desktop. Winstar - which is the first carrier to utilize this equipment in its network - will deploy the devices in thousands of buildings across the United States.

The Lucent IADs -which are located at the customer building - converge data, packet voice and multimedia content over a single packetized line. The IADs are ATM-based, providing the Quality of Service (QoS) needed to deliver toll-quality voice and offer service level agreements to business customers.

"Service providers today are deploying a wide variety of access technologies to address explosive bandwidth demands," said Rich McGinn, Lucent's chairman and CEO. "Winstar's widely available broadband network makes it an excellent partner to develop and deploy integrated access device technology. They have the core infrastructure and the comprehensive set of broadband services that meet customers needs."

"With Lucent's in-building access solution, and our network, Winstar can deliver digital-age broadband services to business customers in Winstar buildings across the globe more efficiently and at a lower cost" said William J. Rouhana Jr., chairman and CEO of Winstar. "This continues our commitment to use a multi-faceted approach to the deployment of technologies in the local marketplace."

According to NexGen Data Research, the worldwide broadband access market will be $46 billion by 2005. Of that, small and medium-sized businesses are projected to generate $32 billion in basic revenues for connectivity.

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.

Winstar Communications, Inc. (www.winstar.com), a leading broadband services company, helps companies around the globe engage in Frictionless Business through the use of seamless communications and technology. Winstar provides its customers with a comprehensive set of high-quality, digital-age broadband services, including high-speed Internet access and data transport, Web-based information, applications services, Web hosting and local and long distance services.

Winstar offers its services in more than 70 markets throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America. It is the largest holder of broadband fixed wireless spectrum, with licenses in the top 60 U.S. markets and in more than 20 international markets. Winstar's broadband fixed wireless capabilities complement and extend the reach of its extensive fiber network. The company's long-haul fiber network, which supports IP (Internet Protocol), ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and frame relay, will extend more than 16,000 route miles and connect the top 60 U.S. markets. Winstar's intracity fiber network will consist of nearly 6,000 route miles in over 60 major domestic and international markets.

Winstar's Tier 1 Internet backbone and enhanced Web service offerings, including Web hosting and design, make Winstar one of the largest Internet companies in the U.S. The company's innovative applications enable businesses to take advantage of the new Internet economy. In 1999, the company launched Office.com, A Service From Winstar, (www.office.com) the new online business service for small and medium-sized businesses. Office.com was ranked first overall among Online Business Centers by Cahners In-Stat Group.

Winstar is based in New York City. The company has strategic relationships with several leading corporations, including Lucent Technologies; Williams Communications, Inc.; CBS Corporation; and Microsoft Corporation.