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Alcatel keeps overall lead in Western Europe voice enterprise telephony market

The Gartner report found that Alcatel's overall market share in 2004 stands at 16.5 percent for voice telephony lines shipped, in expansion vs. 2003 thanks to a 4.9 percent growth in shipments, outperforming the average market growth of 3.4 percent. The Gartner report also confirmed Alcatel's market position in all IP telephony line shipments with a 2004 market share of 22.6 percent.

"We are extraordinarily pleased to have our efforts in enterprise telephony confirmed by Gartner's research," said Jean Luc Fourniou, Senior Vice President, Alcatel Enterprise Solutions activities. "Our broad range of enterprise telephony offerings enables a 'dual' IP/TDM approach for enterprises, protecting previous investments, while allowing for a migration to full IP environments."

This announcement follows Alcatel being listed in the leaders quadrant for the Gartner Magic Quadrant for corporate telephony for the European, Middle East and African region ( EMEA )2. Alcatel has implemented some of the largest IP Telephony installations in the world. Current Alcatel enterprise telephony customers include Ernst & Young, Fujicolor, Nestle, and many more.

1See Gartner Report: "Market Statistics: Enterprise Telephony, Western Europe, 2004 ( Preliminary )" by Chris Lock, February 23, 2005.

2See Gartner Report: "Corporate Telephony Magic Quadrant for EMEA, 2004" by Steve Blood and Christopher Lock, September 20, 2004. The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Alcatel
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 12.3 billion in 2004, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.


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