DALLAS, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel (NYSE: ALA; Paris: CGEP.PA) today announced a significant increase in ADSL capacity for its Litespan-2000 remote cabinets, giving Alcatel customers the flexibility to offer ADSL services to 100% of the subscribers served by Litespan remote terminals. This unsurpassed density applies to both new and existing Litespan-2000 and Litespan-2012 remote cabinets. With this improvement, the Litespan LSC- 2016 cabinet can now support up to 2,016 combined POTS and ADSL lines from a single cabinet. With a significant increase in demand for broadband services, the incorporation of newer ADSL technology becomes an imperative step to increasing Litespan throughput. This advancement enables service providers to now offer ADSL services (ADSL2, ADSL2plus, and ER-ADSL) to customers who might otherwise have been unserviceable due to initial constraints placed on network design. "Litespan has enjoyed tremendous success in North America," said Mike Dobbs, Senior vice President of Alcatel's access network activities in North America. "With over 48 million lines of Litespan capacity in our customer networks, Alcatel is uniquely positioned to assist service providers in deploying reliable and cost effective DSL solutions. This development is one of many that makes Litespan one of the most competitive multi-service access platforms in today's market place." About Alcatel Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband world. With sales of EURO 13.1 billion and 58,000 employees in 2005, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com/ DATASOURCE: Alcatel CONTACT: press, Charlie Guyer, +1-978-257-3490, or , or investor relations, Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, +1-703-668-7016, or , both of Alcatel Web site: http://www.alcatel.com/

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