Ken Wirth is Appointed as Alcatel-Lucent's President, 4G/LTE Wireless Networks

PARIS, August 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Ken Wirth has been appointed as President of Alcatel-Lucent's 4G/LTE Wireless Networks.

In this new position, Ken Wirth will be responsible for the development, marketing, and delivery of the company's LTE solutions. He will have end-to-end responsibility for all 4G/LTE solution definition, resource management, architecture and roadmap, LTE product management, third party management, partnerships, program management and solution validation. He replaces Mary Chan who has decided to leave the company to pursue opportunities outside of the telecom network infrastructure segment.

Ken Wirth brings to this position over 24 years of industry experience and an extensive knowledge of the company's global customers and markets. Throughout his career he has held a variety of leadership positions including running a multi-billion dollar global business where he put in place an approach for leveraging products and technology to develop more simplified solutions for customers. In addition he has led sales teams that supported both large and emerging service providers, and has held numerous positions in product management and development, market development and Finance.

"LTE is a cornerstone of Alcatel-Lucent's strategy and as our customers take different evolutionary paths to 4G, I'm confident that Ken's strong customer relationships as well as his management, operations and leadership experience are the right combination of skills to further strengthen our leadership in delivering comprehensive business, technical and operational solutions for our customers, said Ben Verwaayen, Alcatel-Lucent's CEO.

"I would like to thank Mary Chan for her numerous contributions over a career that spanned more than 20 years, most notably her leadership in helping to drive the commercialization of an end-to-end LTE offer. We wish her much success in the next phase of her career."

Ken Wirth will assume his new position on August 31, 2009 and will report to Kenneth Frank, President, Solutions and Marketing. He will work with Mary Chan to ensure a smooth transition.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com [1]