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March

Lucent Technologies announced plans to spin off its PBX, SYSTIMAX® structured cabling and LAN-based data businesses to shareowners, forming a separate company that will focus directly and independently on the enterprise networking market.Lucent Technologies Plans to Spin Off its PBX, Business Cabling and LAN-based Data Businesses to Shareowners (01-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that MemberWorks, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRS) has selected Lucent's communications solutions to support its customer care, corporate, and operations centers.MemberWorks Selects Lucent Technologies to Provide $4 Million Data and Voice Network and Customer Relationship Management Solutions (08-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that WGBH has selected a variety of unified messaging applications, including INTUITY¢ AUDIX® Internet Messaging, Lucent Voice Director and www.messenger¢. These messaging tools provide WGBH staff members with a comprehensive set of options for accessing and managing voice, fax and e-mail messages from anywhere using any telephone or computer with multimedia capabilities.WGBH Staffers Choose Sight and Sound From Here, There or Anywhere with Lucent Technologies' Unified Messaging (08-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced it has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian National Health Insurance Authority for the delivery of a fully converged voice and data network across 28 regional and branch offices.Lucent Technologies Chosen for Converged Voice and Data Network by Bulgarian National Health Insurance (09-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced it has selected software from SPSS Inc. as the preferred solution for the warehousing and reporting of data from Lucent's Data Collection System (DCS) Product to help service providers better understand the usage patterns and needs of their messaging customers.SPSS Inc. to Provide Business Intelligence Solutions for Customers of Lucent Technologies Messaging Solutions Group (14-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that it has completed installation of a broad range of advanced telecommunications networking and systems at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The new technology, which includes wireline and wireless voice, data and video transmitted over a high-speed, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network, supports advanced campus communications and anticipates new developments in higher education.Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Selects Lucent Technologies to Take Higher Ed to a Higher Level (15-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced price reductions on select models of its Cajun¢ Campus stackable and workgroup Ethernet solutions, including the Cajun P333T and the Cajun P120¢ Workgroup Switch.Lucent Technologies Reduces Prices of Select Cajun¢ Campus Stackable and Workgroup Ethernet Switches (20-Mar-2000)

To accommodate the booming East Coast travel market, Midway Airlines, a Raleigh-Durham-based airline serving 25 destinations in 15 Eastern and Midwestern states, has installed a customer contact center built and designed by Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU). Valued at $2 million and double the size of its predecessor, the center boosts the airline's efficiency, allowing it to handle 40 percent more customer calls and support the 24 percent increase in Raleigh-Durham's air travel.Midway Airlines Gears Up to Serve Booming Travel Market; Installs New Customer Contact Center from Lucent Technologies (21-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that its Lucent VPN Gateway has been named one of the first integrated hybrid firewall/Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateways certified to meet the industry's most stringent interoperability testing criteria for Internet Protocol Security (IPSec). This industry standard enables users to reduce their risk of security threats by selecting certified IPSec interoperable products.Lucent Technologies Announces Advanced Security Certification for Lucent VPN Gateway (21-Mar-2000)

Atento, a subsidiary of Spain's Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) that provides outsourced call center services to enterprises and Fortune 500 multinationals, selected Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) Enterprise Networks Group to design and implement customer contact centers in 11 countries on three continents. Valued at $80 million, the two-year call center deployment establishes Atento as one of the leading providers of customer and telemarketing services in Latin America, with more than 16,000 agents.Atento Selects Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group To Design and Implement State-of-the-Art Customer Contact Centers in Three Continents (28-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE: LU) Enterprise Networks Division has appointed Proudfoot Consulting as business consultants to help clients in South Africa combine their strengths with that of Lucent Enterprise Networks' business solutions to implement successful Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategies.Lucent's Enterprise Networks Division Steps Out Into CRM Market With Proudfoot Consulting (29-Mar-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE: LU) Enterprise Networks Group today announced it has completed a $2.5 million installation contract upgrading telecommunications for Fortis Health's corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee. Fortis Health is installing multiple leading edge technologies, including Lucent's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solutions, to improve service and reduce cost. Principal among the changes is the new Customer Contact Center in downtown Milwaukee. The center will have technology that automatically matches the caller to the Fortis Health representative best able to meet that customer's needs.Fortis Health Insures the Future with New Communications System (30-Mar-2000)

April

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that its Enterprise Networks Group " which will be spun off as a separate, independent company later this year under a new name " has unveiled a comprehensive trade-in program for users of 3Com Corp.'s local area network (LAN) enterprise switches. 3Com recently announced its intention to transition out of this business and discontinue its CoreBuilder product line with last customer shipments scheduled for June 30.Lucent Technologies Unveils Comprehensive Trade-in Program for Users of 3Com Switches (03-Apr-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE: LU) Enterprise Networks Group today announced several new features for its GuestWorks® system that provide hotel guests with direct dial personal telephone lines, automatic data and telephone port set-up upon check-in and delivery of crisis alerts to hotel management pagers for 911 emergency calls.Lucent Technologies GuestWorks® Offers Hotel Guests Direct Dial Personal Numbers and 911 Alerts to Pagers (04-Apr-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced today several major initiatives to provide next-generation systems and solutions for personalized eBusiness communication.Lucent Technologies Spinoff Unveils First eCommunication Model to Help Enterprises Quickly Move Into Next Wave of eBusiness (11-Apr-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today launched the latest version of the UK's market leading INDeX® digital communications platform which delivers eBusiness communications solutions for small- to medium-sized enterprises. The new version of INDeX offers a range of high-speed, high-security and feature-rich applications. These include Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that manages information and electronically delivers voice and data information to the most appropriate destination across the enterprise.Lucent's New Enterprise Networks Group Launches the INDeX® eBusiness Communications Solution for Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (13-Apr-2000)

The New Jersey Judiciary now has one of the largest videoconferencing networks for court systems in the country.New Jersey Court System Saves Time and Money with State-wide Videoconferencing Technology (17-Apr-2000)

Just over half (54 percent) of small- to medium-sized businesses in the UK are encouraged by the tax incentives announced in the Chancellor's latest budget to set up an on-line presence, according to a poll published today by the new Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU). The research carried out on behalf of Lucent's new Enterprise Networks Group by NOP also reveals that 37 per cent of SMBs have a company Web site and 10 per cent are currently conducting eCommerce.New Research Reveals That UK Companies Are Ready to Take Advantage of the Latest Tax Breaks to Invest in eBusiness (18-Apr-2000)

Sema Group ("Sema", LSE:SEM.L) and the new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) announced today a worldwide strategic alliance to supply eBusiness solutions to enterprises in the telecommunications industry, such as service providers and network operators.Sema Group and Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Announce Worldwide Alliance to Supply eBusiness Solutions (18-Apr-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that with the launch of DEFINITY Release 8.2, DEFINITY® IP Solutions is now available in China, bringing customers Voice over IP to the desktop via Lucent's industry-leading DEFINITY business communications servers, and further extending Lucent's support for business applications over packet networks.Lucent Technologies Brings Real-World VoIP to the Desktop with DEFINITY® IP Solutions (20-Apr-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced a wider choice of certified outdoor antennas for the ORiNOCO Outdoor Router system. These new antennas, the 24 dBi Directional Parabolic Grid, the 12 dBi Directional Wide Angle, and the 10 dBi Omni Directional, now make it possible for enterprises and ISPs to provide high-speed, wireless networking and Internet access with ranges of up to 26 kilometers (point-to-point). They join the existing family of ORiNOCO antennas - 14 dBi Directional Yagi and the 7 dBi Omni Directional Antenna.Lucent Technologies Announces New Antennas for the ORiNOCO Outdoor Router System for High-Speed Fixed Wireless Data Networking and Internet Access (25-Apr-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group, which will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, today announced that Novell, Inc. has selected its Cajun¢ Campus data networking switches and software as the foundation of the new backbone infrastructure being installed at Novell's SuperLab in Provo, Utah.Novell Selects Cajun¢ Campus Solutions from Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group for its SuperLab Backbone Infrastructure (25-Apr-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies announced today new e-business capabilities for its CONVERSANT® Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System that link it to a company's Web site, and make it easier for companies using IVR to support an enterprise-wide customer relationship management (CRM) strategy.Lucent's New Enterprise Networks Group Brings Powerful Features to CONVERSANT® Interactive Voice Response System (26-Apr-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced here at the Microsoft Windows 2000 Developers Conference that its market-leading QIP® 5.0 Internet Protocol (IP) address management software is now available for Microsoft® Windows® 2000-based networks. With QIP 5.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3), network administrators can comprehensively manage IP services and addresses in a Windows 2000 network environment with Lucent's scalable, secure and high-performance Domain Name Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers.Lucent Technologies Announces New Release of QIP® IP Address Management Software for Microsoft Windows 2000 (26-Apr-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE: LU) new Enterprise Networks Group, which will be spun off as an independent company later this year, today announced an agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) with Tenovis, a network systems provider based in Frankfurt, Germany, to jointly develop Internet telephony solutions for the European market. The solutions will be based on technology used in Lucent's IP ExchangeComm, the first product in the IP Exchange Systems family of Internet Protocol (IP) communications systems for businesses. IP ExchangeComm is currently available in the United States.Lucent's New Enterprise Networks Group Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Tenovis to Develop IP Telephony Solutions (26-Apr-2000)

May

With over 50 distance learning sites, 1,000 hours of programming per month and 16 distance learning courses, the Broward County Schools have emerged as a distance learning powerhouse thanks to an innovative videoconferencing solution.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Videoconferencing Solution Expands Nation's Fifth Largest School District, Broward County, Education Programs (01-May-2000)

Blue Pumpkin Software and the new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced a strategic alliance today to provide solutions that help companies successfully manage human resources in multi-channel customer contact centers.Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group and Blue Pumpkin Software Announce Strategic Alliance (02-May-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE:LU) new Enterprise Networks Group " which will be spun off as a separate, independent company later this year " today announced a global strategic agreement with Hilton International to supply next-generation voice and data solutions in excess of US$10 million to Hilton International hotels worldwide. The agreement represents an integral part of Hilton International's strategy to lead its industry by offering world-class customer service through the deployment of sophisticated voice and data networking technologies.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Signs $10M Strategic Global Agreement with Hilton International (08-May-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group, which will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, announced today the first of its portalPathwaysm solutions, a set of applications designed to give users new and faster ways to access eBusiness communications any time, from any place, using a variety of access devices.Lucent's New Enterprise Networks Group Introduces portalPathway^sm Solutions to Speed eBusiness Communications (09-May-2000)

Origin International, a leading global IT Consulting and Services company, and the new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced today an agreement to jointly develop and market eBusiness solutions to enterprises across Europe. The alliance combines the new Enterprise Networks Group's eBusiness communication solutions and Origin's worldwide CRM and eBusiness consulting and systems integration capabilities. Together the companies will create comprehensive solutions for enterprises spanning Europe that will include offerings in the areas of eBusiness, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), multi-channel customer interaction and Unified Messaging.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group and Origin International Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver eBusiness Solutions in Europe (09-May-2000)

Austar United Communications (ASX:AUN) today announced it has selected Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) to provide its Kenan® line of billing software, and specifically Arbor®/BP, to support Austar's new communications product lines and services.Austar Signs Deal With Lucent Technologies' to Provide Convergent Billing System (15-May-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies announced today a solution that enables customer contact center agents to work from home - or any remote location - while delivering high-quality customer support.Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group Introduces CentreVu® Remote Agent (16-May-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced today the addition of two associate members to its CRM Solutions Alliance Network.Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group Signs New Members for CRM Solutions Alliance Network (23-May-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies has installed a high-capacity communications network for SCANA Energy (NYSE: SCG), a South Carolina-based corporation.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Installs High-Capacity Communications Network for SCANA Energy (24-May-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that its VPN Firewall Brick has been evaluated, validated and certified by a third party National Security Agency (NSA) lab. With the NSA-certified VPN Firewall Brick Model 201, U.S. government agencies and departments will be able to build highly secure and reliable networks where there are stringent requirements to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information stored on VPN firewalls.National Security Agency Certifies Lucent's VPN Firewall Brick for Use in Government Agencies and Departments (24-May-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the availability of its version 6.0 ORiNOCO software that provides HP-OpenView network management and configuration tools and adds RADIUS-based media access control (MAC) authentication for the ORiNOCO high-speed wireless networking system. ORiNOCO is Wi-Fi compliant and provides secure, high-speed (11 megabits per second) wireless networking and secure Internet access to the home, small offices, enterprises and public hot spots such as airports, hotels and business centers.Lucent ORiNOCO Adds Innovative Network Management and Security Features to Enterprise Level Wireless Networking (30-May-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) Enterprise Networks Group, which will be spun-off into an independent company later this year, today announced that Microsoft Corp. has joined the Enterprise Networks Group's CRM Solutions Alliance Network. As a strategic member of the Alliance Network, Microsoft will team with the Enterprise Networks Group to support organizations that are incorporating customer relationship management (CRM) strategies into their business.Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group Announces Microsoft Has Joined its CRM Solutions Alliance Network as a Strategic Technology Member (30-May-2000)

June

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) and Dialog-Delta, a systems integrator for Lucent in Russia, today announced that the two companies supplied and installed equipment to support President Clinton's official visit to Russia.Dialog-Delta and Lucent Technologies Provide Communications Support for President Clinton's Visit to Russia (02-Jun-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the industry's first multivendor Virtual Private Network (VPN) Alliance (VPNA), a program aimed at providing resellers and enterprise customers "best-in-class" Virtual Private Network (VPN) application and infrastructure solutions. Another significant benefit of the VPNA is the choice to partner with leading worldwide Internet Services Providers (ISPs) and professional services companies to deliver managed VPN and outsourced services and offer comprehensive integration, monitoring and administration services.Lucent Technologies Unveils Virtual Private Network Alliance (05-Jun-2000)

StarHub is the first info-communications service provider in Asia to reach agreement with the new Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies to launch ArgentOffice for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore.StarHub and Lucent Technologies Announce Asia Pacific Launch of New ArgentOffice Integrated Solutions for Small and Medium Enterprises (07-Jun-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today introduced the Mosaix Predictive Dialing System¢ (PDS) Integration Feature Pack, delivering significant enhancements and robust functionality to the Mosaix system.Lucent Technologies Enterprise Networks Group Introduces the Mosaix Predictive Dialing System¢ Integration Feature Pack (07-Jun-2000)

As the Asia Pacific races towards an eBusiness mode, keeping in touch with customers and colleagues assumes new importance in this new competitive business environment. There is constant pressure to find new ways to improve customer service and increase productivity - an essential ingredient in staying ahead.Debut at CommunicAsia 2000: "The Power of One" Does It All - Fast, Easy Communication From a Single 'Virtual' Contact Number (07-Jun-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) announced today at CommunicAsia 2000, the Asia Pacific debut of Phase Two of DEFINITY® IP Solutions. This brings Voice over IP to the desktop via Enterprise Networks' industry-leading DEFINITY business communications servers, and further extending the group's support for business applications over packet networks.Enterprise Networks of Lucent Technologies Brings Real-World VoIP to the Desktop With DEFINITY® IP Solutions (07-Jun-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE: LU) new Enterprise Networks Group, which will be spun off later this year to form a separate company, today announced availability of MERLIN MAGIX¢ Integrated System 1.5 upgrade, MERLIN Messaging 2.0 and the Lucent Web Communications Server. Available separately or as an integrated solution, these components offer small and mid-sized businesses a variety of big-business e-capabilities, including high-speed Internet access, a single mailbox for e-mail and voice mail, and Web site development software and services that can quickly transform bricks-and-mortar companies into clicks-and-mortar competitors.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Announces Suite of e-Business Tools for Small and Mid-sized Companies (13-Jun-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced the general availability of ten new models of its SuperPipe¢ 95 and 155 next-generation data, voice and video multiservice access routers. These models for the first time provide multinational customers with locations around the world with the benefits of Lucent's "all-in-one" high-performance and secure multiservice access SuperPipe product family, which was announced last August.Lucent Technologies Announces New International Models in SuperPipe Product Family (13-Jun-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group - which will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year - announced today that its work with UBS, a top global integrated investment services firm and the leading bank in Switzerland, has produced one of the world's most advanced on-line banking systems and Switzerland's first Internet-enabled customer contact centre.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Helps UBS Create One of the World's Most Advanced On-line Banking Systems (20-Jun-2000)

Lucent Technologies' (NYSE: LU) new Enterprise Networks Group filed its Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission today for its previously announced spin-off. This is the latest step in the spin-off of the new Enterprise Networks Group that Lucent announced in March.Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Files Form 10 Registration Statement With SEC for its Previously Announced Spin-off (21-Jun-2000)

The new Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) Japan, Marubeni Information Systems (MJS), and Hitachi Software Engineering today announced that they agreed to form an alliance on contact center business. The three companies will work together to develop and offer the contact center solutions for the business customers in Japan.Lucent's New Enterprise Networks Group, MJS and Hitachi Software Agree to Jointly Offer Contact Center (26-Jun-2000)

Siebel Systems (NASDAQ: SEBL), the world's leading provider of eBusiness Application software, and Avaya, soon to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), today announced a global strategic alliance to jointly develop, deliver and market integrated eBusiness solutions.Avaya and Siebel Systems Form Global Strategic Alliance (27-Jun-2000)

The Enterprise Networks Group soon to be spun of from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today announced that it will be named Avaya, pronounced uhv-EYE-uh. The new name and logo will begin appearing in advertising and on company buildings and vehicles in the coming weeks.Lucent Technologies Enterprise Spin-off Unveils Name, Announces Leadership Team (27-Jun-2000)

The new Avaya, soon to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), announced today that it has named its senior executive for the government market.Lucent Technologies' Intended Spin-off, Avaya, Names Top Exec for Government Market (27-Jun-2000)

Avaya, the newly-named spin off company of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) Enterprise Networks Group, today announced a number of enhancements to its HomeStar® system, making it easier for homeowners to manage their in-home communication and entertainment needs. Avaya introduced its new HomeStar SC400 product line this week at the Pacific Coast Builder's Conference in San Francisco (June 27-30).Avaya Communication Announces Enhancements to HomeStar® Residential Communication Solution (28-Jun-2000)

July

When ships from around the world converge on New York Harbor this week for the International Naval Review 2000 " the largest event of its kind in history " communications for the U.S. Navy's command center will be powered by voice, data and video networks from Avaya and the NetworkCare Professional Services team of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU).Avaya Communication and Lucent Technologies Provide Voice, Data and Video Network for International Naval Review (03-Jul-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, today announced a set of new messaging offers designed to encourage companies to use their messaging systems for electronic business.Avaya Sets a New Standard for Messaging: Adding eBusiness Applications Support Capabilities At No Increase in Price (10-Jul-2000)

Atento, a subsidiary of Spain's Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) specializing in e-CRM services, and Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, have signed a multi-million dollar agreement for the deployment of Internet-based call centers in eight countries and three continents. The Internet call center deployment, powered by Avaya's CentreVu Internet Solutions, will be completed by year's end and will provide advanced customer interaction capabilities to Atento, making more than 8,000 of their 30,000 customer service agents accessible through the Web.Atento Looks to Avaya to Build Internet Call Center Capabilities in Three Continents (12-Jul-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies later this year, today introduced CRM Agent Access¢, a software solution that makes it easier for agents to deliver high-quality customer service.Avaya Introduces CRM Desktop Software (13-Jul-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, today announced it is combining three of its leading communication applications into a powerful new eCommunication solutions suite.Avaya Announces Windows-based eCommunication Solutions Suite (14-Jul-2000)

Avaya today announced a strategic supplier agreement with Bell Atlantic, which has merged with GTE to form Verizon Communications, Inc. Under the agreement, Avaya will provide communications equipment and services to Bell Atlantic for the 2000 Republican National Convention, which will be held July 31-August 4 at Philadelphia's First Union Center.Avaya to Provide Strategic Telecommunications Services to Bell Atlantic for 2000 Republican National Convention (19-Jul-2000)

Avaya announced today the launch of the latest version of its INDeX voice, data and customer relationship management solution, offering access to a range of feature-rich Internet applications for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), is scheduled to be spun off from Lucent at the end of September.Avaya Delivers Convergence Cost Savings With Latest INDeX eBusiness Platform (24-Jul-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) later this year, today announced new networking capabilities " including Voice over IP (VoIP) " for its MultiPoint Conferencing Unit (MCU) that will allow businesses to lower their network costs for multi-location conferences. In addition, customers of the latest MCU are being offered 20 to 40 percent price reductions and free upgrades for one year to future releases.Avaya Adds New IP Capabilities to its MultiPoint Conferencing Unit, Enabling Lower Network Costs (24-Jul-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies later this year, today introduced CajunView¢ version 3, SNMP-based network management software that makes it easier for network administrators to configure, monitor and control Cajun¢ Campus networks without the expense of training new staff or adding new equipment.Avaya Introduces Enhanced CajunView¢ Network Management Software (26-Jul-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, and American Healthways, Inc., the nation's leading disease and care management company (NASDAQ: AMHC), announced today that American Healthways has installed customer relationship management (CRM) solutions from Avaya to support its disease management programs.American Healthways Chooses Avaya's CRM Solutions to Enhance Patient Care Capabilities (27-Jul-2000)

August

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies later this year, today introduced a software solution that will improve the experience for people contacting a call center, helping companies attract and retain valuable customers.Avaya CRM Solution Improves Customer Experience for Stronger Business Performance (01-Aug-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) later this year, today announced a high-performance local area network (LAN) cable that is the first of its kind to be listed with the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) as meeting the new limited combustible cable standards.Avaya Introduces World's First Local Area Network Cable to Meet New Underwriters Labs' Limited Combustible Standards (01-Aug-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, and Blue Pumpkin Software today announced a comprehensive solution that helps companies use and analyze customer contact center information to ensure optimal staffing and service levels.Avaya and Blue Pumpkin Software Announce Joint Solution (01-Aug-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) later this year, today announced the general availability of the INDeX 30 voice and data communications solution, which offers a range of feature-rich applications for growing businesses.Avaya Launches New Entry Level INDeX Telecommunications Solution for Smaller Enterprises (03-Aug-2000)

Avaya, formerly the Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies, today announced new features for CentreVu® Internet Solutions with language customisation for the Asia Pacific market. Release 4.3 of the CentreVu Internet Solution will enable companies to deliver superior customer service through multiple channels such as Internet text chat, Voice over IP, electronic mail, fax and support for the Chinese and Korean languages.Avaya Enhanced Internet-Based Call Centre Solutions with Offers Tailored to Asia Pacific Market (04-Aug-2000)

Warburg Pincus and Avaya Inc., the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) later this year, today announced that Warburg Pincus will invest $400 million in Avaya.Warburg Pincus Agrees to Invest $400 Million in Avaya (10-Aug-2000)

Beaufort County School District (BCSD) has begun a technology upgrade that will connect approximately 4000 students in seven schools to a multimedia communications network built and installed by Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) later this year. Access to the district™s high-speed Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network will expand learning opportunities for students, improve efficiency and reduce costs for the school district.Beaufort County School District Expands COmmunications Netowrk " Seven Additional Schools Go Online This Fall (23-Aug-2000)

C2 Media.com today announced it has selected IP technology for a company-wide voice and data network from Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) that will be spun off later this year. The network, based on Avaya's DEFINITY® IP Solutions, will handle all internal calls among C2 Media.com's 19 locations in the United States and Canada and is expected to reduce long distance charges by an estimated 35 percent.C2 Media.com Selects Avaya IP Technology for Its Company-wide Network (23-Aug-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, today announced that NBC Olympics, Inc. has selected the DEFINITY® Enterprise Communications Server (ECS) and the INTUITY¢ AUDIX® messaging system to support its telecommunications needs for the next five Olympic Games.NBC Olympics, Inc. Selects Avaya Voice Solutions in Eight-Year, Five-Game Deal (28-Aug-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) later this year, today announced the launch of SO-NIX¢ (Small Office Network Internet Connection), a powerful yet affordable connectivity solution for the smaller, dynamic business. This new solution provides all the benefits of a larger company's cabling infrastructure, but in a convenient, highly affordable and easy-to-use package. The solution has been introduced to address the networking requirements of the small office, providing them with professional standard networking and enabling them to compete in the rapidly growing eBusiness marketplace.Avaya Revolutionizes the Small Office with the Launch of a Powerful New Connectivity Solution (30-Aug-2000)

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that it has declared a special stock dividend to Lucent shareowners of all outstanding shares of common stock of Avaya Inc., the new enterprise networks company being spun off by Lucent. The special stock dividend is expected to be payable on Sept. 30, 2000 to Lucent shareowners of record on Sept. 20, 2000. The distribution of Avaya shares on Sept. 30 will mark the completion of Avaya's spinoff from Lucent.Lucent Technologies Sets Ratio and Record Date for Distribution of Avaya Stock to Shareowners (31-Aug-2000)

September

Avaya Inc., which will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) on September 30, today announced the appointment of three members to its board of directors and three new executives.Avaya Inc. Appoints Jeffrey A. Harris, Daniel C. Stanzione, and Franklin A. Thomas to Board of Directors; Names Other Executives (06-Sep-2000)

Avaya, soon to be spun off from [Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU)], today announced that its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solutions have been deployed by SFX to help deliver premier customer care to theater subscribers. SFX credits the new contact center technology, which includes CentreVu® Advocate, with enabling them to answer more calls faster, and with improving contact center management, strategic planning and workforce relations.Avaya CRM Solutions Helps SFX Deliver Marquee Customer Care (07-Sep-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) to be spun off at the end of this month, today announced a three-year business relationship with Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ) through which Compaq will install and support Avaya's DEFINITY® business communications systems " and applications such as messaging and customer relationship management " internationally for multi-national and non-U.S. customers. The relationship will complement Avaya's existing worldwide service operations.Avaya Announces International Relationship With Compaq (11-Sep-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group to be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) at the end of September, today announced that it is providing an across-the-board upgrade to the Cook County, Illinois communications network. Cook County is home to Chicago and 5.2 million people, and has the third largest governmental telephone system in the country. The contract, valued at $17.5 million, will create a highly efficient telecommunications network for the 21st century.Cook County Looks to Avaya for Advanced Voice Systems (12-Sep-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) to be spun off later this year, today announced that it has completed installation of a DEFINITY® Wireless Business Communication System (DWBS) for the Paterson Public School district in N.J. " one of the largest networked wireless installations ever deployed for a school district.Avaya Installs One of the Largest School-Based Wireless Communication Systems for Paterson Public Schools (13-Sep-2000)

Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group that will be spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) next month, today announced that its equipment and solutions have been selected by Jabatan Telekom Brunei (JTB) in Brunei Darussalam and MTN Networks Pte Ltd (MTN) in Sri Lanka, to provide its leading-edge call centre and wireless LAN communication technologies. The contract in Brunei Darussalam was signed between JTB and Avaya Asia Pacific's Bruneian distributor Khalid Consortium, and in Sri Lanka between MTN and Avaya Asia Pacific's Sri Lankan distributor, Keells Business Systems Ltd.Avaya Asia Pacific Wins New Business in Ssi Lanka and Brunei (18-Sep-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) to be spun off September 30, today set a benchmark for delivering enterprise-class IP solutions by introducing six new products that provide the industry's most reliable, feature-rich IP solutions to the widest range of enterprise customers.Avaya Sets Benchmark for Delivering Enterprise-Class IP Solutions (20-Sep-2000)

To boost customer service and efficiency, Flint Energies, a Reynolds, Georgia-based electric cooperative, has completed a technology upgrade to its customer contact center designed and built by Avaya, the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) to be spun off later this year. With a new computer telephony integration (CTI) solution, the company saves an average of 60 seconds per customer, earning it an additional eight hours a day in customer service time.Flint Energies Completes Upgrade to Customer Contact Center Works With Avaya to Boost Service and Efficiency (26-Sep-2000)

October

Avaya (NYSE: AV), whose stock today begins trading independently from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), introduced Avaya Hosted Solutions, a complete suite of packaged and fully integrated communications software, hardware and services that enable next-generation service providers to significantly expand their communications offers for small-to-medium sized businesses and large enterprise customers.Avaya Begins Trading Independently from Lucent Technologies: Introduces Enterprise Solutions Delivered Through Fast-Growing Next Generation Service Providers (02-Oct-2000)

Avaya, (NYSE:AV), the Lucent Technologies spinoff, today announced it has formed Avaya Labs, a world-class research and development organization.Avaya Forms Research and Development Unit; Ravi Sethi Named President of Avaya Labs (03-Oct-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV), the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies, today announced that it has agreed to provide an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). The network will use Avaya's DEFINITY® ATM Solutions and Cajun¢ Campus switches.Avaya to Provide Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts With Integrated Voice, Data and Distributed Call Center Functionality OVER ATM NETWORK (09-Oct-2000)

Avaya announced Unified Messenger™ 4.0 for Microsoft Exchange 2000, with enhanced features to further simplify and integrate communications functionality for enterprises.Avaya Introduces Unified Messenger™ 4.0 for Microsoft Exchange 2000 (10-Oct-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), the Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) enterprise networks spinoff that began trading on October 2, today announced a groundbreaking agreement with its Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) unions that allows Avaya to streamline its U.S. field services operations and create a pool of highly experienced on-call support service technicians who will help serve the company's nearly one million customers.Avaya Announces Ground-Breaking, Flexible Workforce Agreement with its IBEW and CWA Unions (16-Oct-2000)

WINfirst today announced it has signed a five-year, $800 million agreement with Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) for equipment, software and services to build a fiber-to-the-home residential network that will provide unparalleled bandwidth for voice, data and video applications. The deployment also includes data switching equipment from Avaya (NYSE: AV) valued at $200 million over five years.WINfirst to Invest $1 Billion in Broadband, Fiber-to-the-Home Residential Network From Lucent Technologies and Avaya (17-Oct-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), the Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) spinoff that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, today announced that the University of Texas at Austin is the site of the first highly advanced installation of two of its Systimax® Structured Connectivity Solutions. The cabling solutions, running throughout the new Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences (ACES) building, support high-speed data transmissions up to 10 gigabits per second (Gbs) and beyond to and from the desktop.University of Texas at Austin Gets First Complete Installation of Avaya's SYSTIMAX® Structured Cabling Solutions to the Desktop (19-Oct-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV), the enterprise networks spinoff from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) that began trading on October 2, today said that for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000, net income from ongoing operations was $156 million or 55 cents a share on a diluted basis, excluding business restructuring and one-time charges associated with the company™s spinoff from Lucent. This is an increase of 212.0 percent over net income from ongoing operations of $50 million or 18 cents a share on a diluted basis, excluding an accounting change, for fiscal 1999. (See Note for the definition of ongoing operations.)Avaya Announces Fiscal Year and Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2000 Results (26-Oct-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), the Lucent Technologies spinoff, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Garcia as the new region president for the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA), replacing David Gant, who moves on to a global role as vice president of sales to next-generation service providers.Avaya Names Elizabeth Garcia New Region President for the Caribbean and Latin America Region (31-Oct-2000)

November

Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), a worldwide leader in broadband communication solutions, and Avaya (NYSE:AV), the Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) enterprise networks spinoff that began trading on October 2, today announced a co-development agreement to integrate Polycom™s NetEngine¢ Integrated Access Devices (IADs) into Avaya™s PARTNER® Advanced Communications System (ACS) product offering, giving small and medium-sized businesses access to the benefits of the converged network.Polycom, Avaya Announce Co-Development Agreement for VoDSL (06-Nov-2000)

Avaya Singapore Pte Ltd, will provide its leading edge communication equipment and solutions for next week's high-level Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Brunei. Avaya's voice networks and wireless LAN systems have been selected by Jabatan Telekom Brunei (JTB) in Brunei Darussalam. The contract in Brunei Darussalam was signed between JTB and Avaya Asia Pacific's Bruneian distributor Khalid Consortium.Avaya Wires Up APEC Summit in Brunei (07-Nov-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV), the Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) spinoff that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, has announced Avaya Certification, a global, skills-based program that thoroughly tests and prepares technical professionals for becoming experts in designing and implementing integrated eCommunication solutions.Avaya Introduces Skills-Based, Certification Program for Designing and Implementing Integrated eCommunication Solutions (07-Nov-2000)

Digital India, a globally focused software development and services company, today announced the signing of a business alliance agreement with Avaya Singapore Pte Ltd. Avaya is the former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies and a leading provider of enterprise communications systems and software to businesses and organizations worldwide.Digital India and Avaya Sign Business Alliance Agreement (08-Nov-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV), the Lucent Technologies spin-off that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 2, today announced that it has won the acclaimed National Eagle Leadership Institute's (NELI) award for its commitment to promoting excellence in leadership for the advancement of culturally diverse professionals and corporate programs. In addition to the company's award, the institute also named Michael Dennis, Avaya vice president of Worldwide Operations and Services, as one of 31 corporate executives nationwide to win the organization's distinguished Eagle Award.Avaya Wins National Award for Commitment to Cultural Diversity and Professional Leadership (10-Nov-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV), the enterprise networks spin-off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) that began trading on October 2, has been selected to supply sophisticated communications solutions to Burj Al Arab, a premier luxury hotel, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The result is a highly advanced communications infrastructure that enables Burj Al Arab to provide guests with the ultimate in luxury and convenience, combining the very latest communications technology with traditional Arabian hospitality. Guests enjoy complete voice, data and video services such as Internet access, video-on-demand and total room automation from almost anywhere within its premises.Avaya's Powerful Communications Solutions Selected For One of the World's Most Luxurious Hotels, Burj Al Arab, In Dubai (15-Nov-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), the Lucent Technologies spinoff that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, today announced an alliance with AMC Technology to provide software that improves connectivity between Avaya's CRM Solutions portfolio and SAP applications. AMC is an Avaya CRM Solutions Alliance Network partner that specializes in integrating customer relationship management (CRM) and computer telephony integration (CTI) solutions with SAP database applications.Avaya and AMC Technology Form Alliance To Improve Connectivity Between CRM Solutions and SAP Applications (15-Nov-2000)

In response to investor inquiries, Avaya Inc. said the Lucent Technologies announcement yesterday about Lucent's fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year 2000 results does not relate to Avaya or its reported results.Avaya Comments Affirmatively on its Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year 2000 Results (22-Nov-2000)

Young entrepreneurs at the University of Maryland will receive a "high-tech boost" on Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. when the university launches its electronic dorm designed and equipped by Avaya (NYSE: AV), formerly the Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies. The eDorm is designed to give students participating in the university's Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEOs) Program easy access to the communications technologies they'll need to build their own businesses.University of Maryland and Avaya Launch "eDorm" (27-Nov-2000)

December

Avaya (NYSE:AV) today announced three enhancements to its MERLIN MAGIX¢ Integrated System to help small and mid-sized businesses improve customer service and productivity while taking advantage of a variety of big-business e-capabilities. Avaya is a world leader in communications systems under 200 lines, a market that is nearly $5 billion in the United States, and about $20 billion worldwide, the company said.Avaya Enhances MERLIN MAGIX¢ to Meet Evolving Customer Needs (04-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), a leading provider of communications systems for enterprises, today set a benchmark for delivering enterprise-class IP solutions by introducing six new products in Asia Pacific. They provide one of the industry's most reliable, feature-rich IP solutions to the widest range of enterprise customers.Avaya Raised the Bar for Premier Enterprise-Class IP Solutions (04-Dec-2000)

New Zealand's first pure Internet financial services provider, UNITY Limited, can now offer browsers of its web-site instant connection to a call centre agent over a single telephone line following the implementation of Avaya's IP Media Processor Internet telephony gateway solution.UNITY Implements Avaya's IP Media Processor to Offer Voice Over IP Solution to Financial Services Customers (04-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV) today announced it has provided a new call center to Tallahassee Community College (TCC) to help the school handle the increased telephone traffic resulting from a 10 percent increase in enrollment. Students are now experiencing half the wait and fewer busy signals when they call the school. TCC is using Avaya's CentreVu® Customer Care solution to boost responsiveness to student requests in Enrollment Services and Financial Aid, despite a 13 percent increase in calls.Avaya Provides New Call Center to Tallahassee Community College (05-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV), a spinoff of Lucent Technologies, today announced the opening of its Avaya Briefing Center, one of the most advanced communications technology showcases in Latin America. Part of a $1 million investment in Brazil, the new briefing center is designed to meet the needs of customers and partners in all of South America.Avaya Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Technology Briefing Center in Brazil (05-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV), the Lucent Technologies spin-off that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 2, today announced the addition of IP video capabilities to its MultiPoint Conferencing Unit (MCU). Release 7.1 of the Avaya MCU offers businesses greater flexibility in holding multi-location video conferences by allowing participants using H.323 Internet Protocol (IP) and H.320 ISDN endpoints to join in the same session.Avaya's MultiPoint Conferencing Unit Adds IP Video in Release 7.1 Offers Greater Flexibility for Networking Diverse Endpoints (05-Dec-2000)

Avaya Korea announced a BusinessPartner relationship with IBM Korea to provide Avaya's data network solutions to the Korean market. Avaya (NYSE: AV), the Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) spinoff that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, is a leading provider of enterprise communications systems and software to businesses and organizations worldwide.Avaya Korea and IBM Korea Formed Strategic BusinessPartner Relationship to Distribute Avaya's Data Networking Solutions (06-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE:AV) today announced it has named Micky Tsui to lead and coordinate its company-wide efforts in data and voice convergence. Tsui becomes vice president, Converged Communications Products, and will focus primarily on customers' fast-growing needs for convergence and IP Telephony products, such as the Avaya IP600 Internet Protocol Communications Server. The IP600, announced in September, became generally available to customers on November 27.Avaya Names Micky Tsui to Lead Data and Voice Convergence (06-Dec-2000)

Avaya today announced that its CentreVu Internet Solutions have enabled Argentinean education and entertainment portal, Competir.com (www.competir.com), to offer its users interactive customer service online, around the clock 365 days a year.Avaya Enables Competir.com to Offer e-Learning Services Through Internet Call Center Platform (07-Dec-2000)

Chile's largest systems integrator, ADEXUS, implemented for the first time in Latin America an innovative Internet-enabled contact center utilizing solutions from both Avaya (NYSE: AV), a global leader in communications systems for enterprises, and Siebel Systems (NASDAQ: SEBL), the world's leading provider of eBusiness Application software, who announced a global strategic alliance earlier this year to jointly develop, market and deliver integrated eBusiness and CRM solutions.ADEXUS Integrates Avaya and Siebel Solutions to Enable Global Internet CRM Services Center in Chile (11-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV) today announced the global availability of Avaya CT for Siebel eBusiness Applications, a component in Avaya's CRM Solutions software portfolio. This solution enables seamless interoperability of Avaya's market-leading contact center software and infrastructure with the market-leading Siebel eBusiness applications.Avaya Announces Global Availability of Contact Center Solution Resulting From Strategic Alliance With Siebel Systems (11-Dec-2000)

Avaya (NYSE: AV) today announced enhancements to IP Telephony capabilities on its award winning voice and data convergence platform, Alchemy, which targets Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Europe and Japan. Beginning in 2001, its availability will be extended to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. The new Version 2.2 software for Avaya's Alchemy communications solution enables SMEs to begin reaping the benefits of IP telephony in terms of cost savings by deploying off-the-shelf IP solutions that have the highest level of reliability.Avaya Helps Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises Tap In To Benefits of New IP Telephony Era (12-Dec-2000)

Avaya announced that Patricia F. Russo has joined its board of directors as chairman. The company also said its board named Donald K. Peterson, president and CEO, to the additional post of vice-chairman.Avaya Board Names Patricia F. Russo Chairman (18-Dec-2000)

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