New appointments within Alcatel

Paris, April 27, 2006 - Alcatel (CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) announced today that Christian Reinaudo, a member of the Alcatel executive committee and currently EVP, President of Alcatel Asia Pacific, will be appointed, EVP Integration Project Team Leader for Alcatel, effective May 1st 2006.

The Integration Project Team will be created to manage the integration and transition process associated with the merger with Lucent Technologies. Detailed information on the Integration Project Team will be announced soon.

Frédéric Rose is appointed EVP, President of Alcatel Asia Pacific. He will be based in Shanghai. Frederic Rose joins the Alcatel Executive Committee. He was formerly President of Alcatel’s Integration and Services activities.

Stéphane Terranova is appointed President, Integration and Services activities. He reports to Olivier Houssin, President of Private Communications activities.
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Christian Reinaudo joined Alcatel in 1978 working in the research center at Marcoussis, France. In 1984, he joined Alcatel’s Cable Group where he held various positions before becoming President of Alcatel’s submarine networks in 1997 and President of Alcatel Optics in 1999. He was appointed President of Alcatel Asia Pacific in 2003. He has been a member of Alcatel’s Executive Committee since 2000. Reinaudo is graduated from the Ecole de Physique et de Chimie Industrielle de Paris, and he holds a doctorate from the University of Paris.

Frédéric Rose is President of Alcatel’s Integration and Services activities. He was previously Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel’s Network Services activities (2000-2002). Prior to that, he was Senior International Counsel in Alcatel’s Belgian subsidiary and a member of the Alcatel Trade and Project Finance Team. Prior to joining Alcatel in 1993, Frederic Rose was a partner in the Repton Group and an associate at Marks & Murase, both in the USA. Frederic Rose is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the Georgetown University Law Center.

Stéphane Terranova began his career in 1986 in the satellite activities of Alcatel followed by several positions in sales in France, Latin America and Spain. From 1998, he headed the Group’s Integration & Services activities to manage its subsidiary in Spain. From 2004, he has held international functions in this activity, his last jobs being Senior Vice President of Iberia and all Latin America and of the Energy Vertical Market. Stéphane Terranova is graduated from "Ecole des Mines de Nancy".

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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.

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