Partner Press Release
Lucent Technologies Supports Implementation Of Industry Standards For Electronic Supply Chain Transactions

For Release October 10, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO

Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today announced that it has met its 10/10/2000 milestones for implementing global e-business process standards for supply chain transactions as a board member of the RosettaNet eBusiness Standards body. Lucent made its announcement at EConcert, a RosettaNet sponsored gathering. "As part of its efforts to migrate business practices on-line, Lucent is committed to driving the development of open standards for the rapid exchange of product-specific information on electronic components between suppliers and customers," said David Lando vice president of supply network solutions for Lucent Technologies. "Our participation in RosettaNet is one piece of our e-business strategy as we continue to leverage Internet technology across Lucent's business beginning in product development with our suppliers and concluding with the delivery of our products to customers."

The adoption of open eBusiness content and transaction standards under RosettaNet eliminates the need for out-dated catalogs and less efficient requests for information via telephone calls and faxes to suppliers for technical information on components.

Lucent collaborated with a number of key suppliers who are leaders in the semiconductor and electronic components industries to quickly implement its Partner Interface Processes™ (PIPS). Through a PIP, product designers can send a Web query and immediately receive product-specific technical and business information including reliability and data on life-cycle. Under RosettaNet, PIPs are system-to-system XML-based dialogs critical to aligning business processes in the supply chain. Lucent implemented PIP 2A9, which is expected to contribute to its efforts aimed at significantly reducing design cycle times.

About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic business interfaces to align the processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.

More than 300 companies representing over $1 trillion in annual information technology, electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing revenues currently participate in RosettaNet's standards development, strategy and implementation activities. A complete list of member companies and more information on RosettaNet can be found at http://www.rosettanet.org.