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Alcatel’s GÉANT2 Partnership
The Convergent Solution in Practice


Stefano Lorenzi
Senior Vice President, Alcatel Optical Networks
Alcatel in a Snapshot: 2004
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€12.3 billion in sales
13% of sales invested in R&D
56,000 employees worldwide                             Satellites
Active in 130 Countries                                N° 3


                                                                  Public Switching
    N° 3                                                       Fixed Wireless Access

   GSM/GPRS                                         N° 1              N° 1
                                                   Broadband
                                                    Access

                      N° 1
                      New Gen.

     N° 3                                                                  N° 1
                     SONET/SDH

   Multiservice
 Switching/Routers
                                   N° 1                                    Cables

                                 Total Transport
Alcatel Business Breakdown
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       2004 Geographical   28%

       Distribution

                     15%

 32%                                                      42%

                                          15%


                             2004 Technology
27%                 41%    Segment Distribution
A Proven & Solid Partner
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Multi-Technology Expertise                              Others                            Alcatel
                                                         19%
                                                                                            16%
Industry’s Broadest Technology Portfolio
                                               NEC
                                                5%

Comprehensive &                             Cisco                                         Huawei

Flexible Services
                                             6%                                            10%


AlcatelYour alreadyFuture Needs
Adapting to is Current &                   Siemens
                                              6%
                                                                                      Fujitsu
Equipment Supplier                            Marconi                                   9%

Global for:
& PartnerPresence
                                                6%
                                                                             Nortel
                                                         Lucent
56,000 people Active in 130 countries                             Tellabs     8%
                                                          7%
                                                                    8%

                                                        1Q’05 Rolling Market Share
Renater
Solid Partner                                World Market Leader
       (G-WIN/Viola)
DFN Financial Position
Strong
FCCN for the Future
and Strategy                                 in Optics 4 years in a row
Our Commitment to Research
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Alcatel has established
a global program
for research

Next generation
technology and
networking pioneered

Industry trends and
new opportunities
generated
Géant2 Rollout for 2005
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34 European Countries
3,500 European Entities

The Network Project:
~12,000 Route kilometers
~500,000 Gbit kilometers
>180 Network Elements

The Alcatel Solution:
• DWDM Systems
• Optical Switching Systems
• Network Management Systems & Professional Services
Professional Services:
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• Project Management
• Network Design support
• Installation, Testing & Commissioning
• Technical Assistance
• NOC Support
• Spares Program
• Training

   Alcatel will provide Géant2 a comprehensive suite of
  services & pool of experts to ensure project success
Complexity Made Simple
Integrated NMS             Connect. Communicate. Collaborate


                                                GN2
                                               POP A




                                   GN2
                                  POP D




                                             GN2
                                            POP M



                          GN2
                         POP Z
The Latest Technology
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• Convergent Optical & Data
• Highest Density
• Lowest Power Consumption
• 40Gbit Available
• In-Service Upgrade

                     1678 MCC




                     1626 LM
The Convergence Solution
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                   Access

                                    1678 MCC
   GÉANT2
   POP A


             Existing    L2      TDM
            IP Router                              GÉANT2        1678 MCC
                        Matrix   Matrix
                                                   POP B

                            1626 LM


                                                              L2         TDM
                                                   1626 LM

Managed
Lambda’s
                                                              Existing
                                                             IP Router
From PoS to Ethernet
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• More Economical Architecture
• Highest Overall Network Availability
• Flexibility (VLAN management)
• Highest Network Performance (Latency)

                                   1678 MCC
          IP Links        VLANs
 Router                           Transport Node
                                                                        VC-4-nv
                                                                        Channels




                                   L2      TDM
          1/10 Gigabit Ethernet   Matrix   Matrix
  Bandwidth on Demand
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        Bandwidth
         Request                Policy Middleware


                               Network Resource Mgr


                                UNI-C
                                                                Research Activity
Bandwidth                      Command
 Request                                  1678 MCC




                    Ethernet              GMPLS
Applications                   1678 MCC                            Ethernet         Applications
e.g. GRID                                            1678 MCC                        e.g. GRID
Summary
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•   Alcatel is Proud to be Partnering with
    Géant2 as their provider for State of the Art
    Optical Solutions

•   Alcatel Views Géant2 as a Strategic
    Long-Term Partnership, sharing Optics/IP
    Convergence Vision
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Thank You!!!
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