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Lucent and Atreus Systems Partner to Simplify Delivery of Customer-Oriented Service Intelligence at the Network Edge for Rapid Multi-Service Activation, Personalization, Management And Return On Investment. Santa Clara, CA, July 9, 2001 -Atreus Systems™, Inc. and Lucent Technologies today announced a strategic partnership that consolidates Lucent's advanced networking systems with Atreus Systems' intelligent service creation and delivery platforms into one powerful solution. Together, the joint solution brings additional service intelligence and customer-specific details to the edge of the IP network and in-building installations, allowing service providers to increase profitability with the rapid launch of a full-suite of customized, bundled IP-based network, application and content services designed for service providers, target commercial/enterprise, residential and hospitality markets. Based on the combination of Atreus Systems' xLINK™ Service Creation and Delivery platforms and Lucent's Stinger™ line of DSL equipment, value-added IP/application service offerings (including toll-quality voice-over-broadband, data/video, and managed security) will be available through a next- generation service portal. The portal allows subscribers to see the services that are available to buy, view what they are currently using, self-provision their services and instantaneously use these network and application services through their single user logon. "We're excited that a recognized leader such as Lucent has embraced our technology and joined forces to capture the broadband market," said Andrea Baptiste, CEO and co-founder of Atreus Systems. "The Lucent and Atreus solution offers tremendous value for many service providers who recognize the importance of coming to market with revenue-generating applications and services. Together we bring subscriber and service intelligence to the network edge, thereby enabling rapid activation of customized, bundled service offerings. With our combined technologies, service providers can now automate and centrally define a variety of services, accelerating the time required to deliver a service after selection by an end user." "We are delighted to partner with an imaginative technology company such as Atreus Systems," said Kirby Russell, director of Broadband Access marketing programs at Lucent. "Atreus' technology complements Lucent's IP services solutions by enabling us to support an even broader range of customers with a new IP application solutions for multiple markets including the multiple tenant, multiple dwelling and hotels and the carriers who provide services to them worldwide. Lucent's innovative portfolio of broadband equipment including the industry leading Stinger™, AnyMedia™, CellPipe™ and CellPipe IAD products, complemented by intelligent service creation software platforms, enable our customers to minimize capital investments, reduce operational costs and increase revenue-generating opportunities through dynamic delivery, activation and management of high-margin services." Market Positioned for Explosive Growth According to a March 2001 report by market research firm Cahners In-Stat Group, the U.S. market for commercial, residential and hospitality broadband equipment and services combined will grow from $270 million in 2000 to nearly $8.5 billion in 2005. Factors contributing to this growth include the deployment of high-speed Internet along with such value-added services as VPN, firewall, bandwidth management, e-commerce, telephony, and video. "In an effort to decrease operating costs and generate sustainable high-margin revenues, service providers are moving to more sophisticated broadband product offerings. The Lucent and Atreus joint solution enables providers to increase revenue per customer and realize immediate cost savings through rapid deployment of bundled IP services to the commercial, residential and hospitality markets," said Amy Helland, industry analyst at Cahners In-Stat. "This strategic partnership of technology leaders will allow service providers to simplify the service creation process by centrally automating service delivery and empowering subscribers to self-activate high-margin services on demand through a branded next generation portal." Lucent Service Intelligent Solutions The Lucent family of products enables service providers to deliver the industry's broadest portfolio of highly available IP services across any kind of access media, on a massive scale. The award winning Stinger™ DSL access concentrator is the industries leading architecture providing high-capacity traffic aggregation capabilities and robust always-on performance for data, voice and video on demand deployments. Choose the Stinger FS for large-scale, central office or in-building DSL installations scaling from hundreds to thousands of subscribers. The Stinger LS models are ideal for smaller central offices, co-locations and in-building deployments where space may be at a premium. The Stinger RT models are hardened to take advantage of the remote terminal infrastructure, pushing full-bandwidth services even closer to subscribers. The new Stinger MRT supports converged high-speed access for small in-building, MTU, MDU, Hotel, Central Office and Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) deployments. Atreus Systems Intelligent Service Creation & Delivery Platform Atreus Systems' xLINK™ Service Creation product suite is a proven solution that enables service providers and carriers to increase revenue per customer by creating and delivering value-added services over broadband networks. The Atreus xLINK™ product suite includes the power of Atreus xAuthority™, a policy-based central management platform that automates service delivery by addressing the definition, activation, billing, and management of bundled, customized IP, application and content services for businesses and consumers; Atreus xServiceDrivers™, which are software plug-in modules that enable providers to rapidly launch a service offering, create service bundles and quickly integrate existing hardware or introduce new network and computing elements needed to support a service offering. The modules also allow xAuthority to automatically communicate service configuration policies in protocols native to an applicable service delivery point device such as an Internet Appliance, IP Service Switch, etc. in order to effect provisioning changes for instantaneous service delivery; these services are then accessible to the end user through the Atreus xPortal™ Software, which features a single login point to self-activate services. About Lucent Technologies About Atreus Systems Contact Info:
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