Alcatel Selected by T-Mobile International to Deploy a Fully Integrated Interactive Mobile TV Solution in Europe

Alcatel Selected by T-Mobile International to Deploy a Fully Integrated Interactive Mobile TV Solution in Europe

PARIS, February 14/PRNewswire/ --

- 3GSM World Congress Barcelona. 13 - 16 February 2006

Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today announced it has
been selected by T-Mobile International, a world leading mobile operator, to
provide its affiliated companies in Germany, the UK and Austria with a fully
integrated interactive mobile TV solution. This solution will enable
T-Mobile's innovative "TV in Your Pocket" service, allowing the operator to
address the booming mobile TV market, while enhancing its subscribers'
experience with interactive and personalized mobile TV programs.

Leveraging superior encoding and streaming technologies,
Alcatel's interactive mobile TV solution offers EDGE and 3G users a
best-in-class mobile TV experience, thanks to rich-media player and
electronic program guide (EPG) features, smart navigation and fast channel
zapping, as well as video and audio quality optimized for mobile handsets.

Alcatel will provide T-Mobile International with an end-to-end
integrated solution, including comprehensive customer care facilities and
full flexibility in implementation of tariff schemes. Moreover, based on a
joint T-Mobile and Alcatel Content Governance Model, T-Mobile has granted
Alcatel responsibility for aggregating live TV content, as well as "made for
mobile" channels. In the first phase of the project, Alcatel will also host
and technically operate the complete service platform for all three countries
from its centre in Stuttgart, Germany.

Phil Taylor, Director of wireless Internet research at
Strategy Analytics commented: "The success that Alcatel has experienced with
mobile TV in France, has amply demonstrated Alcatel's credentials as a best
in breed partner for multimedia solutions. The addition of T-Mobile to
Alcatel's customer base positions them strongly for leadership in this
space."

Martin Schneider, Executive Vice President of Consumer
Marketing T-Mobile International declared: "Building upon their leadership in
advanced interactive mobile video and TV applications as well as their
field-proven expertise in end-to-end telecommunications solutions, we decided
to extend our long-standing relationship with Alcatel in order to efficiently
address the complexity of the mobile TV technologies and ecosystem. Combining
the best of TV and mobile, mobile TV is set to become the next mass market
for entertainment. With Alcatel as key technical partner, we are confident
that our innovative mobile TV services will be a true success."

Marc Rouanne, Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel's mobile
communications activities added: "We are very proud to have been selected by
T-Mobile International to support their ambitious multi-country mobile TV
project. This achievement confirms our leadership in the mobile video and
mobile TV market, and illustrates the pivotal role we are committed to play
in making mobile TV a mass market reality."

Alcatel's music and video solutions have already been adopted
by more than 80 mobile operators in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America to
enable their mobile video, music and live TV services.

Visitors to the 3GSM World Congress 2006 in Barcelona from
February 13th to 16th are invited to come and see Alcatel's interactive
mobile TV demonstrations at the Alcatel booth (Hall 8, Booth 09). Alcatel's
interactive mobile TV solution are also demonstrated at Alcatel's 3G Reality
Centre in Velizy, France.

About T-Mobile International

T-Mobile International belongs to one of leading worldwide
mobile communications carriers. As one of the three strategic business areas
of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile focuses on the dynamic markets in Europe and
the United States. By the end of June 2005, approx. 80 million customers were
served in the nine T-Mobile markets, all using a unified technical platform.
It is the first to operate a trans-Atlantic mobile network based on GSM
(Global System for Mobile Communications), the world's most successful
digital wireless standard. T-Mobile subsidiaries and affiliates were among
the first operators worldwide to use future-oriented technologies like GPRS,
UMTS (3G) and W-LAN.www.t-mobile.net

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

Alcatel Press Contacts

Regine Coqueran Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-49-24 regine.coqueran@alcatel.com

Alcatel Investor Relations

Pascal Bantegnie Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-52-20 pascal.bantegnie@alcatel.com

Nicolas Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-37-32 nicolas.leyssieux@alcatel.com
Leyssieux

Maria Alcon Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-15-17 maria.alcon@alcatel.com

Charlotte Tel: +1-703-668-7016 charlotte.laurent-ottomane@alcatel.com
Laurent-Ottomane

Source: Alcatel

Regine Coqueran, Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-49-24 regine.coqueran@alcatel.com, Alcatel Investor Relations: Pascal Bantegnie Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-52-20 pascal.bantegnie@alcatel.com, Nicolas Leyssieux, Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-37-32 nicolas.leyssieux@alcatel.com, Maria Alcon, Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-15-17 maria.alcon@alcatel.com, Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane Tel: +1-703-668-7016 charlotte.laurent-ottomane@alcatel.com

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