Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen: 'New Applications'

Light Reading's broadband video interview, the second in a three-part series, debuts today

NEW YORK, January 27 - TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading research-led
media company serving the global communications marketplace, today announced
that the second segment of its broadband video interview with Alcatel-Lucent
CEO Ben Verwaayen is online, right here:
www.lightreading.com/video.asp?doc_id=187126

The Alcatel-Lucent chief tells Light Reading's International Managing
Editor, Ray Le Maistre, that applications enablement in carrier networks
could potentially combine everything the Internet offers with the stuff
traditional telecom carriers are good at: reliable networks, location
capability, and billing. The result could be new types of communications
services served up by companies that consumers trust.

The third interview in this series will run on Friday, January 29, at
www.lightreading.com. The first interview in the series is available right
here:

www.lightreading.com/video.asp?doc_id=186976

    Contact:
    Amy Averbook
    Light Reading
    +1-212-600-3373
    averbook@lightreading.com

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Amy Averbook, Light Reading, +1-212-600-3373, averbook at lightreading.com