Alcatel-Lucent Opens up Award-Winning GPON Platform to Third-Party Optical Network Terminals

PARIS - BROADBAND WORLD FORUM EUROPE -

- Allowing Service Providers to Create True Multi-Vendor GPON Networks, Without Operational Challenges

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it is taking a major step to help service providers create a true multi-vendor gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) infrastructure, by publishing its “OMCI Interoperability Implementer’s Guide - Version 1″. Using this guide, optical network terminal (ONT) vendors will gain insights in Alcatel-Lucent’s ONT management and control interfaces (OMCI), which they can then integrate in their own terminals to interoperate with Alcatel-Lucent’s extensive, embedded base of GPON central office equipment.

Service providers will thus be able to benefit from a more competitive ONT environment and a huge choice of third-party ONT models working seamlessly with Alcatel-Lucent’s flagship GPON product, the 7342 ISAM FTTU. This will translate into faster time-to-market, fewer engineering constraints and a reduced need for interop events. For ONT vendors, this will mean new business opportunities and less OPEX by having less interoperability events.

“Alcatel-Lucent is taking a bold step by being the first GPON player to share its OMCI specifications with other vendors. Our goal is to encourage the adoption of fiber-to-the-home by breaking down interoperability barriers,” comments Dave Geary, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s wireline networks activities. “Alcatel-Lucent will shortly be publishing its OMCI Version-1, and is even prepared to go a step further - by making its full OMCI available to its partners on a case-by-case basis.”

Alcatel-Lucent is currently involved in over 95 FTTH projects worldwide, over 80 of which are with GPON. Additionally, Alcatel-Lucent’s GPON network has been deployed by a considerable number of utility companies as well as municipalities and regions around the world. In Gartner’s latest FTTH Magic Quadrant assessment1, Alcatel-Lucent was positioned in the leaders quadrant for the fiber-to-the-home space.

1. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Fiber-to-the-Home Equipment (December 12th, 2008)

Editorial background material

China Mobile deploys Alcatel-Lucent’s GPON solution in the provinces of Anhui and Guangdong (July 21st, 2009) www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001695.xml&lu_lang_code=en

R-KOM selects Alcatel-Lucent for turnkey integration and deployment of fiber-based access network in the eastern Bavarian region (July 9th, 2009) www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001667.xml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent and SFR launch the first 3G+ very high-speed pilot network based on a GPON FTTU backhauling solution (July 1st, 2009) www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001652.xml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent confirms 1Q’09 broadband access leadership, performing strongly in VDSL and GPON (June 8th, 2009) www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001611.xml&lu_lang_code=en

Alcatel-Lucent confirmed as global IPTV access and middleware market leader (Apr 30th, 2009) www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/newsreleases/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001554.xml&lu_lang_code=en

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About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions that deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: www.alcatel-lucent.com.

Source: Alcatel-Lucent

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