Paris, June 19, 2002 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world leader in broadband access, today announces the launch of the "Broadband Daily News" web-site, dedicated to broadband technologies and applications such as Teleworking, DSL or UMTS. This service is available in
English (http://www.broadbanddailynews.com) and French (http://www.journalduhautdebit.com).
Based on the Net2one.com alert and personalized information services, with the capacity to follow and incorporate live news from various relevant sources around the World, Alcatel is providing latest broadband information through a dedicated web-site and a free weekly e-mail newsletter.
The goal is, through this collaboration, to provide an information and education service. From consumers to experts, everybody can find and benefit from the latest information about key players, projects and the future of broadband access.
About Net2one.com
Net2one.com (http://www.net2one.com) offers a free personalized press review you can receive by e-mail associated with a news search engine allowing you to monitor topicality according your keywords (society, singer, sportsman, video games...). Net2one sends only articles titles. The whole article is on editors web-site. So, thanks to Net2one, they receive every month millions of qualified visitors. Created by Jérémie Berrebi and Jean Guetta in July 1997, this company raised 10 million Francs in July 1999 and more than 40 million in June 2000 to accelerate its development. One of its main shareholders is Dassault Multimedia.
About Alcatel
Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of Euro 25 billion in 2001 and 99,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
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