Alcatel at Supercomm continued to demonstrate its leadership in the area of providing triple play solutions, including Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) capabilities, to its customers. As the leading triple play solutions provider, Alcatel has gained unparalleled services integration and network design experience through its work on more than 25 major IPTV deployments around the world. At Supercomm, Alcatel is demonstrating this leadership through new solutions, real-world demonstrations, strategic partnerships, and more than a dozen speaking engagements and presentations.

Alcatel's triple play leadership is demonstrated in the following areas:

• Innovative new product introductions: At the show, Alcatel will unveil the Alcatel 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) FTTU Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution that was announced one week ago. Alcatel is also introducing the 5750 Subscriber Services Controller (SSC), a comprehensive policy management solution that will enable service providers to centrally manage their customers and services. This unlocks the full revenue potential of triple play by offering an unprecedented user-driven environment. In addition, Alcatel is announcing a joint collaboration with global chip maker Freescale Semiconductor to create the most advanced GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) standards compliant silicon which will further advance the adoption of triple play services (voice, video and data) delivered via standard fiber to the home
• Real-world demonstrations: Alcatel's presence at this year's conference will include several real-world solution demonstrations highlighting various elements of Alcatel's industry-leading solutions portfolio. In one of the most exciting and ground-breaking demonstrations, Alcatel will provide a real-world, real-time example of the hardware and software elements needed to meet the scalability, reliability and quality of service of requirements of an IPTV solution. This demonstration will feature the MicrosoftTV IPTV Edition software platform, which is a key component of the global collaboration agreement between the two companies that is designed to rapidly accelerate the availability of IPTV services for broadband operators worldwide. In addition to IPTV, other demonstrations will highlight several of the voice and multimedia applications that service providers are offering as part of their triple play service offerings.
• Industry expertise: Throughout the conference, Alcatel representatives will be sharing industry expertise through participation in more than a dozen speaking opportunities many of which are focused around compelling issues related to triple play and IPTV such as examining public policy concerns, content distribution challenges and network infrastructure best practices. The Alcatel booth will also feature a "Presentation Theatre" where Alcatel executives will present their thoughts on key topics, including a session on IPTV today that will be presented jointly by executives from both Alcatel and Microsoft.