SingTel Group Selects Alcatel-Lucent for LTE Trial

Preparing for Network Transformation Projects Throughout Asia Pacific

PARIS, November 18 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced
that it has been selected as one of the vendors by Singapore
Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) Group for its Long Term Evolution (LTE)
trial, which will begin in the first half of 2010. The trial will jump-start
deployment of 4G LTE networks for the SingTel Group, Asia's leading
telecommunications operator with a regional mobile-user base of more than 273
million.

The results of the regional and coordinated trials - to be
conducted in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines - will be
shared among SingTel's wholly owned subsidiary in Australia, Optus, and
SingTel's associates, namely Telkomsel in Indonesia, AIS in Thailand, Globe
in the Philippines, Bharti Airtel in India, PBTL in Bangladesh, and Warid in
Pakistan.

Alcatel-Lucent will be leveraging its industry-leading LTE
expertise to provide an end-to-end solution including the radio access
network (eUTRAN), the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), IP service routing network
elements as well as operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) systems.
Alcatel-Lucent will also provide professional services including project
management, planning, installation & commissioning, integration and test plan
execution.

This new trial is a further illustration of the leading role
Alcatel-Lucent is playing in the emerging LTE market.

"This technical trial is a strong endorsement of
Alcatel-Lucent's innovation and forward-looking capabilities as we work
closely with the SingTel Group to support its network transformation and LTE
strategy," said Sean Dolan, head of Alcatel-Lucent's activities in
Asia-Pacific. "Our solution is further proving its readiness to meet the
challenges of current and future network requirements which enable users to
consume more complex content at faster speeds."

LTE is a new wireless broadband technology that delivers
significantly faster data speeds with the potential of several 100s Mbps
downstream and several 10s Mbps upstream with reduced latency, allowing end
users to access more complex content at faster speeds, global roaming, and
improved efficiencies.

Alcatel-Lucent is a worldwide leader in LTE and founder of the
ng Connect Program, an industry program driving an open LTE ecosystem of
devices, content and application partners. With ng Connect, wireless
broadband operators benefit from open innovation, reduce time to market with
LTE-enabled services, and the ability to drive new and non-traditional
business models.

For more information about Alcatel-Lucent's LTE solution, please visit:
www.alcatel-lucent.com/lte

About SingTel

SingTel is Asia's leading communications group providing a
portfolio of services including voice and data solutions over fixed, wireless
and Internet platforms as well as infocomm technology and pay TV. It has a
network of 37 offices in 20 countries and territories throughout Asia
Pacific, Europe and the United States. Together with its regional partners,
SingTel is Asia's largest multi-market mobile operator, serving more than 273
million mobile customers in eight markets.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide,
providing solutions to 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

Peter Benedict, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, pbenedict at alcatel-lucent.com; Laurent Dunoyer de Segonzac, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-15-04, laurent_dunoyer_de_segonzac at alcatel-lucent.com; Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations: Remi Thomas, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-61, remi.thomas at alcatel-lucent.com; Tom Bevilacqua, Tel: +1-908-582-7998, bevilacqua at alcatel-lucent.com; Tony Lucido, Tel: + 33(0)1-40-76-49-80, alucido at alcatel-lucent.com