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CDMA450 Technology Trial Delivering Fastest Mobile Data Speeds in Finland

2nd November , 2004

Europe : Lucent Technologies and Nordisk Mobiltelefon AB (NMAB) today announced they are conducting a CDMA450 network trial in Finland, delivering advanced, digital voice and high-speed data services at speeds of up to 2.4 Megabits per second - the fastest mobile data speeds available in the country.

Inset is the Lucent Flexent(R) CDMA450 Modcell ES base station.

This week, the two companies also are conducting a live, showcase demonstration of CDMA450 -- third-generation (3G) CDMA2000(R) 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless technologies deployed in 450 MHz spectrum -- for regulators, business customers and other invited guests in Tampere.

The trial and showcase demonstration will provide business customers from industries including forestry, transportation, farming, tourism, pulp and paper, and more with an opportunity to see first-hand how a CDMA450 network can significantly increase productivity and improve business processes via high-speed data, video, digital voice, and push-to-speak services. These industries currently rely on older, less-advanced networks that do not support these more sophisticated services.

"CDMA450 promises to revolutionize the way many industries do business in the Nordics, especially in previously underserved or unreachable areas," said Hans Rundberg, managing director of Lucent Technologies Nordics. "As the world's leading CDMA450 network infrastructure supplier, we've witnessed how CDMA450 can meet rural and urban coverage demands and deliver voice, high-speed data, video or any combination of these services to businesses and consumers today, while laying the foundation for voice over IP and other blended, lifestyle-enhancing services in the future."

For example, the forestry industry relies on timely harvesting data, which is critical to their operations. Currently, less-advanced mobile data systems are used to transmit this data and the process is painfully slow. CDMA450 can transmit this same data in a tiny fraction of the time, improving operational efficiency and streamlining business processes.

"Our founding vision was to provide consumers and professionals in rural areas with advanced, digital mobile communications services and, with this trial, we are demonstrating that this vision can become a reality, providing both mobile telephony and broadband access across the Nordic region," said Mr. Arnfinn Roste, chief executive officer and founder of Nordisk Mobiltelefon AB. "We are excited to demonstrate the capabilities of CDMA450 with Lucent, and we also are very impressed by the performance of Lucent's CDMA450 infrastructure and its experience delivering commercial CDMA450 solutions to operators worldwide."

The CDMA450 trial covers the Tampere region. Lucent is using laptops equipped with wireless modem cards and mobile phones to demonstrate high-speed access to e-mail, Intranets and the Internet; streaming audio and video; video conferencing and surveillance; push-to-speak capabilities; seamless roaming between WiFi and CDMA450 networks; mobile video gaming; and applications for specific vertical industries such as forestry. Lucent also is conducting interoperability testing with other vendors' networking equipment to demonstrate the compatibility and flexibility of its solutions.

CDMA450 is an ideal technology for providing voice and high-speed data services in countries with vast territories because it can cost-effectively provide superior capacity and coverage with fewer wireless base stations than competing technologies.

Lucent, the first to deliver CDMA450 solutions globally, has deployed commercial networks in 450 MHz spectrum for Delta Telecom and Moscow Cellular Communications -- both part of the Sky Link initiative in Russia -- Zapp in Romania, Uzbek Telecom in Uzbekistan and Vietnam Power Telecom, and is conducting numerous CDMA450 trials with customers around the world.

A global leader in the development of commercial 3G spread-spectrum solutions, Lucent's Mobility Solutions Group has deployed CDMA2000, CDMA450, and W-CDMA/UMTS networks with more than 30 mobile operators on the continents of North and South America, Asia, Europe and in the Australia/New Zealand region. Lucent also is collaborating with major UMTS/W-CDMA operators in Asia, Europe and North America on the development of their 3G networks. Lucent has deployed more than 90,000 spread-spectrum base stations for mobile operators worldwide, of which 50,000 are already supporting 3G services.

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