ICC will give Dialog the capacity to expand its convergent service offering

Tag : telecommunication services
Paris -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)todayannounced
that Dialog Telecom, one of the leading alternativetelecommunication
operators in Poland, has selected Alcatel-Lucent's convergentpayment
solution for its Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services.

The Alcatel-Lucent 8610 Instant Convergent Charging Suite (ICC),based
on the Open Services Platform, will give Dialog the capacity toexpand
its convergent service offering with mobile prepaid and post-paid
services. Alcatel-Lucent will also integrate the platform with thecore
network of a mobile network operator, acting as a host for Dialog's
mobile services, as Dialog, a virtual operator, doesn't own anetwork.

"Dialog wants to be a leader in service convergence amongindependent
operators in Poland. As one of the leading brands in the Polish
telecommunication market we are in good position to integrate our
fixed, Internet and multimedia services with a mobile portfolio and
create a winning quadruple-play service bundle," said Piotr
Mazurkiewicz, President of Management Board of Dialog Telecom."We
chose Alcatel-Lucent because we are convinced that the MVNO
capabilities of their solution provide the performance andflexibility
required for creating attractive and reliable services for our
customers. It was also very important that Alcatel-Lucent has the
references of a leading integrator of telecommunication systems,and
these skills are vital for the success of this project."

"This agreement establishes a strategic relationship between
Alcatel-Lucent and Dialog for an element vital to Dialog's target
portfolio of convergent services.

We are very pleased that we can help Dialog realize a key piece ofits
strategy," said Etienne Fouques, President of Alcatel-Lucent's
activities in Europe, Asia and Africa. "Our MVNO platform fitsvery
well with Dialog's requirements and future plans. It allows Dialogto
create advanced and flexible mobile service offerings, bring themto
market quickly and bundle them with other services to meet theneeds of
customers."

Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will deploy aservice
delivery platform which includes the Alcatel-Lucent 8610 Instant
Convergent Charging suite and the 5900 Specialised Resource Pointfor
IVR functionality. It will also deliver its 8985 MobileProvisioning
system and NGN switching subsystem based on the Alcatel-Lucent 5020
Media Gateway Controller and Alcatel-Lucent 7515 Media Gateway,which
support SIP-based OSP applications.

Alcatel-Lucent's Convergent Payment Solution is industry leading,
highly configurable and field-proven with deployments at over 210
operators, supporting in excess of 400 million subscribersworldwide.

About Telefonia Dialog

Telefonia Dialog is one of the largest alternative fixed lineoperators
in Poland. Over half a million clients have come to appreciate the
company's innovative telephony and Internet solutions and theirhigh
satisfaction level was reflected in independent customersatisfaction
surveys. Over 120,000 subscribers are now using broadband DialNet
Internet access.

DialNet is one of the best offers on the Polish market, with a
competitive quality of service, transmission speed and uniquefeatures
such as limitless transfers, assigned IP number on request,connection
sharing at no additional cost, guaranteed pricing for the whole
duration of the service agreement, as well as the possibility tomanage