Alcatel-Lucent to announce its strategic plan on December 12, 2008

New Delhi, December 3, 2008 — Ben Verwaayen, Alcatel-Lucent’s CEO, will announce the company’s strategic plan on December 12, at 1 pm CET. The press and analyst conference will be held in the company’s headquarters, 54 rue La Boétie, Paris. Please confirm your attendance at press {at} alcatel-lucent(.)com as there will be a limited number of seats.

It will be available live at the following address: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/strategic-plan.

If you’d like to ask questions during the conference, dial-in instructions are listed below:

From the USA: 800 230-1096

From other countries: +1 612 288-0329

Please ask for the “Alcatel-Lucent” teleconference and state your name. We advise you to dial in 15 minutes before the start of the conference call.
The conference call will be available for digital replay from December 12, 2008 3:30 pm CET, ending December 26, 2008 at 11:59PM CET at the following call in numbers:

From the USA: 800 475-6701 access code: 971048

From other countries: +1 320 365-3844 access code: 971048
About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions that 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 17.8 billion in 2007 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
For More information please contact:

Svetla Stoyanova
Executive Corporate Communications

Alcatel-Lucent India

Svetla_Kostova.Stoyanova {at} alcatel-lucent(.)in

Ph : + 91 (124) 4159999 (ext. 5219)

Bhavya Suri
Manager

Vaishnavi Corporate Communications

bhavyas {at} vccpl(.)com

Mob: +919871772454